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Why Prevention Matters...

 

What do you want ageing to look like - really?

 

Chronic health issues don't appear overnight.

 

They start as subtle changes in the body, often suppressed by pills or 'put up with' until they develop into something more.

 

And yet, at times “life sucks” or seems unfair.

 

The ‘healthy’ person that’s doing everything ‘right’ is diagnosed with cancer — or ‘suddenly drops dead’. Meanwhile, there’s someone else — overdoing the alcohol and smokes — still kicking on…

 

WTH

 

Over the years, I’ve chosen to change some habits and make lifestyle changes because having loved ones pass away in their 30’s, 40’s and 50’s of heart or cancer-related disease pushed me in that direction. (Ex-smoker here)

 

Plus research shows that those changes can significantly reduce the risk of chronic disease — and I wanted to make it to 60.

 

 

 

But now it’s more than that for me…

 

It’s, “What do I want ageing to look like, for me?”

 

Having the energy, strength, mobility and cognitive health to do the activities I want to do.

 

Or spending years not knowing who someone is; not being able to lift myself out of the chair; struggling to breathe…

 

Stuck — just waiting for the end to come.

 

For me, this is why prevention matters. And it’s not in a “take this pharmaceutical drug” way.

 

It’s being curious as to why these symptoms are happening. What is my body trying to tell me?

 

What does it need? What do I need?

 

And that can be nutritional, physical, spiritual, environmental, relational…

 

Foundational…

 

Now in my 60’s, there are some things I wish I had done sooner — like strength training for bone health (there’s something you don’t feel deteriorating but it’s silently happening for some of us). I’m working on that now…

 

 

As Dr. Bob Rako puts it:

 

“The ageing you want tomorrow begins with the choices you make today.”

 

What choices are you making today?