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Why write I about health..Day 1 Health Activist Writer's Challenge

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Why do I write about health? The answer to that for me is easy. I feel health is a commodity that so many of us take for granted.  We work hard to make money, we work hard to keep our relationships in order, we work hard at raising our children, and we work hard at making a nice home for ourselves.  But none of these things amount to an ounce of beans if we are not able to enjoy them. If we do not have our health. Our health can be stolen from us in an instant even if we do work hard at maintaining it and let's be honest  most Americans do little to pay attention to their health on a regular basis.  Once it's gone, then we sit up and take notice. I'm not here judging anyone. I would have been the same way but I never really ever seemed healthy so I was always keenly aware of health related issues. As a child I struggled endlessly with allergies and low blood sugar. Both these conditions were so extreme that they impacted my life daily and frustrated my Mother to no