Sometimes I think we are sick because of our 'health'.

OK, I'm no doctor but I know many doctors. Now that we are living a while in Asia I talk with doctors who know all kinds of diseases in tropical countries and they also know how to treat them.

I contend with the question: ' who is healthier? The people living here or we (in the west)? '

If you're traveling from Western Europe or America (to Asia) you will always be advised to contact one or other form of a health service. This to ask for advice about the vaccinations you should get for the country that you’ll visit.

Often even an expensive “joke”. The recommendations seem, if you ask some travel companies, also frequently depend on local doctor, to be different.

If you want to make a trip from Asia to Europe you often won’t get the advice  to get any vaccination.

If (ever) you hear something about or read on the internet about getting shots, you’ll find information about Tetanus and maybe sometimes even on the annual flu or sometimes Q fever.

Why do we have to get whole “cocktails” of all kinds of medication prescribed in advance, so there considering our 'health' as little as possible can go wrong during our vacation or trip?

In any case, to me (not as an MD) it looks like we, are sick of ' health '.

In addition, there are many, well-educated, doctors here who laugh about this nevertheless …

Last week we had a pleasant meeting with two driven people from Malaysia who have been over 14 years working in healthy products. If you look into it, you’ll get scared by how chemical companies and multinationals are “treating” us daily in our ' welfare state '.

Of course, the stories about (artificial) fragrance, color, taste substances and ' E numbers ' are already known for much longer. Now we found out that, in low concentrations, in nearly any product a kind chemical dump takes place. In toys, cosmetics, soft drinks, (laundry) detergents, toothpastes, foods, skin & hair care and whatever you’ll name.

If the influence of those toxic chemicals that through your mouth, your lungs or your skin getting into you gets too much at any time than you can take any medication  that makes you ' healthy ' again.

Would that maybe be an  answer to my question? The vast majority of people here don’t know all  those fantastic products, which are touted in great marketing advertisements, (because you really don't need them) yet.

We are so (UN) healthy that we hardly are resistant to sometimes the smallest ailments.

Day after day we become a little bit sicker through everything we eat and use. Who knows, the people here are yet much healthier than we are.

What a change and new perspectives ... I never, in my job that focused on safety and health in Netherlands, focused on this. Now however, having met with these two people from Malaysia, I’ll study this more.

The experiences and perspectives we will use for sure in one of our work programs.

With renowned specialists, we already implemented the first contacts.

Will be continued for sure.

Frans Captijn
Host / Catalyst / Talenteer at Captijn Insight

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