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You’re better off eating a well-rounded diet of non-organic foods than spending all your money on a nutrient-deficient diet consisting solely of organic rice. I bring this up because sometimes people can lose sight of the real reason behind their lofty health goals. It’s so easy to get caught up in one area of natural health – like eating organic or buying supplements or exercising or using natural shampoo – and let other things slide. We forget that the goal of a healthy lifestyle is to be healthy. Health is the result of balance. Case in point, a single mom, with seven kids and a fulltime job, may be better of buying some frozen dinners from the health foods store (not the supermarket) and reheating them in the oven (not the microwave). If she were to spend all her time trying to cook everything from scratch, she wouldn’t get enough sleep. She would then fall into a horrible mood and have a short fuse with the kids. The emotional conflict this would cause would be far more unhealthy than not cooking from scratch. Another example… It’s hard to ignore how important a good nights rest is. No amount of good nutrition, sunshine or exercise can make up for insufficient sleep. It’s no secret that our society is not set up to make us healthy. One day, hopefully, we’ll be a more balanced civilization. Until then, you just have to do your best. It’s better to stay balanced, then perfect. It’s better to do your 20% best in each area of health – what I call The Seven Pillars of Health – than to do 100% in one or two areas, and only 5% in other areas. The body likes balance. We see this with nutrients. It’s healthier, for example, to be low in both calcium and magnesium than just high in one or the other. Calcium causes muscles to contract, magnesium lets them relax. Either too much tension or too much relaxation can be fatal. So, whether time, money, self-discipline or a non-supportive environment hinder you from being a Paul Bragg or Jack LaLanne in all areas of health… just do your best to do a little from each. Don’t sacrifice sleep for food. Don’t skip exercise for cooking. Don’t skip meditation and relaxation time for exercise. Do less of each so you can fit them all in. Likewise with money… Why spend all your money on supplements, but skip buying a filter for your water supply? And, of course, remember, there is more to life than being healthy (like a great attitude). If you’re whole day is spent trying to become super-healthy and worrying that you’re not, you may be missing out on other things that keep you really healthy and happy – like a creative hobby, time with family and friends or a good book. Aloha, Carolyn Dean MD ND P.S. I structured Future Health Now! so that it provides you with an easy to follow, step-by-step, balanced approach to health. Each week I give you a few main action items, to balance three or four of the Pillars of Health in your life. You can read more about the Seven Pillars of Health at… |
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