Health
The Unspoken Secrets Revealed
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Copyright 7 Minute Reads 2011
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The Unspoken Secret Revealed
Health is the unspoken war we declare on ourselves every day.
Let’s face the truth head on: The vast majority of us (excluding our children, who emulate us) know how to eat right; we simply choose not to. Many of us go by “feel like it” as often as not. We may choose to change when confronted by a doctor, by a celebrity’s photos, by peer pressure, or by the fact that our favorite jeans don’t fit any more but otherwise, we continue to do what we feel like doing.
The food industry consciously and consistently puts additives into processed foods (any food that comes in a can, a bottle, or a jar) to make them irresistible―another, harsher term is addictive―so it’s hard to avoid every temptation, but avoid them we must (most of the time) if we’re going to live healthy, robust lives into our 80s, 90s and 100s.
Given the food industry’s proclivity to keep us hooked on “feel like it” foods, it will take a lot to remove our “feel like it” habits and replace them with an “I want to live healthy” habits. Missing the highly-processed, good tasting, fake “healthy” alternative killer food will be harder than asking a cocaine addict to stop taking pleasure in all forms of self-inflicted abuse including alcohol and cigarettes. It’s very difficult, but the reward is worth it.