Whether you are a woman seeking optimal women's health or a man seeking optimal men's health, do you actually know what you are seeking?

In other words, what do the word and concept of "health” mean? It is a word that is commonly used, but most Americans are confused, and perhaps you are too, about health and its definition.

If you do not understand what "health” is, then more than likely you are confused about what choices you must make in order to make the right deposits to build up your health and fitness account.

Ask yourself this question: "Do you think that you are healthy?”

If you feel "good” at this moment, chances are that you will answer "yes” to that question. If you feel "bad,” or if the doctor has told you that you have some disease, then likely you would answer "no” to this question.

The truth is that most Americans think if they feel good, they are in fact healthy. In our culture, we are trained to think this way from the time we are very young, and it is reinforced a thousand fold by the drug companies and their commercials. Think about it a minute.

You are told that if you do not feel well because of colds, flu, allergies, insomnia, depression, indigestion, constipation, heartburn, headaches, or aches and pains of any kind, then all you have to do is take a pill and all will be well, or rather, you will be well.

These days even your sexual health can be fixed by a quick pill. No need to change t

he food you eat or anything else that might be causing the problem.

The message is loud and so clear: Have discomfort, pain, or a problem? Just take a quick fix. You will feel better. You are lured into thinking that feeling good equals good health, and you are free to go about your life without any fuss or the inconvenience of changing any of your habits that may be causing the problem in the first place.

Who cares if you have to take eight different drugs to feel well? Who cares about the short and long term health-compromising consequences of ignoring the condition and the negative side effects of the drugs themselves? As long as you have no pain or symptoms at the moment, you must be healthy—so you are taught and so you think.

That is our collective, cultural attitude—feeling good equals health.

The question is: Is this true? Just because you feel good, does that mean you are healthy?”

Let's explore the answer to that question in part 2 of: "Cancer? But I Feel So Good.”

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