Feb
9
How many times have you heard the expression, “You are what you eat?” Have you ever really thought about what it means? Do you think about it when you’re in the pizza parlor ordering that sausage and green pepper special? Everything you do, bake or eat is a choice.
In some ways, unfortunately, we do become what we eat. Have you ever seen an example of your blood plasma after eating a fast food burger? What was previously a clear liquid becomes cloudy with the fat and cholesterol that’s absorbed from eating that high-fat food.
And when you stop and consider it, we also become what we don’t eat in that if we avoid vegetables and fruits, salads without gobs of salad dressing, healthy starches and good cholesterol building, glucose-regulating foods, we are basically allowing ourselves to gain fat, promote heart disease, slow down and gain weight.
However, the power is yours. It is your choice.
When we switch from eating meat and fatty foods to a vegetarian and fish/chicken-based diet, we become less fat, and less prone to many types of cancers. Our cholesterol improves. When we are leaner and eating fewer animal products, then many other health and fitness issues are reduced.
For example, the development of Type II Diabetes is lessened. Blood pressure might fall into normal ranges. When you are healthier, you’re taking fewer medications. Even if you have a prescription drug benefit in your health plan, you’re still saving money with fewer co-payments on medications and the bottom line is that you are healthier.
If you have a family history of high cholesterol or high blood pressure, then it is especially incumbent upon you to revise your eating habits. Moving towards a more vegetarian, fish and chicken diet has been shown statistically to reduce the incidence of so many of the diseases of Western industrialized countries. People who eat fish and chicken, lots of fruits and vegetables and stay away from fatty foods are statistically healthier than omnivorous persons; they’re leaner and live longer.
Isn’t it time to consider what you want to be and to eat accordingly. Do you want to be sluggish and fat? Do you want the gamble that goes with eating animal products, with their high fat content? Or do you want to look like and be what people in charge of their food look like? Leaner and fitter with a longer anticipated lifespan. It’s never too late to change what you’re doing and increase your chances for a lengthier, fitter lifestyle.
And the beauty of it all is that it is your choice. If you’re “insulin resistant” (ask your doctor about this one, get a shot or pill to lessen your cravings to help you change your food choices. If it’s medical, get it fixed. Pursue an answer. It’s your life and your body, and you are in charge of what happens to it.
Is it easy? Hell, no! I can state that emphatically. Failure and slip-ups are a way of life. But persistence and tenacity are the key to success.
Is it worth it? Oh, yes, for sure. Set a goal of only 10% of your total body weight to lose or you’ll give up before you start. It’s one step at a time, and sometimes that stubborn scale refuses to budge. Get as stubborn as the scale. Refuse to give in and eat a load of cupcakes. Just keep munching on those salad greens. They begin, after a fashion, to taste pretty good.
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