How to Human

The goal of successful human-ing is to make it to over 100 years and be healthy for most of them.

But learning how to human is hard and most of us have our approach to health backwards.

We get sick, and then try to fix it. This doesn’t work.

The focus should be on optimising lifestyle and never becoming ill.

Click here for my factsheet on How to Human: The Basics

Beginner

Core concepts

The first key to human-ing well is to never develop disease in the first place with a healthy lifestyle.

Level 1

• Nutrition

• Movement

• Sleep

• Stress

Level 2

• Smoking

• Weight

• Alcohol

• Cholesterol

• Blood Pressure

Intermediate

Diseases to avoid

The second key is to identify risk factors and early signs of disease and treat them aggressively early.

Level 1

• Athero-sclerosis

• Cancer

• Neuro-degenerative

• Metabolic

Level 2

• Mental Health

• Musculo-skeletal

• Infections

• Substances

• Injury and Accidents

Advanced

When you have a condition

The final key and arguably the least important is to treat medical conditions once found.

Once you develop a significant health condition like a heart attack or cancer, there is often a limit to how much overall improvement you can gain due to medication, surgery, and procedures.

Search for management of specific conditions above.

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Dermatology + Skin

Diet + Lifestyle

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ENT + Ears + Nose + Throat

Gastroenterology + Gut + Liver

Genetics + Inheritance

Geriatrics + Aged Care

GP + Family

Haematology + Blood + Pathology

Immunology + Immune System

Infections + Travel + Tropical + Vax

Neurology + Brain + Neurosurg

Oncology + Cancer

Orthopaedics + Bones

Ophthalmology + Eyes

Paediatrics + Kids

Pharmacology + Drugs

Physiotherapy + Musculo-skeletal

Psychiatry + Mental Health

Radiology + Imaging

Renal + Kidneys + Urology

Respiratory + Lungs + Sleep

Rheumatology + Joints

Women’s Health + Pregnancy