I am convinced more and more that all minor health problems can be solved with proper nutrition. I say minor health problems because if they are caught early, all it takes is good nutrition to get back on course. Once they are allowed to become major problems, then more aggressive action is needed.
I watched a video on Netflix (sorry I can’t remember the title) about aggressively using nutrition and mega-doses of vitamins to cure cancer and it was working! They showed before and after photos of huge outwardly visible tumors that vanished after 3-5 months of vitamin therapy!
It seems like just about everyone I know my age has one or two minor health issues — no big deal, of course, it doesn’t stop them from living life — but they (along with myself) are frustrated that they just have to live with it. And it drags on for months or years with no fix in sight. Based on my own experience, and that of my friends, doctors still don’t know what’s causing these problems; and the crazy thing is, people my age didn’t used to have any problems! And they are so wide ranging, from skin issues and sensitivities, to new food allergies cropping up, to gastrointestinal sensitivities, to continual UTI’s and various other infections.
The thing is that it seems it is becoming more prevalent that twenty- and thirty-something’s are being plagued with stranger and yet unknown “minor” conditions with unknown causes — that doctors are just throwing drugs at and getting no results.
The cure seems obvious to me: stop eating fake food. We, as a culture, have not yet studied the long term effects of all the chemicals we are constantly exposed to — those in our environment, in our home, our personal care products; our food. Now I’m not going to get all EPA on you, I’m not going to burn every synthetic product in our house, I’m just stating a fact. We have only begun to use such chemicals and products really within the last one hundred years, (processed and convenience food is a relatively new thing in the scheme of history) so we really have no idea what exposure does to the human body, or even the genetic mutations that could have occurred from one generation to the next because of such exposure.
Now for the hard truth: we all know the answer is to eat better, exercise, and live a healthy lifestyle, save the planet, stop using chemical-ly products, blah blah blah. It’s obviously something we all want — look at the health and wellness industry just raking in all our money! So why do we pay so much for health and wellness, and yet continue to be sick? Because we don’t actually follow through when it comes down to the point of decision. Ok, sure, there are success stories out there, they exist, people are able to do it. But the majority of us, myself included, when it comes down to the salad or the chocolate shake, I want the chocolate shake. I know the chocolate shake has no nutrition. I know it’s full of sugar and sugar causes inflammation and disorder in the body. I know all the facts and figures about it because I’m a smart person. My problem is that I am addicted to sugar and the feel-good sensation I get immediately following — followed by complete disgust, lethargy, and ultimate crash that I’m not so much addicted to but I take anyway because I like the first part 
The hard truth is not that I don’t know how to fix my problems — I do — the problem is whether or not I am willing to make the hard choice every time. What am I willing to give up to get the results? Am I willing to stop eating sugar altogether? I really want to, but will I? Am I willing to stop eating fake fast food, and start eating nutrient dense food? Am I willing to exercise to pump the lymph and squeeze the toxins out of my body? Am I willing to be diligent and consistent, determined to change my habits until I see results and I’m “minor-health-problem-free”?
Of course I am willing, these are things I want, but when it comes to that instant of salad vs. shake, my willpower is weak. I am writing this post mostly for accountability so you all know I am working to eat better and change my habits. I am striving for health. I think I am doing better than I did in the past when I had no care, but I’m at the age when consequences for eating without care come a little sooner than they did before The college age eating habits have to go.
I would love to hear your thoughts! Leave a comment, or answer this question: What is one thing you could do today that could put you closer to better health?
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