Diet - Missing the point entirely?
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The other day I found myself watching a rather lovable Wall-E, the sole remnant in a post apocalyptic world full of rusting piles of junk. It seemed the human race had destroyed the earth and emigrated to living in the skies. This vision of the future is bleak to say the least. Seeing people scooting around in hover beds drinking liquidised food supplements was not something that lifted my heart. I can only imagine that the children will feel the same way as they get a rather disturbed glimpse of someones disconnected view of the future.
Then we have the press offerings of obese people, so fat that they have to be winched out of bed, or children who weight more in stones than their age. These examples are not commonplace, but they do exist, and spur people into action. So they blame the food; our 21st century diet. Where did it all go wrong? they ask. Governments look to step in and legislate and warn people about the dangers of this and that, making the situation worse.
Most people have got things the wrong way round. They see the world around them, they see their bodies, they read the newspapers, they listen to other peoples stories, and from these influences they form their beliefs about what makes things happen. A belief is just a thought that you think long enough that it becomes a dominant thought that is readily accessed, and which the world in turn responds to.
When you were young, you may have known someone who grew up in a family whose parents never discussed money, always felt good about it, and didn't worry about not having enough, even if they weren't what you might call rich. A child in this situation will learn a good money vibration, which will serve them well for the rest of their life.
But the same family might have a very different attitude to relationships, and your parents may teach you other beliefs, which do not serve you very well on that, or other subjects.
We take our cues from the world around us. Our caretakers, peers, friends, social circle, and the aspects of society to which we are exposed, all contribute to our beliefs. No two people have lived the same experience and hold exactly the same beliefs on all subjects.
As we enter the 21st century, and the current of life accelerates, things are happening faster and in more extreme fashion. The rich are richer, the poor are poorer, the slim are slimmer the fat are fatter. Whatever you give your attention to will get bigger. It starts when you're young and grows from there.
It is not a surprise that there is no 'one size fits all' solution to these issues, as the people who are living these conditions have a number of different beliefs on the subjects in their lives, and hence a different response to the methods, treatments, diet, advice that they are given, and truly for each person, the solution is totally unique. With such a wide variety of belief on these subjects, there are billions of different methods to achieve what we want, each one individual to a specific person.
What is certain is that if you believe that something is not good for you, and you still participate, then that activity and the belief behind will ensure that it is will not be good for you. For example, if you have bought into the belief that eating junk food makes you fat, then it surely will, because you always get what you expect in life. Yet as you look around you, you see many people who not only eat junk food, but also thrive at the same time. How can this be? It seems they do not hold similar beliefs to you on the subject of diet.
I wouldn't suggest that eating a packet of crisps is better for you than a fresh juicy apple, but if you tell people that something is bad for them, you are not serving them in any way. Unfortunately, most delicious, tasty foods that people want to eat fall into the 'bad for you' category. And then they go and eat them anyway.
Our health conscious times, and the many well meaning health practitioners out there have left us with is a long list of things that we shouldn't eat for one reason of another. This thing has too much salt, that has too much saturated fat, or too much of the wrong type of fat. That food has too many carbohydrates, or too much protein, or too many preservatives. The list goes on and on. Our good food choices are reduced to a handful of things that don't really appeal to anyone. What invariably happens is that people go ahead and eat those things anyway, and suffer as a result.
Obesity is running rampant because people have beliefs which say to them that as the eat this they will get fat, or as the drink this they will get fat, or as they reach this age they will get fat. Even though there are millions of examples to the contrary, the propaganda prevails, and people suffer the consequences of poor choices in what they give their attention to.
We are told that disease is caused by lack of exercise, smoking, bad diet, and excessive drinking, all considered bad lifestyle choices. In fact these are indicators of a bigger issue which lies, ruminating, beneath the surface; namely how the person feels. People naturally want to feel good, have healthy good feeling, beautiful bodies, and when they don't, they don't feel good, and tend to gravitate towards activities such as these. The real cause is negative emotion, or dis-ease. That is what causes disease. The external factors are merely indicators.
Nobody else can tell you what will work for you, and what will not. You alone hold the answer. By gravitating towards thought and activities that make you feel better, make you feel slimmer, or healthier, or more alive, you can guarantee your health on all subjects. Eat food that makes you feel good, talk yourself into a better feeling place, find activities which give you a good feeling strong body, and which are fun. Find information that resonates with you and ignore the rest, and if something doesn't feel like a good idea, it won't benefit you at all. What you do means very little, what matters far greater is how you feel about it.
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