Defeating a defeatist attitude
Making the assumption that someone is reading this (which, I guess I can assume, since some of you have told me you do), I'd like you to stop for a second, slow down, and really consider what you're about to read.
I talk a lot to people about health and our diets/food choices, because it's an area of interest for me right now. That's what we talk about, right... things we're interested in? I'm struck by how many people have the attitude that, "I'm going to die anyway," or, "you only live once, may as well enjoy it." Haven't we all heard those things more times than we can remember?
Well, I have news for you: you ARE going to die, but chances are, it will be a LONG time from now, and you will probably be in your 70s or 80s. If your health deteriorates as late as 50, or even 60, you could potentially face 20 to 30 years of your life in chronic discomfort or pain.
Someone very close to me, a near life-long smoker, suffers from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder. Every breath is a struggle, every day a 24-hour battle. Can you imagine depending on machinery for the most basic of life's funcions, your breathing? All because of a few bad choices many years earlier?
Then there's cancer, which is touching more and more lives every day.
Cancer is not something you "get" from external sources. Cancer is something that happens in a body because a cancer-enabling trigger occurs, and our bodies lack the proper enzymes and immunity to keep it from developing. I believe cancer is preventable, but only through reducing possible body traumas (smoking, exposure to pollution, chemicals/pesticides in foods, etc.), and a diet that is rich in the foods our bodies need to operate as they were intended.
How long can you continue to run an automobile, using maple syrup instead of oil, or by mixing gasoline with water? Not very long. It will, of course, eventually break down. Is your body any different? How long can we continue to pour gallons of sugary sodas into our body when it's asking for water? How long can we continue eating french fries and candy bars when our bodies are crying for enzyme-rich fruits and vegetables?
We have the cards stacked against us: our world is becoming increasingly toxic; bad food is cheap and easy while good food is harder to find and more expensive; our lifestyles are almost completely sedentary. All you have is your health, and all you can do for yourself is try to eat right and stay healthy. If we all give in to the corporate "fast food" mindset, all we are doing is killing ourselves while we make someone else wealthy - someone who is contributing to our early and painful demise.
Health is wealth. Remember that.
I talk a lot to people about health and our diets/food choices, because it's an area of interest for me right now. That's what we talk about, right... things we're interested in? I'm struck by how many people have the attitude that, "I'm going to die anyway," or, "you only live once, may as well enjoy it." Haven't we all heard those things more times than we can remember?
Well, I have news for you: you ARE going to die, but chances are, it will be a LONG time from now, and you will probably be in your 70s or 80s. If your health deteriorates as late as 50, or even 60, you could potentially face 20 to 30 years of your life in chronic discomfort or pain.
Someone very close to me, a near life-long smoker, suffers from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder. Every breath is a struggle, every day a 24-hour battle. Can you imagine depending on machinery for the most basic of life's funcions, your breathing? All because of a few bad choices many years earlier?
Then there's cancer, which is touching more and more lives every day.
Cancer is not something you "get" from external sources. Cancer is something that happens in a body because a cancer-enabling trigger occurs, and our bodies lack the proper enzymes and immunity to keep it from developing. I believe cancer is preventable, but only through reducing possible body traumas (smoking, exposure to pollution, chemicals/pesticides in foods, etc.), and a diet that is rich in the foods our bodies need to operate as they were intended.
How long can you continue to run an automobile, using maple syrup instead of oil, or by mixing gasoline with water? Not very long. It will, of course, eventually break down. Is your body any different? How long can we continue to pour gallons of sugary sodas into our body when it's asking for water? How long can we continue eating french fries and candy bars when our bodies are crying for enzyme-rich fruits and vegetables?
We have the cards stacked against us: our world is becoming increasingly toxic; bad food is cheap and easy while good food is harder to find and more expensive; our lifestyles are almost completely sedentary. All you have is your health, and all you can do for yourself is try to eat right and stay healthy. If we all give in to the corporate "fast food" mindset, all we are doing is killing ourselves while we make someone else wealthy - someone who is contributing to our early and painful demise.
Health is wealth. Remember that.
3 Comments:
It's pretty hard to not give in to the man and eat out and purchase mass-produced food at the grocery store. That being said, until your organic stuff hits the mainstream, I don't really have much of a choice when it comes to where I get my food from -- I'm just a poor college student :( LOL
Organic food HAS hit the mainstream, brutha... don't you read my blog? ; )
"O" brand at Vons is basically the same price as the competing brands.
You can keep using that "poor college student" excuse if it makes you feel better, but I ain't buyin it!
We shop at Albertson's, so we don't see organic brands.
And when I grow up and get a job and a house, maybe then I'll think about shopping for more expensive organic, but on my budget now, that won't be happening anytime soon.
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