Thanks again to Kathleen Bell for leading this book study! Watch video and see notes and next assignment under it.
Discovery Your Optimal
Health – Notes
Chapter 1 – Our Unhealthy
World
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The deck is stacked against us
o
Pollution,
chemicals and processed foods make it difficult to thrive
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We live
in a country where 67% of Americans are either overweight or obese
o
The largest
cause of illness is obesity
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There is hope
o
We need
to change our focus from reacting to disease (and treating symptoms) to
eliminating disease
o
We can
do something to protect and arm ourselves with formidable defenses against our
surroundings
o
We can move
toward optimal health
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Healthy Habits are key
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Developing
healthy habits can make you stronger as you face our unhealthy environment
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Make
health the “centerpiece of your life”
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Small
daily choices develop into habits
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Replace
the bad habits with good ones and then the old habits lost their power over us
For comment:
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What
are some of your bad habits?
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What
changes are you willing to make to move toward optimal health?
Chapter 2 – Are you
healthy?
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Health Continuum Quiz – Your Current
Position
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Optimal
Health < 5
o
Non-Sick
5 – 20
o
Sick
> 20
o
How did
you score?
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Habits of Health Quiz – Your Daily Choices
o
Optimal
> 50
o
Healthy
35 – 50
o
Unhealthy
< 35
o
Are
your daily choices moving you toward health or disease?
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Good News
o
We can
start to reverse a downward slope in the continuum by choosing an active role
in our health!
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Challenge Your Choices!
o
The
small daily habits and choices, not the huge thing, change the state of your
health
For comment:
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What’s
your current mind-set regarding health?
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Do you
take action to improve health every day?
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Are
your daily habits leading you toward health?
Reading for next session:
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Chapter
3 – Selling Sickness
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Chapter
4 – Does health really matter?
For further reading:
Dr. A’s Habits of
Health: Preface, Introduction, and Chapters 1 & 2
