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Introduction

Since the beginning of time people yearn for living as long as possible, look forward to their retirement expecting quality active life, envisioning the fulfillment of dreams they hadn´t the time and energy for while working. Many of them, however, never reach this imaginary apex because their physical or psychological condition does not allow it. Then they spend their mature years in waiting rooms of specialized physicians and in pharmacy queues waiting for their “magical pill”. Wide range of so-called civilization ailments afflicts younger and younger patients. These ailments are already common occurrence at the middle-aged and hardly any senior citizen can boast a medical record without any of these diagnoses. In most cases healthy lifestyle could prevent them or at least postpone the arrival of their first symptoms. We should take responsibility for our health, because we can be beneficial to our family, our society or ourselves only in good shape. The sooner we realize that our body is not indestructible and health cannot be bought in a bottle, the better.