Excerpt from Bragg’s Healthy Heart Book — Chap­ter 6
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Health has some­times been defined as phys­i­cal uncon­scious­ness. Not all phys­i­cal uncon­scious­ness is health, but the great­est com­pli­ment we can pay to the func­tion­ing of our body is to be unaware of it because it is run­ning so smoothly. Most young peo­ple do not real­ize there is such a thing as health because when young, most have it in abundance.

With the pas­sage of years, how­ever, we tend to become aware, thus more health-conscious. The adage is so often true that says: You spend your Health to gain your Wealth. In later life, its reverse proves true: You spend your Wealth to regain your Health. The health-conscious per­son usu­ally becomes so only after get­ting sick, and we are of the opin­ion that most peo­ple over 50 are a lit­tle sick. There would be no such thing as health if it were not for the lack of it. Most peo­ple begin to dis­cover health’s exis­tence just when they need it the most. While health con­scious­ness may be the result of impaired vital­ity, let us sug­gest this applies only to the com­mon vari­ety of health and health consciousness.

Invest in Your “Health Bank” for Com­fort, Secu­rity and Hap­pi­ness
Higher Health is essen­tially con­scious or rather, it’s con­scious of its uncon­scious­ness. It is health pride, some­thing you should truly cher­ish. It’s a will and a desire man­i­fes­ta­tion to live a long, happy, active and healthy life. Can you think of any greater com­fort, secu­rity and hap­pi­ness than that of per­pet­ual sound health? Or that any of your loved ones need never be stricken with an early death from heart dis­ease? Or that no one need die at an early age, unless by an unfor­tu­nate accident?