Health

Health improvement, health issue prevention, and health preservation are some of the top reasons why people engage in efforts to improve their fitness.  Health is important because it is what enables us to be at our best as humans.  Unhealthy people are less able to do things, enjoy life and be most productive.  Health is so important that we have made it a readiness factor in the Fitness Protocols iPad App.  We recommend that in order to undertake a fruitful fitness improvement effort you need to have a certain health capability.

This means that you have the minimal mental and physical ability necessary to undertake required health improvement, weight loss, or fitness improvement effort.

A limited ability to undertake these efforts will further challenge you and increase the chances of you not being able to complete or maintain your fitness improvement, weight loss, or health improvement. This is because certain medical conditions, illnesses, and injuries can prevent or limit your effective effort. Sometimes, we are not even aware that we may have a certain condition. That is why, if you have not done so yet, getting a baseline full medical exam done before undertaking this effort would be very beneficial and is thus highly recommended.

The best health levels result from a well-balanced combination of balanced physical fitness and balanced nutrition as illustrated in our Energy Balance Model shown in the (Physical Exercise) page.  Fitness improvement has been shown to have significant positive health impact on people of all ages and physical conditions.  On the other side, poor fitness can create significant and deadly health issues.  Health risks increase with poor fitness conditions.

The figure that follows illustrates possible relationships between how out of shape you are and how long you have been out of shape.  However, actual risks will vary with each individual depending on their conditions and circumstances.  However, in general, the higher our Body Mass Index or BMI and the longer it has been high, the higher the risks and the worst the implications thereof.

Following is a list of possible medical conditions resulting from being out of shape:

• Type 2 diabetes
• Coronary heart disease and stroke
• Metabolic syndrome
• Certain types of cancer
• Sleep apnea
• Osteoarthritis
• Gallbladder disease
• Fatty liver disease
• Pregnancy complication
• Reproductive issues
• Pulmonary problems
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol

The Fitness Protocols iPad health and fitness App elaborates on the subjects of health improvement, health food, and eating habits.

Following is a brief overview of these subjects, if you are interested in learning more about them.  For further details, you may link to the page we created for each using the highlighted text in each of the following paragraphs:

In the health improvement section, we cover subjects such as Health improvement, health improvement plan, health information, and health articles.

In the health food section, we cover subjects such as Healthy food, healthy recipes, and healthy snacks.

In the eating habits section, we cover subjects such as eating habits and habit change.

You should never delve into this, or any other health improvement, fitness improvement, or weight loss effort before getting your doctor’s approval.

We hope you will find the information in these pages useful.  Nonetheless, we highly recommend you consider using the Fitness Protocols approach offered by our book available on Amazon® and/or our iPad App on Apple’s iTunes® (coming soon) to guide your weight loss or fitness improvements and fitness maintenance effort.  You will find nothing better than what we offer!