Questions Regarding Health in Light of Spiritual Science

Today, as on a similar occasion in the past, we should recall an old saying that comes to mind for many when talking about health and illness: There are so many illnesses and only one health! — To some, this saying seems as self-evident as possible, and yet it is a mistake, a mistake in the eminent sense of the word, because there is not just one health, but as many healths as there are people. This is precisely what we must take into account if we want to see the questions of health and illness in the right light. We must accept that human beings are individual beings, that each person is different from the next, and that what may be beneficial to one person and harmful and sickening to another depends entirely on their individual constitution.