Continuing on with our series…. Last week we discussed Sugar is the Devil. This week let’s review sitting. Indeed, we are physiologically designed to be upright and biped. Our spine has 3 primary curves, cervical, thoracic, and lumbar, which form a spring like structure absorbing the shock of walking and running. In addition, we have intervertebral discs in between our vertebrae that also act as shock absorbers.
I love to get out in the community to give workshops on healthy eating & living. Kids are particularly fun to talk with. In one of my recent kid’s workshops I had the children repeat after me by saying “high fructose corn syrup is the devil”. So for the next few months, these articles will have a devilish theme and this month is all about SUGAR.
Let’s talk about love, specifically how the topic relates to our health and well-being. Two of the nine components/traits of love, humility and unselfishness, have overlapping qualities. We’ll start with them.
I often say when doing our 8 Weeks to Wellness Orientation/Wellness Orientation Workshop that to be healthy is to be selfless. Selfless means not that we think less of ourselves, but rather that we think of ourselves less often.
The top selling drug last year in the United States was Abilify raking nearly $6.3 billion. Abilify is an antipsychotic & anti-depressant. Its patent rights have also been extended to treat autistic children. Abilify works by changing chemicals in the brain and affects the brain’s neurotransmitters. For 6 billion dollars what do we get? Well you too can have the following side effects:
