Safeguard your Health

Nobody wants to get sick. That's obvious. But you may not be aware of all the important reasons to safeguard your health.

1. Getting sick makes us look bad. This is obvious!

2. Getting sick makes us feel bad. People who eat right, exercise, and get adequate rest feel better and enjoy a higher quality of life.

3. Getting sick is expensive. How expensive? Health care spending now accounts for 14% of the gross domestic product in the U.S.

4. Getting sick means lost time at work and school. Let's consider respiratory infections, which are the most common illnesses worldwide. The economic burden due to lost productivity from the common cold is roughly $25 billion annually. Colds can also exacerbate asthma, a growing health problem. Children and adults with asthma miss more days of work and school than healthy individuals, and this disease often compromises their ability to perform optimally at school or work.

5. Getting sick lowers our defenses, putting us at risk for developing more serious illnesses. Our overall health and nutritional status clearly affects our vulnerability to infections.

6. Getting sick increases our chances of requiring medication, and there are significant risks when we take correctly-prescribed medicines.

7. Getting sick increases our chances of being hospitalized, which introduces the possibility of hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections.

8. Getting sick increases our chances of being hospitalized, and many hospitals are challenged with severe nursing shortages.

9. Getting sick increases our chances of being hospitalized, and hospitals are sometimes staffed with fatigued nurses and resident physicians.

10. Getting sick increases our chances of being subjected to medical errors. This issue is beyond the problem discussed earlier regarding adverse reactions to correctly prescribed drugs. Fatigue and staffing shortages certainly contribute to treatment and medication errors. Between 44,000-98,000 Americans die each year because of such mistakes.

Unfortunately, our affluent society undermines good health. Temptations to consume unhealthy fat- and sugar-laden foods surround us. The automobile relieves us of the need to walk. Television, computers, and video games are our sedentary pleasures. Many of us sit down to work. It is not hard to see where this is leading-straight to a very unhealthy lifestyle!

Good choices require willpower. To remain healthy, we must set aside time for adequate exercise and rest. We must consciously choose to eat a healthy diet including an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables. Dietary supplementation can help ensure that we are provided adequate nutrition.

Sooner or later, we all do get sick and we shouldn't hesitate to go to the hospital when we need to. Further, we should remember that our health is not completely within our control. Each of us has a unique genetic constitution, and a personal history of exposure to environmental insults, and past dietary practices that cannot be changed. Nevertheless, if we develop and adhere to a healthy lifestyle beginning this very day, we can make a difference tomorrow. There is no question that good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle will decrease our chances of getting sick and, thus our need for interventional drugs or hospital care. If we resolve to care for ourselves, the rewards are great. If we don't, the risks are many. The choice is ours!

At Mannatech and other visionary companies in the dietary supplements industry, they’ve be able to develop nutritional products that meet individual needs, custom-tailored to an individual’s specific requirements at any given time. Since human nutritional needs sometimes vary (for example, during times of stress), Mannatech can focus on discovering what our diet lacks so that we can furnish it immediately to sustain wellness and prolong the healthy period of life.