Would you rather be.....

Would you rather be Happy or Just not sad?
Would you rather be Intelligent or Just not dumb?
Would you rather be Energized or Just not tired?
How about Healthy or Just not sick?

Get the point? There is a significant difference between your two options. You can work towards a desirable outcome, or you can just try to avoid a negative one. The same thing goes for being symptom free or fully functioning. How many times have you heard the phrase "he was perfectly healthy then he had a heart attack"? Was that person healthy or just symptom free? Would you rather be healthy (or working towards better health), or merely symptom free with a heart attack waiting to happen?

Just like you can be symptom free but not healthy, you can have symptoms while functioning well. Let me give you an example...

You have eaten something bad at a picnic. Several hours later you are vomiting and have diarrhea. Are you sick? Not at all. Yes, you have symptoms, but you aren't sick. You body is functioning properly to try to rid itself of something that it doesn't want. Your symptoms are the proper function of your body. So, what happens when you take a medication to stop these symptoms? You are allowing the invader to stay in the body longer - when your body clearly wants it out.

Knowing why your body is doing something will help you understand your path to better health.