The self-care practice

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) self-care is defined as the ability of individuals, families and communities to promote health, prevent disease, and maintain health and to cope with illness and disability with or without the support of a health-care provider. It includes any intentional actions you take to care for your physical, mental, spiritual and emotional health. Physical exercise and a healthy diet are part of the physical self-care that means the ability to maintain a healthy life’s quality. Also, a good reflection makes up part of the mental and emotional self-care that means the ability to understand ourselves and overcome the challenges in life. Besides, there is a spiritual self-care that means to establish peace and harmony in our lives, through a spiritual peace. However, a good self-care can be a big challenge for many people, because it’s broad and can suffer many influences, as financial part and lack knowledge. So, if the people don’t practice the self-care, a great imbalance happens and many consequences occur in the human body, as diseases in the body and mind that can lead to the death. That’s why, it’s important to avoid the bad habits, which can start to be an unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyles, the way of expound good and bad feelings and the habit of smoking and drinking alcohol too much. In conclusion, the human body can’t be treated only the physical part, but yes it needs to be treated as a whole. 

References: <http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Jwhozip32e/3.1.html>