Health Reflection

When looking at my responses to the first journal entry, i do not want to say that they have changed. It doesn 't seem that way at all to me. Rather, i feel as though in some ways they have evolved. While the definition of health still rings true (absence of illness) it has broadened in my perspective. Before i said it was the absence of illness, or disease. Also that one 's body is operating within a generally good range of relevant statistics (blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol levels etc. The way my view has evolved is on fuel. Before it was my belief that simply having relevant health statistics. What 's changed for me was viewing Dr. Gregory 's talk about cancer. He presented facts that show that meat essentially poisons the blood stream. While eating a diet that consists based on non animal products helps the body thrive. Still though this was not

I realize now that i cannot just rely on the gym to achieve the health level I want. Unfortunately I am no longer 18 so it doesn 't work quite as well as it used to. The biggest reason however is not just weight or body composition related. My father passed away when i was 18 from cancer, so when i see that eating less animal products helps fight cancer progression, it speaks to me. While i know it 's unrealistic for me to quit animal products altogether, i 've definitely been more cognisant of what i am putting into my body. This is something that i believe should be made common knowledge. When my father was diagnosed with cancer they put him on a myriad of different drugs. Through both basic chemotherapy, and targeted radiation treatment. But for whatever reason they did not mention that something as simple as changing his diet could have potentially helped saved his life. That is one fact they i will absolutely share with people in my life. Because the unfortunate truth of it is that cancer isn 't uncommon in this day and