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Eliminate Those Bad Habits |
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Health Habits |
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"We have made of
our bodies living cesspools, We all have something we
can do to improve ourselves. Mark Twain tells of a doctor at the bedside
of a very sick, elderly lady. The doctor told her that she must stop
drinking, cussing and smoking. The lady said that she'd never done any
of those things in her entire life. The doctor responded, "Well,
that's your problem, then. You've neglected your habits." Twain added: "She
was like a sinking ship with no freight to throw overboard." What are your bad
habits? What is keeping you from feeling better? Below is a list, with
my opinion of the very worst first. Go through this list and see what
freight YOU can drop overboard. 1. SMOKING
kills over 400,000 Americans each year. Each one of those deaths is
completely preventable. 2. USE OF ALCOHOL,
even in moderation, damages brain and body cells. Alcoholic beverages
generally contain chemical additives as well. Most suicides are alcohol
related. 3. LACK OF SLEEP
makes any problem worse. There's rarely any real need to stay up
late. Turn off that TV and read until you are drowsy. A good sleep
each night beats most vacations. 4. CHEMICAL
ABUSE hurts your body. Of course it does. Chemical abuse
includes over-use of prescription drugs as well as narcotic addiction. 5. EXCESS USE OF
OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICINES is basically another form of chemical abuse.
Headaches are not caused by aspirin deficiency, nor are digestive problems
due to insufficient "TUMS" in your diet. Look for the real
cause of illness. 6. OVERWEIGHT
by more than 20%? If so, you can expect many more health problems
and a shorter life. If you travel overseas, try playing "Spot the
Americans." They are usually the most overweight people in
sight. Lose that excess weight!
7. DRINKING
COFFEE is not harmless, " 8. EATING CHOCOLATE
negatively affects more people than you might think. Theobromine
and other chocolate chemicals may not be ideal for your body. Try something
else instead. 9. SUGAR is
not your friend. Avoid it and feel better right away. You will
notice fewer mood swings. 10. WORRY is
useless. A one-hundred year old lady was (predictably) asked to give a
single bit of advice that would help a person live a long time. She
said, "Well, I think that people should not worry. 95% of the
things we worry about never happen, and the 5% that do you can't do much
about anyway." 11. DRINKING SOFT
DRINKS. If you are going to drink something, why not have something that
is good for you? Carbonated drinks erode tooth enamel (because they
contain carbonic and phosphoric acids) and appear to promote kidney stones. 12. USING ARTIFICIAL
SWEETENERS adds chemicals instead of sugar to your body. What kind of an
improvement is that? 13. EATING MEAT is a
tradition, not a necessity. 14. EATING JUNK
FOODS gives you extra calories and gives the big food corporations
extra profits. 15. EATING ANYTHING
WITH A CHEMICAL INGREDIENT IN IT THAT YOU CAN'T PRONOUNCE EASILY. Your
body is not a chemistry lab! 16. EATING ANYTHING WITH
AN INGREDIENT THAT YOU CAN'T SPELL EASILY means you need to read those food
labels more carefully. 17. WORKING TOO
HARD. Henry David Thoreau said that after years of hard work, the
farmer really didn't have a farm... the farm had him. We should work to
live, not live to work. 18. NOT CHEWING YOUR FOOD
results in an enormous variety of health problems. We are not wolves;
slow down. As my mother said to me, "Nobody is going to take
it from you." Although it is clear from this statement that she was
not watching my brothers, it is still true. 19. CONSTIPATION makes
your body into a plugged sewer. Eating a raw food diet, one-half cup of
molasses or a can of sauerkraut will put an end to it. 20. HURRYING YOUR MEALS
almost guarantees poor digestion. Put on some music and
relax. My parents had the following mealtime rule: "No discussion
of money or politics at the table." Not a bad
idea. Forget those high-pressure business lunches. If you are going to do
something FOR your health, you first should stop doing bad things TO your
health. Just what are you willing
to do to get better? If you limit your answer, you are limiting your
success. Do everything possible to enjoy good health. Don't worry
about being called a "health nut." What are the others called,
then? "Disease nuts?" It has been said that
Mother Nature will not be fooled... at least not for long. If you are
what you eat, and you eat a lot of worthless stuff, don't expect good
health. If you provide your body with good food and a happy life style,
you will feel better and look better. Copyright C
1999 and prior years Andrew W. Saul. Andrew Saul is the author of the books FIRE
YOUR DOCTOR! How to be Independently Healthy (reader reviews at
http://www.doctoryourself.com/review.html
) and DOCTOR YOURSELF: Natural Healing that Works. (reviewed at http://www.doctoryourself.com/saulbooks.html
) For ordering information, Click Here .
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