Quotes About Health

Very few old folk are happy, Irina. Most of them are poor, aren't healthy, and have no family. It's the most fragile and difficult stage of life, more so than childhood, because it grows worse day by day, and there is no future other than death.

la juventud no es una época de la vida sino un estado de ánimo... uno tiene la salud que se merece.

Der] ziellose Blick eines Menschen, der sich ausschließlich von Gemüse ernährt.

The elderly are the most entertaining people in the world," she eventually told Irina. "They have lived a lot, say whatever they like, and couldn't care less about other people's opinion. You'll never get bored here. Our residents are well educated, and if they're in good health they keep on learning and experimenting. This community stimulates them and they can avoid the worst scourge of old age: loneliness." Irina

Full belly, happy heart," was the favorite saying of Padre Mendoza, who had been obsessed with good nutrition ever since he'd heard of sailors suffering from scurvy when a lemon could have prevented their agony.

la friccionaba con aceite de almendras dulces para evitar las estrías en la piel del vientre

Duplicó sus cuidados, la friccionaba con aceite de almendras dulces para evitar las estrías en la piel del vientre, le ponía miel de abejas en los pezones para que no se le agrietaran, le daba de comer cáscara molida de huevo para que tuviera buena leche y no se le picaran los dientes y le rezaba oraciones de Belén para el buen parto.

We distrust doctors because it's obvious that good health does not promote good business, and we go to them only when everything else has failed, after we've tried all the remedies recommended by our friends and acquaintances.

Weinig oude mensen zijn tevreden, Irina. De meesten leven in armoede, met een gebrekkige gezondheid en zonder familie. Dit is de moeilijkste en kwetsbaarste fase van ons leven, erger nog dan je kinderjaren, want met de dag ga je verder achteruit en er wacht je geen andere toekomst dan de dood.

to enjoy her remaining years of good health before she was defeated by decrepitude. She wanted to live abroad, where the daily challenges kept her mind occupied and her heart in relative calm, because in Chile she was crushed by the weight of the familiar, its routines and limitations. Back there she felt she was condemned to be a lonely old woman besieged by pointless memories; in another country, there could be surprises and opportunities.

Free, public, compulsory education, public health for all, and one of the most advanced social security systems on the continent favored the strengthening of a vast educated and politicized middle class, as well as a proletariat with class awareness. Unions were formed, along with centers for workers, employees, and students. Women gained the vote, and electoral processes were perfected. (An election in Chile is as civilized as tea time in London's Savoy Hotel.

The military government had decided public services should be in private hands. Health was not a right, but a consumer good to be bought and sold.

Estaba en edad de tener una vida sexual activa, pensaba, eso era tan importante para el bienestar y la salud como el ejercicio y una dieta equilibrada, no debía permitir que el cuerpo se le secara.

Since it was already understood that the illness entered the body through the breath and not from a mosquito bite or stomach worms, as had been widely believed, the use of face coverings was ordered. But since there weren't even sufficient masks for health workers, who fought on the front lines, there certainly weren't enough to go around for the general population.

Hay diferencia entre vejez y ancianidad. No es cosa de edad, sino de estado de salud física y mental —le explicó Cathy—. Los viejos pueden mantener su independencia, pero los ancianos necesitan asistencia y vigilancia hasta que llega un momento en que son como niños.»

el silencio era el último inviolable refugio de mi mujer, y no una enfermedad mental

Bájalo de la cama, Lucía —dijo, acercándose con la intención de hacerlo. —Ni se te ocurra, Richard. Marcelo es muy sentimental, se ofendería. —Dormir con animales es peligroso. —¿Para qué? —La salud, para empezar. Quién sabe qué enfermedades puede… —Lo malo para la salud es lavarse las manos a cada rato, como haces tú. Buenas noches, Richard. —Como quieras. Buenas noches. Hora y

There's a difference between being old and being ancient. It doesn't have to do with age, but physical and mental health," Cathy explained. "Those who are old can remain independent, but those who are ancient need help and supervision; there comes a moment when they're like children again.

porque el alcohol se acompañaba con dosis masivas de aspirinas. se creía que mataba el virus.

I work out because that's my job, but what I enjoy about it, beyond the vanity, is the Zen of it. I like getting out of my head, and one great way to do that is to sweat your face off. And to know that, if you're thinking of anything else, you're not working intensely enough.

I would say there are some foods that I strongly recommend that you do not eat. No. 1 on that list, I believe, is doughnuts. Comfort food. Zero value. Don't eat them.

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