Question: What are the main issues of concern for human health ??

Maia Elliott answered on 6 Nov 2018: last edited 6 Nov 2018 11:19 am

Our diets and unhealthy ageing.

Food is the first line of health; an unhealthy diet = an unhealthy body. At the moment we are eating far too much meat, bread and sugar, and not enough fruit and vegetables!

The second main issue of concern is unhealthy ageing. Our doctors are very good at keeping people alive, so we now have more old people than ever before in human history. The problem is, we aren’t very good at keeping ourselves healthy into old age, so a lot of old people get long-term illnesses and lose their independence sometimes decades before they die. If we learn to maintain our bodies early on in our lives, our bodies will last a lot longer and we can prevent many ageing diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s.
Body-mind maintenance: regular exercise, good sleep, healthy diet, no smoking/excessive drinking, mindfulness and life-long learning.