Puzzle to Clues on What Health Means to Me

In essence, my measurement on my health status is on how my body and mind is able to rise to meet challenges and to sail through it all coming out a satisfied victor. Between the missing texts are clues for the cross-word puzzle on what I think health means to me.

Lub-dub, lub-dub! Yes, that’s the beat of a normal heart. BP check! Pulse check! Good to note that __(1)__ signs are at optimum, thanks to regular work-outs and __(2)__. Stretching, being able to touch the toes without effort, that’s being __(3)__. To maintain the desired waist circumference to hip ratio, not obese with a healthy body __(4)__ index within range; staying away from the silent killers, obesity, heart diseases, stroke, __(5)__ and cancer that’s a sign of good __(6)__ of life.

The ability to handle __(7)__ without getting overwhelmed and not hearing voices in your head, shows that you are mentally __(8)__. Not living in the past, all slumped and gloomy that’s a sign that you are keeping __(9)__ at bay. Mental health also means the ability to recognise annoyance and controlling anger before it becomes a full-fledged __(10)__. A person with balanced mental health accepts each and everyone as an equal without __(11)__. To __(12)__, is also a sign that the person is mentally able to put thoughts across verbally.

A person with a healthy system will confidently say, bring on those nuts, as there are no __(13)__, bring in the milk as there is no __(14)__ issues with me! A health conscious person will maintain good __(15)__ habits by managing meals proportionately. Puff-puff! Cough-cough! I don’t want any __(16)__, give that to the Malboro man. No metformin, no statin, no amilodipine, no long term __(17)__! With all this taken care of, how not to call it a day with regular, uninterrupted __(18)__?
 

ANSWERS:
(1) VITAL              (2) EXERCISE          (3) FLEXIBLE        (4) MASS                  (5) DIABETES  
(6) QUALITY        (7) STRESS               (8) SOUND             (9) DEPRESSION    (10) RAGE      
(11) PREJUDICE   (12) COMMUNICATE          (13) ALLERGIES              (14) INTOLERANCE  
(15) EATING          (16) NICOTINE                     (17) MEDICATION          (18) SLEEP

by Jagdish K. Chahil,