Universal Living NOV / DEC 2013 Volume 1 Issue 2 | Page 11

Why Do People
Get Sick?
By Mary Robbins

Often times I hear folks pondering
how to get themselves healthy or
back to a state of wellness. They are
asking about what doctors to consult,
what procedures to undergo, what
medicines to take?
A question I don’t often hear is: Why
do humans get sick in the first place?
It makes sense to ask this because
people are getting sicker and sicker at
younger and younger ages. I just
read where women in the U.S. are
starting to see shorter lifespans for
the first time since the industrial age
began. Why is this happening?
To understand why we get sick, we
first, need to understand the human
body. We know that our bodies have
limbs and organs which can be broken down into muscle and tissue.
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