Healthiest Person Essay

My Healthiest Relative

How health is defined differs from person to person, what is healthy and what is not is subjective. Some people say that a healthy person would live the longest or a person is only healthy if he/she is physically very strong and active. Some might even say a person is only healthy if that person is mentally strong. In my opinion, health cannot be defined in one word. Although my seventy-six year old grandfather would not be considered stereotypically healthy, he is a perfect example of what I consider healthy.

My grandfather has many health conditions that he needs medicine for. He has diabetes, hypertension, and he used to have high cholesterol levels and he also takes Aspirin for blood thinning. He has been managing his symptoms of diabetes and his glucose levels have been in control as well. Although he has all these conditions, I still consider him the healthiest person as I have myself seen him self-controlling and working

Every day he likes to go to a park within 2 miles of our house. He walks and sometimes even jogs there. He also does a little bit of yoga, which helps him stretch out his body. In Being Mortal, Gawande writes “Whenever I came home, I’d bring my tennis rackets and we’d go out on the local courts. He played to win, and so did I” (Gawande 194). Gawande’s father is very active and loves to play tennis just like my grandfather loves exercising. He also does some laughing exercises at the park, there his friends have made a laughing club where they do some laughing exercises as well as some Yoga. His physician told him that walking around every day actually decreases the rate of a heart attack by a lot, and since then he has been walking every single that to keep his body healthy. His doctor also explained that exercise is a good stress reliever, so it also keeps the mind healthy. He takes his physical and mental as well as his emotional health very