> "Healthy" doesn't seem like the word to use to describe something that requires constant and intentional intervention/manipulation by some external party mere

> "Healthy" doesn't seem like the word to use to describe something that requires constant and intentional intervention/manipulation by some external party merely to exist. The healthiest imaginable individual has an immune system constantly fighting off infectious agents. Their liver and kidneys are filtering toxins that their own bodies are generating. You're healthy if all your defense and maintenance mechanisms are constantly doing their job. Health is an ongoing process.