So, what does healthy actually mean? The issue is that healthy has so many facets: physical, mental and even social all play a part.



The word healthy has been hijacked by so many things. It's been overused in marketing, media and the diet world to the point where the true meaning has been lost. Today we are getting into what I believe is the core of health.

Healthy is not a one thing and done kind of word. It encompasses a wide range of areas. And overall, it's a lot of work. It fluctuates with the times and things you go through. And that's ok.

The Meaning of Healthy

If you search online you can find some origination in what it means to be healthy. The World Health Organization actually defined the word back in 1948. They said that healthy is an overall state between physical, mental and social well being.

It isn't just the absence of disease, it's the equilibrium of all of those three areas coming together to form and overall health.

I have been saying this since I started my business. You'll often hear me saying that health means body and mind, which is why I don't preach that following a specific diet completely works for many people.

If something brings you stress, even if it's something considered necessary to be healthy, then you are losing the health of your mind. Conversely, if you are doing something that makes your mind happy, but isn't healthy for your body, you are losing the physical health aspect.

It's the point when you find a happy balance between the two, and are able to maintain that, when you are working towards ultimate health.

The role of healthy eating

So much of what we see as related to health revolves around eating. Eat Keto, Paleo, Vegan, do intermittent fasting....the list goes on with diets and diet programs.

While I am a huge advocate of eating plants, I am also an advocate of finding the balance between getting in all those whole plants and giving your body whatever else it needs.

We are all different, and something that may work amazing for one person may not work for the other. Including the vegan or plant-based diet. Yep, I said it.

I have recently had to become completely gluten-free for my own health. And with age and things my body is going through, I have found that I need some non plant-based foods to be my best me.

My husband on the other hand, the actual reason we changed our diet to being with, needs to eat mostly plants. He can add some dairy and eggs once in a while when he has a craving or we are out, but overall his health needs plants.

It's been a learning curve as we grow and change, and although I still eat mostly plant-based foods (and continue to create them), when I need something different I am finding it very easy to simply add them to our meals.

Accepting this has helped our overall mental health. Which has helped us move towards overall health. It's a continuum and not something I believe is reached and done with.

Health and exercise

Moving your body is another important part of physical health. As it is with our diet, there is so much pressure to move in a certain way.

But like with eating, we are all different and there is no one way that is best for everyone. Move how you feel is best for you.

Some days you may feel like you want to push yourself more than others, some days you feel like resting. Do what works,