Our bodies are miraculous things. We have so many billions and trillions of processes going on throughout our bodies at any given second. Genes are being transcribed (read), proteins are made and the wonder that is us is able to go about our daily lives. We have evolved in many hundreds of thousands of years to be able to adapt to our environment. We were first hunters and gatherers then we domesticated our plants and animals and now we mass produce our food supply. This mass production has only been the norm for the the past 100 or so years. Given that we have evolved and adapted over so long is it any wonder that our bodies are not able to thrive, forcefeeding it empty nutrition over this short period of time? Give it long enough and we will adapt, but I’m afraid of what we will evolve into. We are already seeing the effects with the rates of obesity and chronic disease.
Some say mass production of our food is progress and we are living longer and able to sustain our population. At what cost? We may be living longer but are we living better? In order to combat our choices with lifestyle what recourse do we have but be at the whim of pharmaceuticals?
The typical day is spent sitting at a desk for 8+ hours, commuting for another hour plus, getting home and eating dinner and then sitting in front of the television with a snack. Having difficulty getting to sleep because we aren’t able to turn off all the noise from the day and the hundreds of things on our to do list for tomorrow. Get 5-6 hrs of sleep, skip breakfast and get on the road for the long commute. Tell me some or most of this doesn’t apply to you.
Our bodies were designed to move and eat nutritious foods. The purpose of this blog is to help get through this muck and help you find these truths so you can realize how great life can be. Stay with me and let’s work through this together.