Health Many factors can influence our health from our family history to our social, physical and economic environment to our own individual coping skills. One area where people can influence their health positively is through their own personal health practices. Keeping yourself informed to make healthy food and lifestyle choices is an important way to improve your overall health and sense of well-being. Encouraging Canadians to take a more active role in their health is …showed first 75 words of 337 total…

…showed last 75 words of 337 total…You are what you eat" is commonly referred to in the context of general health. However, it is an oversimplification of an individual's potential to achieve their optimal health. It assumes a person consumes a balanced nutritional diet, lives and works in a clean environment, is stress and infection free and has inherited defective-free genes. A balanced diet alone should act as the foundation for excellent health and well-being. If only it were that simple!