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Living a naturally healthy life and sustaining your natural health and wellness throughout a long life, is not just about what you do and what you consume, its also about what you must NOT do and what you must NEVER consume.
Our modern era has very quickly seen a huge rise in the manufacture and distribution of heavily refined, over-processed and genetically-modified foods that now fill the biggest part of the dietary habits of most of the worlds populationsand boy-o-boy, has Big-Pharma and Big-Food made it difficult to kick that habit, or what..?
Cutting to The Chase:
The amount of poisons on our supermarket shelves today just never ceases to amaze meeven in these enlightened times with more and more scientific and medical research proving beyond any doubt that what weve been force-fed by the media, the big food corporations and so-called science since the 1960s, you and your loved ones are still being pushed to take serious risks with your health
while at the same time youve been persuaded to stop consuming what we all consumed up to that point because apparently it was all UnhealthyWRONG..!!
Most of the foods and beverages currently on your supermarket shelves and you can bet your life, in your kitchen cupboards at home are simply not what you should be consuminghere are 8 of what i and a lot of others, including many from the medical community, consider to be the most poisonous of the lot:
#1 SUGAR
Theres a very good reason i put this at the top of my list it is poisonsimple..!
Remember this: Fat doesnt make you fat sugar does..!
This is a complete topic on its own and ive actually written another full article about it.
In a nutshell, in all its glorious modern day, heavily refined and bleached forms and colours and types, its practically everywhere, in just about every pre-packaged food and beverage product thats in your supermarkets right now and if it isnt, then some form of chemically-manufactured sweetener is
#2 SMOKING
Another constant source of amazement to mein this day and age, with all the medical and scientific information we now have at hand regarding this highly dangerous and health devastating habit, people are still doing itUN-freakin-BELIEVABLE..!!
As an ex-smoker whos learned lessons the hard way, im quite passionate about this (us ex-smokers are the the worst, right..!?!) and ive written fairly extensively about it over several articles.
If you dont want to live long and if you want to spend your last few years of a shortened life, dying slowly and painfully, if you really want to keep up the rank breath and poisoning the air so that your nearest-and-dearest become passive smokers, then keep it upif you want a long, happy and comfortable lifeSTOPno excuses, it is that simple..!
#3 EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL
Hey, were all human (oops, did that sound just a tad defensive..?)we all like a drink i certainly dothe honest truth is i love a good cold beer and i adore Jack Daniels
and as i say quite oftena little bit of what you like now and then, wont hurt you.
In fact its a known fact that alcohol in moderation, can actually be beneficial to your healthBUTeveryday drinking in large quantities and out-and-out binge-drinking is NOT in any way or form, good for youso MODERATION IS KEY..!
Constant heavy drinking is destructive to your mind and body BE AWARE AND JUST DONT DO IT..!!
#4 EXCESSIVE CAFFEINE
Again, ill point out that a little bit of what you like will never hurt youand i love my coffee its even been proved to be good for you at certain times...oh, and i've also written another full article regarding the good in coffee...
but, too much of a stimulant like caffeine can (and usually does) upset your sleep routinegood quality sleep is critical for bodily and mental rejuvenation.
Have your cup or two (or three. like me!) of Joe in the morning by all means but as soon as you start drinking it to excess, especially later in the day, youre going to start down the slippery-slope of addiction and all the attendant woes that go with ithave a care and control your craving..!
#5 POISONOUS CHEMICALS
Try to use alternative natural cleaners and remediesthere really are some great natural alternatives around if you just care to take the time and look.
Theres an amazing array of toxic substances in our household cleaners and even in our personal grooming products, let alone those that are in our food productsyou need to be aware and try the alternatives.
At the very least, if youre going to stick to your regular household cleaners etc. then ensure you protect yourself from the harmful toxins and poisonous elements that they contain wear gloves, use proper ventilation etc.
#6 WHEAT & FLOUR
Although popular theory holds that wheat hasnt been around long enough for our slowly evolved human body to have adapted to cope with its absorption as a food, it has still been around and consumed by us for a very long timeyet the many associated diseases and illnesses blamed on wheat and its products are actually only very recent developments..!
So, it therefore makes perfect sense that the massive changes in wheat production caused massive changes in the health-sustaining nutrient properties of wheat.
Again, ive actually written a full article just recently, about this very subject and you'll be suitably horrified when you read it.
In essencethe wheat and the wheat based food products of our fast-paced, population exploding, modern world is genetically and biologically totally different from the wheat we previously consumed for thousands of years..!
#7 FRANKENOILS
Come on, youve heard about Frankenstein right..?
Well, Frankenfoods, food monsters, are around us in abundancewheat and sugar being just two of thosebut the most insidious and most widespread Frankenfood are the Frankenoils the vegetable oils used in foods and for cooking that took the place of all the healthy fats and oils we once used, because we were told that these new oils were healthier than what we were consuming up until then
nothing could have been further from the truth we were hoodwinked again!
These vegetable oils are nowhere near related to any health-strengthening vegetable that exists on our planet they are simply over-processed products of GMO plants and some of them are not even classified as food but are in fact classified as industrial..?!?
By now, i'm sure you WON'T be surprised to know i've written a complete article about this too...when you get the chance, read it and weepits scary how so many people are ignorant of the health risks they are undertaking when using using these oils everyday for cooking.
Oh, and by the way, i definitely include any and all forms of margarine in this category of poisonous foods that you should most definitely not be consumingmargarine is after all, just a solidified vegetable oil a plastic oil at that!
#8 ALL-NIGHTERS
Oh YeahI remember these in fact i tried that again just recently and i was basically screwed for a weekserve myself rightman im getting old..!!!
As youngsters we absorb the physical punishment of too-much alcohol and lack of sleep pretty well up to a pointbut then it inevitably gets to a point as we get older, where we either have to calm down or suffer the serious consequences that are inherent with this type of lifestyle.
Sleep is NOT a luxury, its an absolute necessity required for a sound body and mind you NEVER get back the sleep you loose and if you lose too much, you WILL shorten your life-spansimple..!
Suffice to say, if you want to prolong your life, and remain naturally healthy and well throughout, then make regular, top quality rest, a priority.
A Final Anecdote:
Yep i know, it isnt always easy avoiding all the dangers that life puts in your way almost every damned daybut you dont have to live like a hermit or a monk or nun, you just need to take care, as much as you can, whenever and wherever you can.
And for fear of repeating myself yet again actually i believe repetition is always good a little bit of what you like now and then cannot hurt youmoderation really is the key..!
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Before you go check out this great and very poignant, poem from A.T. Hawkins A Plea For Moderation:
In ignorance and apathy
we blindly stumble on
hopelessly distracted
from everything thats wrong
Were taught by corporations
who market us from birth
and what used to mean expensive
now really does cost us the earth
Our lives are pure consumption
fueled by TVs bad advice
that tells us we need this and that
when using neither would suffice
As citizens of planet earth
its time to end their greed
stop buying what they want us to
and stick with what we need
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