After all, is there a panacea? No, but something is coming close!

"The entire impressive building of modern medicine, with all its breathtaking successes, is like the famous Pisa tower a little off balance. It's scary how addicted to medicine we all become and how easy it is for doctors to prescribe them as the universal cure for our diseases. ”- Prince Charles

Most people today who have any sense at all know that there is no universal or other panacea for anything, not medicine, herbs, vitamins or other tonics, no matter what you are, and certainly not for optimal health or well-being. . Most have some understanding of the term "universal remedy" which is basically a Greek word meaning "universal remedy". Many centuries ago, beginning with the Greeks (of course, as that is their word!), Various charlatans would argue that certain herbs were the panacea capable of curing all diseases. While the "cures" didn't turn out so well, the word for the promises of amazing interventions survived.

Today, the word is still used by charlatans for products or services purported to cure some or all, but the word has evolved to mean much more. At present, the word panacea means "a remedy for all diseases or difficulties - a cure for all." As mentioned, most of us no longer take universal remedies of any kind seriously.

There can be one exception - heavy workouts. OK, maybe it won't "cure everyone", but it sure is, since blasts will help mightily prevent most slings and arrows from a monstrous fortune, at least for a while under certain conditions. Well, maybe I just watered down the promise of this semi-panacea just a little bit from the magical herbs from yesterday, but I think training should be considered the closest thing under the sun to a panacea.

A CNN report (January 12, 2004) entitled "Fitness Changes Bottom Line" promised a continental shift in the way employers embrace exercise and fitness as assets for a healthy (profitable) business. A director was excited about exercising the workforce and almost dared to go into the panacea area: "If you have a healthy and productive workforce, you need to have a healthy and productive business." It may be true that other things are the same.

The shift in employer interest in this regard is triggered by the fact that the nation, and thus the American workforce, is being plagued by an epidemic of obesity that reflects the lack of much exercise. England is not doing well either. Apparently, this country suffered 18 million sick days in 2001 - the equivalent of 40,000 lost working years. When you consider that a lot of work can be done in 40,000 years, that's a pretty amazing statistic. In this country, with over half the population's overweight (64 percent) and business medical costs reported in 2003 to reach $ 117 billion a year (source: former surgeon general David Satcher), companies are looking for to exercise, as the Greeks looked to herbs thousands of years ago - like a magic elixir. When the elixirs go, exercise has a lot going for it!

So why is exercise seen as (almost) a panacea? It is simply because the claims made to it as a "tonic" of sorts, intended to reduce health risks and promote quality of life, are so comprehensive, astonishing AND well supported by proven, reliable evidence. Exercise and fitness, unlike the Greek tonic panacea and all modern false variants of magic cures, are backed by a wealth of scientific research indicating that this next click here for the cbd blog is (almost) delivering well on all the unlikely promises! It is an astonishing distinction that should be taken seriously by anyone seeking a panacea, also included. (Hey, why ignore something so good?)

The CNN report cited studies that show training (conducted at adequate levels of duration, time and intensity) not only reduces the risk of dozens of ailments (starting with obesity, the disease du jour), but is beneficial in proactive ways for employers, such as better employees' attention spans, sleep patterns and ability to cope with diverse workplace stress.

Susan Smith Jones once identified a number of payouts - no less than 119 ways in which training benefits people physically and mentally. Susan did not suggest that there are ONLY 119 ways in which exercise benefits people. Instead, she only provided a starter set of motivational ones. I could add another that Susan was probably too shy to mention: A workout is the opposite of casual sex. You may fear it beforehand, but you always feel great afterwards.