The digital intensity and modernization of this age have brought a lot of change in the way of living and approaching life. Somehow, there are many aspects of the Amish life that may be considered better and simple than what our digital world offers. Nonetheless, we do not advocate turning around and living like Amish – however taking a look at their lives can allow us to look at ours in a different light.

Some Amish principles can help you remember that the sun is beautiful, appreciating nature is excellent and life is a blessing. You might also want to catch up with friends in the neighborhood than stay by your computer all day. The Amish life values to love your family and live life in the right way.

For most people, they see the Amish living as foolish and barbaric because they do not use the technology, and they chose to go against the current of our society’s trend. Compared to the growing problems of obesity in America, Amish people are healthier, and most of them die a natural death. They do not get sick, well rarely they do, and they do not suffer from cancer and other diseases borne by the modernity of our age.

Here are some facts that you might not know about Amish people.

Why do the Amish people rarely get sick?

Amish people are all principled ones, and they live up to the faith that their ancestors had passed to them. They adhere to the traditional way of living and set aside the modernization and comforts of life.

The Amish Don’t Get Vaccinated

Amish people have low density of children who have autism. There are only three recorded autism occurrences, but these kids received vaccines at their early stages. However, the society claims that the low probability of autism among Amish comes from their superior genetic origins rather than the nonexistence of vaccines.

Despite the efforts and pressure of the civil law, the Amish manages to refuse the vaccination in their community.

The Amish Eat Organic, Locally Grown Food

Processed foods are brought about by modernization and technology. For the Amish, they have already said no to the norms of the world. Instead of buying foods, they grow their own food using the organic farming method. They tend to their own animals. They eat foods harvested in season and save the rest through traditional food preservation like canning and fermentation.

Newly harvested and seasonal fruits and vegetables have higher nutritional contents that are useful to our body. They have antioxidants that fight bacteria and harmful elements keeping the body healthy and strong.

The Amish Eat Plenty of Healthy Fats

Due to the Amish’s healthy diet, they have a low percentage of obesity. Unlike some who eat a lot of healthy foods using different formulae, the Amish does not necessarily control their eating habits. Naturally, they just become healthy. They eat a lot of butter, meat, eggs, and dairy produced in the backyard. They tend to their own animals, and they do the harvesting of butter and milk. These foods contain a lot of healthy nutrients and vitamins like Vitamin A, Vitamin E and Vitamin K2. For modern diets, most vitamins are absent.

Low-fat food depletes the body from receiving the necessary nutrients. Vitamin K2 is a dietary supplement that supports the immune system, and lack of this vitamin causes infirmities and cancer-related diseases.

The Amish People are Physically Active

Thirty-one percent of the American people are obese while the Amish only have 3% obesity rate. Amish people do not use cars, or any modern technology. Their level of physical activity, on the other hand, is very active. Men and women must walk a lot every day. They engage in a lot of physical labor thus; they rarely get cardiovascular diseases.

It is such a shame to us that due to the emergence of modernity and technologies, we seem to forget how to value physical activity. Reflecting from the Amish, it is a lifestyle that played a significant role in our fitness and health.

The Amish Live Stress Free Lives

Health problems root from stress. Cortisol levels in our body increases during stress, thus causing a lot of body disorders. Different health problems such as heart diseases and fatigue, as well as old aged issues, are products of stress. Amish people live in a community where they build using their own energy and resources. They do not envy. They do not want anything from this world.

They are in peace with lifestyle based on the egalitarian community taught to them by their ancestors. They live in a toxic free and self-sustaining environment.

Ways to live like an Amish

• Try to choose more organic/unprocessed foods. These tend to be more expensive in the stores, but you can save some cash by starting up a garden on your own! Give it a shot, it’s not as hard as you might think – that is unless you don’t have the real estate to do so.
• If gardening isn’t your gift, try other ways that can help you appreciate nature. Integrate Amish principles that can work well with you and your family.
• Doing the Amish way of life is hard especially to those raised using technologies. Bring your family to the park for a walk,  go on a picnic and other bonding activities. Whatever you are doing, try to cut out digital aspects of your lives for at least a couple hours a day. You’ll be amazed at how freeing it can actually be. From the Amish culture, the family should be one and united.

Precautions

• Living the Amish way is never easy. You are used to being in a modern world. You cannot get out of the house without your phone and music on. The Amish life means throwing or greatly eliminating everything you have.
• The Amish uses corporal punishments, however, never hit or strike your child.
• There are still many undesirable traits and lifestyle in Amish culture. The women are still inferior, and there is still use of physical and verbal abuse as discipline. They also lack formal education and do not romanticize.