Originally published February 2 2006
Awareness underlies 12 steps doctors recommend for keeping in good health
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The Star-Ledger of New Jersey shares 12 steps that will boost your health and vitality in 2006.
To a great extent, this dramatic change was achieved by controlling infectious disease and by adapting preventive health measures.
If overweight, with the assistance of a physician, design a personalized diet that you would be willing to follow.
By losing weight, you may delay the onset of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.
5. Talking to your doctor about taking extra calcium, vitamin D or a drug to treat osteoporosis.
You may prevent a hip fracture and subsequent nursing home placement.
Men, as well as women, are at risk of developing osteoporosis although men do so on average about 10 years later in life.
7. Designing -- with your physician -- a personalized, non-competitive exercise program directed to cardiovascular fitness, muscle strengthening and flexibility.
By being physically fit, you will decrease the risk of falling and should you require a surgical procedure next year, you can lower the risk of many complications.
8. Providing every physician you visit with a list of all medicines, including over-the-counter medicines, you are taking.
9. Giving up smoking no matter how long you have had the habit.
10. Getting your essential medical records together in one place.
This includes a list of chronic conditions and all medications being taken, as well as the results of previous laboratory studies.
Should a trip to the emergency room be needed, you may prevent unnecessary testing and errors in interpretation of laboratory results.
11. Speaking to your doctor about the need for a colonoscopy.
Although some people find the preparation for this procedure mildly unpleasant, large numbers of cancers of the colon can be prevented or found early and therefore treated effectively in those who undergo a colonoscopy.
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