Health, starts from the heart

Author: Yu Donghui
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: The author believes that to truly possess health, we must adopt a holistic view of well-being, which means not only having a healthy body but also a healthy mind. By nurturing the health of our minds, we can cultivate the health of our bodies. To this end, the author offers us five "mental supplements":
- Reorganizing memories to free oneself from unpleasant past experiences;
- Learning to combat low moods and effectively resolve negative emotions;
- Letting emotions soar, allowing care to become the best nourishment.
After the heart-stirring SARS crisis of 2003, the topic of health became a constant focus for people. However, recent ten years of research in modern medicine have shown that 60% to 80% of modern diseases are caused by the various pressures, worries, and mental issues brought about by modern civilization. While medicine can alleviate physical symptoms and supplements can enhance physiological resistance, neither can fundamentally free people from the torment and invasion of diseases.
The author believes that to truly possess health, we must adopt a holistic view of well-being, which means not only having a healthy body but also a healthy mind. By nurturing the health of our minds, we can cultivate the health of our bodies. To this end, the author offers us five "mental supplements":
- Reorganizing memories to free oneself from unpleasant past experiences;
- Learning to combat low moods and effectively resolve negative emotions;
- Letting emotions soar, allowing care to become the best nourishment.
The author tells us that health is not a gift from doctors and cannot be achieved solely through exercise or health supplements. Instead, it requires us to create it ourselves. Having a carefree and joyful mind, free from worries, is more beneficial than any magic potion.