Is Consumption Consuming You?

A fantastic article. Here are a few callouts from it. Read the entire story, it's very insightful and honest.

"Manufacturers love to tweak products in ways that leave our diet largely unchanged, but allow for new "hot buttons" to be added to the product packaging to create a "health halo" and seduce you to buy more of whatever junk it may be. "


"The health care industry makes more money treating chronic diseases than it does preventing them. And the circle of business goes round and round, with us dizzy with confusion."


"The appeal of convenience, low price, added flavor and enriched nutrients is all an illusion to cover up the compromised quality of food."

"With fat, sugar and salt you can make cardboard taste exciting to the palate."

What we eat will starve or nourish cancer cells

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50 Must-See YouTube Videos to Improve Your Health and Happiness

One of the most important nurse practitioner duties is to help patients learn how to live healthy. For many people, though, it can be a challenge to access the information that they need to make better decisions about their health and wellness... READ ON

Stand Up While You Read This!

From the New York Times recently:

"Your chair is your enemy.

It doesn’t matter if you go running every morning, or you’re a regular at the gym. If you spend most of the rest of the day sitting — in your car, your office chair, on your sofa at home — you are putting yourself at increased risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, a variety of cancers and an early death. In other words, irrespective of whether you exercise vigorously, sitting for long periods is bad for you...

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I'm going to buy me a therapy ball!