There are four levels to the Baseline of Health.

1) Optimal Health Level – In a perfect world, all bodily systems and
organs would operate at Optimal Health Level. In reality, this is
not practically achievable since no one has absolutely perfect
Optimal Health. But, what we all can do is keep doing the things
necessary to stay as close to the Optimal Health Level as possible,
for as long as possible, by controlling the things we can control,
and mitigating the negative effects of things outside of our control.

2) Sub-Clinical Symptoms Level - When some of our bodily systems and
organs chronically function at a sub optimal level, we begin to have
Sub-Clinical Symptoms. These Sub-Clinical Symptoms are not bad
enough to show up on standard tests, but are bad enough to make us
function as less than Optimal. Sub-Clinical symptoms don't show up
on Standard Tests like Blood Test, X-Ray, CT, MRI, etc. But
nonetheless, if left uncorrected, it will eventually lead to
Clinical Symptoms.

3) Clinical Symptoms Level – Once we move farther and farther away
from Optimal Health, and not correct Sub-Clinical Symptoms, we will
eventually experience Clinical Symptoms. Clinical Symptoms are
detectable by standard tests.

4) Death Level - When Clinical Symptoms show up and the person does
not correct it, the chronic and cumulative abuse on a bodily system
or organ can drive a person's health to the Death Level, and the
person dies.

At what level of health are you aiming to achieve and maintain?
Some people are content to do just enough to avoid clinical
symptoms, or just perpetually tread above the Clinical Symptoms
level. They will stop only long enough to cope with any symptoms,
but never really learn to go beyond it. Then there are others who
experience Clinical and Sub-Clinical Symptoms, but they LEARN, and
LEARN their lessons well. They realize a very simple truth:

It's far easier to maintain Optimal Health than it is to lose
Optimal Health, and then try to regain it.

I learned this lesson the hard way by not paying attention to
Clinical and Sub-Clinical symptoms in the past, and finally ended up
with PN. Of course, if I could do it over, I would not have done it
the same way. I would have paid more attention to maintaining
optimal health as much as possible, not take my good health for
granted, and aim for perpetual buoy well beyond the Sub-Clinical
Symptoms Level. The good news is that despite my bad choices and
decisions in the past regarding my own health, I was still given a
second chance. The lesson wasn't lost on me.