Exercise and Eat Right!
After watching television, reading and talking to people, it seems to me, and it's not rocket science, that many illnesses are born from unhealthy eating, being overweight, and not exercising regularly. Illnesses are a great expense on the medical industry and to the people with the illness, especially if they don't have medical insurance.
Wouldn't it be nice to be the correct weight by exercising (some of you must be shuddering; I do everytime I think of starting to exercise) and eating correctly (this is a very hard task for many in this day and age of life with hardly any time to do everything on your daily list)? It's not so much the medication that's gets a person 100% healthy and fit, although it's a start to healing; it's doing what we don't want to do, and which takes a bit more time, making healthy choices.
One book that I've read during the early part of winter is called Diabesity by Francine R. Kaufman, M.D. This book was a complete eye opener! In this day and age, even young children are getting diabetes, one of the illnesses blamed on poor eating and lack of exercise. I miss the old days when you'd see the neighborhood children outside riding bikes and playing sports religiously. Why don't we adults decide to change things this year and be examples to our children by eating more fruit and vegetables and taking the kids to the park weekly for a family soccer game? The healthier we are, the less money spent to fix what's broke.
