| The rest reads as follows..."But will interest his | | | | at the local grocery store. I won't get on a |
| patients in diet and nutrition, exercise and the care | | | | soapbox about it but my goodness, some |
| of the human frame. He will teach them about | | | | products have an ingredient list longer than a car |
| the cause of all disease." | | | | rental agreement. Still have not figured out what |
| This statement was by Thomas Edison, back in | | | | "red#7" is. We are all aware that our society in |
| the day when there wasn't a pill for every | | | | the States wants convenience so being able to |
| "disorder" under the sun. Realize it was different | | | | pop a meal into the microwave and have it done |
| era and there has been great advancement in so | | | | in a couple of minutes is very appealing, but not |
| many areas of the medical field, but somehow, | | | | healthy. |
| his words still ring true today. | | | | It will take more than an apple a day to keep the |
| A caring doctor will prescribe nutrient foods and | | | | doctor away. It takes change where change |
| perhaps supplements if needed. A good doctor will | | | | needs to be made. For instance, instead of getting |
| only want to see you once a year, and | | | | canned vegetables and fruit which have lost all |
| recommend you stay out of hospitals. It is wise | | | | their nutrients in the process, go get the real |
| to get annual checkups, but lets touch on the | | | | stuff, preferably organic. Parents, try giving your |
| subject of prescription's for just about everything | | | | kids real spinach, i.e. spinach salad, instead of that |
| and how not to get caught in that trap. | | | | salty, soggy form of spinach that comes from |
| It first starts with us taking care of ourselves, | | | | the can and see how they will actually like spinach. |
| having self worth and wanting to live a long, | | | | We are the most obese country in the world and |
| healthy, productive life. A healthy lifestyle can be | | | | all the junk that is added to a lot of the foods has |
| started at any age, the younger the better. All | | | | to have a part to play in correlation to the high |
| you teenagers out there need to realize what a | | | | cancer rate we have in the States. Raw apricot |
| pivotal and exciting time it is. Being a teen may be | | | | seeds are one of the healthiest food sources on |
| awkward...acne breakout, puberty, esteem issues, | | | | the planet and yet, the FDA bans them. Hoping |
| but one thing you can do is take control of your | | | | the day will not come when all apricot orchards |
| diet and exercise. | | | | will be done away with. |
| Creating great habits of a healthy lifestyle will | | | | Usually the less expensive the food or drink, the |
| benefit for the rest of one's life. An active | | | | more it is full garbage. Take some time while |
| teenager can eat practically anything and not get | | | | shopping and look at what is in the stuff your |
| fat, but if that "anything" is a steady diet of fast | | | | choosing. The kids may love Sugar Pops for |
| foods and empty calories, it will catch up down | | | | breakfast, but how about fixing them a couple of |
| the road. You will find out that if you exercise on | | | | eggs, some regular oatmeal or some other hot |
| a regular basis, having a burger, fries and a coke | | | | cereal to start their day. Put a little honey in it and |
| doesn't give the body what it needs. Don't believe | | | | they will like it, trust me. Mix in some fruit and |
| it? Go and get a double whopper and some of | | | | maybe some whole wheat pancakes. You get the |
| those salty fried up fries prior to a workout and | | | | picture? |
| see how you feel. | | | | We have to change our stinking thinking because |
| A lot has changed since the days of Edison, | | | | most doctors will not mention about nutrition. Not |
| mostly good, but not all. One of the not so good | | | | knocking doctors but they make a nice living off |
| things is the amount of additives and | | | | people being sick. Think about it. |
| preservatives that is added to the foods we buy | | | | |