Health's 4 Cornerstones

Author: Yang Xiuzhu
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Lenin once said, "The body is the capital of revolution." This body can only be a healthy one. Health is not just the capital of revolution; it should be the capital of everything in life—personal growth, family harmony, achieving success and building careers. Which of these can be separated from a healthy body? Therefore, maintaining health and knowing how to maintain it should be an important part of everyone's life. Throughout one's life, the importance of health cannot be emphasized too much. For this reason, Dutch scholar Spinoza shouted out the resounding slogan, "Maintaining health is the responsibility of being human." The World Health Organization defines health as: "Not only being free from disease and weakness but also being in a perfect state of psychological adaptation to competitive society." How can this be achieved? The organization proposed a healthy lifestyle in its famous "Victoria Declaration," which includes the four pillars of health: balanced diet, moderate exercise, quitting smoking and limiting alcohol consumption, and psychological balance. This book, based on long-term medical practice and referencing a large amount of literature, provides both scientific and detailed, as well as novel and practical, explanations on these four aspects, making it easy for you to understand, learn, and apply. Living according to a healthy lifestyle can reduce the incidence of hypertension by 55%, diabetes by 50%, stroke and coronary heart disease by 75%, and tumor incidence by 33%. It is certain that by following a healthy lifestyle, one can firmly grasp their health and keep the tree of life thriving. This book explains the four aspects—balanced diet, moderate exercise, quitting smoking and limiting alcohol consumption, and psychological balance—in the form of popular science, making them both scientific, detailed, novel, and practical. It enables a broad readership to understand, learn, and apply them easily, especially suitable for the general public and those with lifestyle-related diseases. It is hoped that this booklet can become a helper in people's healthy lives. We also know that health is not everything, but we must emphasize even more that without health, there is nothing. This book is compiled by the author based on over 20 years of clinical work experience and extensive reference to popular science literature. In terms of writing, it strives to integrate scientific rigor, knowledge, interest, and practicality. It is written in an accessible and easy-to-understand manner, with a focus on prevention and highlighting key points.