Forum: Health

“We must learn never to underestimate the capacity of the human mind and body to regenerate – even when the prospects seem most wretched. What the...

“Walking is man's best medicine.” — Hippocrates

“Staying young is trying out new tastes, new places to go, new styles, keeping an open mind, not settling for what you've always had or always done....

“To lengthen your life, shorten your meals.” — Benjamin Franklin

“Don't be reckless with your health. When I was young, I thought I was God Almighty. Then I had a heart attack at age 34. My doctor told me I had...

“Never eat while angry, frightened or worried. Your body is simply not in a position to make use of the food when it is on a defensive footing.” —...

“As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy had failed, lifted out of disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer.” — Alexis...

“The one way to get thin is to reestablish a purpose in life. Obesity is often a mental state, a disease brought on by boredom and disappointment.”...

“All you have to do is go to a hospital and hear all the simple blessings that people never before realized were blessings – being able to urinate,...

“If someone were to ask me what is the most difficult lesson I've learned from being paralyzed, I'm very clear about it: I know I have to give when...

“If you don't already walk and sit as if you were brought up with the Bolshoi Ballet, work on your posture. The idea is to look as if you own the...

“The best promoter of health is something to do.” — John Burroughs

“I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of...

“I use running to gain energy. If you're going to succeed in a very, very difficult profession, you'd better be fit.” — Israel Horovitz

“Like any other major experience, illness actually changes us. We think soberly, perhaps for the first time, about our past and future. Illness gives...