Do you consider yourself a healthy person? Not many people can answer this question with a definite "yes" because not being sick is not the same as being healthy.

In Western medicine there is the term called "latent disease." This term represents a condition in which a person is not yet sick but not completely healthy. In other words, it is a state in which a person is one step away from contracting a disease.

Right now, millions of people live in this condition. Even people who consider themselves healthy are affected by problems such as chronic constipation or diarrhoea, allergies, hypo or hyper thyroidism, inflammation, headache, fatigue, insomnia, tension in the neck and shoulders ... etc. These symptoms are distress signals your body sends you. And if you just think "this is normal for me" or "I am normally like this", you run the risk that the condition progresses to a serious illness.

If this is the case, then the question is what lifestyle should we follow in order to have a long and healthy existence? The healthcare industry is a huge market, with products spilling out of store counters. Many people buy healthy food supplements because the labels tell them that only one remedy will solve their problems, just by drinking or swallowing the daily supplement. In the short term, this means that most people do not really understand what is really good for their body, and therefore it is easy to be manipulated by the media.

To live a long and healthy life it is recommended:

1. Diet rich in fruits, raw or very lightly steamed vegetables, sprouted legumes, nuts and natural seeds without roasting or salting
2. Eliminate processed, refined, industrialized foods from the diet, do not consume sugars, alcohol or processed beverages
3. Eliminate cow´s milk products and reduce the consumption of animal protein as much as possible, giving priority to fish over white or red meat. Eliminate cold cuts.
4. No smoking
5. Practice fasting when the body feels it necessary.
6. Live or frequent harmonious environments to recharge our vital energy with nature.
7. Avoid intense cold or heat.
8. Internal and external cleaning, using natural products.
9. Get plenty of rest.
10. Practice some physical exercise.
11. Sun and natural light.
12. Avoid medications
13. Relating to other humans with whom we feel good.
14. Motivation and commitment to activities that make us feel good.
15. Be content with yourself
16. Humour, joy, laughter Music, dance, recreational activities
17. Peace, harmony and tranquillity. Friendship and companionship.

Throughout history we find numerous examples of people who practiced vital hygiene such as the Essenes, groups that have stood out for their extraordinary longevity and high level of health. In addition to characters such as Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Leonardo da Vinci or Mahatma Gandhi, among others.