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  As stated previously, being fit and being well are totally different conditions.  Your 

wellness rating is dependent upon your immune system, and what vitamins, supplements, and 

nutrition you provide for your immune system.  Fit people can sometimes be unwell.  And well 

people can sometimes be unfit 

  Most individuals do not take the time to completely understand the health advantages of 

being both fit and well.  We read and absorb the information we’re given through the media and 

health organizations, without ever pondering if we’re receiving all the information we need, or 

simply the part that is profitable to be seen or heard.  Fitness gyms need your monthly fees in 

order to remain operational.  They have no real concern about the condition of your immune 

system.  Physical fitness is a condition of the body alone.   Hospitals and doctors need you as a 

patient in order to remain operational; they want you to know you need to be fit and well, but 

often leave out important pieces that affect your wellness and, therefore, your ability to be fit. 

  What about eating habits?  What about vitamins?  What role does our daily intake play in 

our health, our wellness, and our fitness?  More than you have been lead to believe or 

understand.  The body’s ability to remain well under anything other than ideal conditions is a direct result of the nutrition received on a daily basis.  The mind’s ability to remain well is, again, 

a direct result of our nutrition intake.  For instance, the human brain doesn’t develop well without 

the necessary input of protein in our daily diet 

You pick up the magazines each day, and you’re bombarded with health and fitness 

information.  Advertisements and articles that are designed to impart much needed information 

to the reader about the state of fitness and health in America today, and what we as responsible 

citizens should do.  I want you to stop, and think for just one moment.  How do you determine 

your current fitness and wellness levels?  Does your regular doctor as you each time you go if 

you believe yourself to be fit and well?  Probably not.  Nor does he give you any method for 

determining the status on your own.  Fitness centers abound in this country, and most are 

staffed with counselors who can test your fitness level.  What about your wellness level?  Are 

they one and the same?  They are not one and the same, yet they rely heavily on each other to 

keep you healthy. 

  The terms are often used interchangeably.  Quite often someone will talk about their 

health, when they’re really addressing a fitness issue.  Then you will encounter conversations 

where the word wellness is used to discuss a health issue.  Because these issues are still new as 

far as the participating public is concerned, there will continue to be confusion as to the proper 

use of each term.  It’s not so important that we use the correct term, just that we take an active 

role in our wellness, fitness and overall health. 

The same is true when considering our quality of life, what role does our overall health and 

wellness play in the quality of our life?