Avoid avoidable complications and death
Jide AKINTOLA
“Health is wealth” is a popular saying. There is need for you to stay healthy so as to make wealth and to enjoy it as well. It is really pathetic that people are developing lots of complications and dying of preventive illnesses. Presently, the global situation with special reference to Nigeria can cause issues that can cut short lives of citizens.
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This write-up is meant to help you in avoiding avoidable deaths caused by several health challenges killing faster than HIV/AIDS yet unnoticed by many. The situation that is causing threat to human health currently is majorly stress and depression. Due to the economic collapse and high price of commodities in Nigeria with high rate of unemployment/underemployment, citizens are undergoing stress as a result of anxiety, overwork, fatigue, unhealthy feeding etc. Inability of the citizens to meet up with their financial and other responsibilities is making many to enter into depression.
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You are hereby admonished to carefully manage stress to prevent further complications like high blood pressure, heart failure, stroke and mental imbalance among others. It is also very important that you should work on your lifestyle and mindset to get out of several health issues. You must not see drugs, smoking, taking of alcohol or sedative as a means of solving your health issues as they provide temporary relief and worsen the situation the more. To solve your health issues, you can look into the following; diet, exercise, sleep, hydrotherapy, biotherapy, lifestyle modification, self body metabolism management, positive mindset, grateful attitudes among others. Note that your health’s enemy is not a giant, little thing you don’t mind are the real enemies such as: too much sugar and salt, junk foods, alcohol, cigarette, phone addiction, sedentary lifestyle and several others. There are several prescriptions you can take aside drugs that can help you overcome Parkinson, insomnia, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart palpitation and several others by the knowledge of community and lifestyle medicine. In case you need help, such knowledge is provided by experts in the field.
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Water is life, you are advised to drink plenty water, do not eat late in the night, avoid eating red meat once you are over 40 years old and stop taking carbonated drinks. It is better to switch to Whole Food Plant Based (WFPB) and so many more. Be the manager of your health, think of getting cured rather than management of ailment which is the main focus of lifestyle medicine. Change your negative attitudes and lifestyle so as to guarantee your sound health.
Dr. Akintola sends this piece from Ogbomoso via 08033669857
