There is much written about Health and Health Care. There is a tremendous amount of attention put on the subject of health. They say, "If you don't have your health, you don't have anything." Well, what does that mean? What are they saying? The truth is that you have to know what health is before you can have the goal of attaining it.

Therefore we need to have a good definition for health. Health is defined as physical and mental well-being; freedom from disease, pain or defect. (Webster's New World Dctionary) What that means is that a healthy person would:

• Feel well
• Sleep well
• Be energetic
• Have no chronic diseases (disease that doesn't go away quickly or persists over a long period of time).
• Have no chronic pain
• Not require medication
• Be happy and alert.

That is how a healthy person should feel. This is a goal worth working for. But how does one actually go about achieving it? Here are the 6 vital things you need to know to take control of your own health:

• Which foods are healthy to eat in general (such as fresh meat, organic vegetables, fish, and rice)?
• How to test yourself for foods you are sensitive or allergic to so you can avoid them? This is very important because everyone has a few key foods that are destroying their health.
• How to test yourself for exactly which vitamins that you need to take and in what quantity.

Not knowing how to do this opens the door for one of the most common mistakes that people make in the nutritional arena. They guess at what they should take or they get it from the latest article or television commercial or from a friend. "Hey, try this. It worked for me." is all too common. An important thing for you to know is that individuals have different nutritional needs and even their needs change from week to week. Now you might see why the subject of nutrition is so confusing and seems to be different for everyone. That is because it is. The bottom line is if you don't know how to test yourself you will be guessing on what to take and no matter how good of a guesser you are or how much research you do, the results will be less than satisfying and you will waste a lot of money. Another thing to keep in mind is that taking the wrong vitamins is harmful to the body so you want to be sure you take the right ones.

• How to test yourself for exactly which minerals to take so you are not wasting money and not harming the body by taking the wrong ones? Mineral balance is vital to health and any mistake made in this area can lead to serious health problems.
• What type of exercise to do and how to make it work for you?

The 7th and most important thing of all is that you decide to take charge of your health and believe that something can be done about it. You can be healthy. After having helped thousands of my patients free themselves from dozens of different debilitating ailments, I say with 100% certainty, you can be healthy. Get started now!