Your Body - National Preparedness Month

By Tim Gamble

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September is National Preparedness Month. This article covers the importance of having and maintaining a healthy and fit body, which will pay tremendous benefits in both normal times and especially in an emergency of any sort.

Health and fitness is a skill, because it is something that doesn't come naturally, especially in the modern world. Like any skill, it must be learned, and takes time and effort to develop. It can't be bought from Amazon and delivered to your front door the next day, like you could buy your food storage. Developing the skill of health and fitness requires work, sacrifice, and time. Perhaps that is why its still on many preppers' "to do" list, waiting to be checked off when we finally get around to it. Well, its time to get around to developing this fundamental survival skill.

Being sick doesn't just feel bad, it is expensive! In our emerging dystopian world, healthcare will only get more expensive, more rationed, and more intrusive to our private lives. The technocrats plan to use healthcare to control the general population. Don't forget, the Left wanted to use Obamacare to force doctors to ask about and report on the presence of guns in their patients' homes. More recently, we have seen a push for vaccine mandates, even to the point they are willing to deny life-saving healthcare to the unvaccinated. Vaccine passports, not only for travel but even to enter your local stores and other businesses, still loom as a possibility as many on the Left have not given up on the idea. And it won't just be Covid-19 vaccines that will be required, but many others, too. Expect even more of this healthcare tyranny from government in the future. 

The less you need the healthcare system, the better off you will be. This should be one of your top priorities for you and your family as you prepare for the future. 

You probably already know the basics of what you should be doing, but are you actually doing them? Here is a checklist to start you on the road to health and fitness: 

1. Stop smoking and abusing drugs or alcohol. 
2. Get adequate sleep on a consistent basis. 
3. Learn to relax and manage stress.
4. Eat healthy. 
5. Eat less sugar (a lot less!). 
6. Build your strength and endurance. 
7. Be physically active every day (walking, hiking, gardening, yardwork, biking, swimming, tennis, yoga, Pilates, and exercise videos are just a few ideas). 
8. Reach and maintain a healthy weight.
9. Maintain tight control of your blood pressure and blood sugar.
10. Take care of any issues with your health, teeth or vision, sooner rather than later. 
11. Early detection of disease is crucial to successful treatment, so please get regular health check-ups.

The next article in this series will be on Fitness and the Aging Prepper. 

Note: Tim Gamble is NOT a medical professional. Nothing in this article is meant to diagnose or treat anyone. Rather, it is meant a "food for thought" and a starting point for your further investigation. Please consult with an appropriate medical professional regarding your particular concerns. Early detection of disease is crucial to successful treatment, so please get regular health check-ups. 

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