We have become virtually cemented into long-standing habits that are killing us.
It's not even the "killing us" that bothers me--once dead, no problem.
It is the compromising of our energy, our spirit, and our physical body that we need until we are dead--all reversible, all preventable, all achievable by changing our learning curve.
That cement is our lure into these untruths:
1. The American/Western lifestyle is not the problem.
2. Western diseases (cancer, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes) are not food-related.
3. The medical model of get sick first, treat with drugs second is inevitable.Perhaps you are in your twenties or thirties--you feel healthy and strong. Your cement--your learning curve--may be the toughest to crack. But I am sure of two things: (1) if you don't die, you will age, and (2) everyone can age with more mobility, less pain and less disease than is understood by our culture.
Today, I am simply asking you to gauge your curiosity to know more--for yourself, your family or a friend. Perhaps you know someone whose health is deteriorating.
The commitment is to read the next four days with an open mind--to look at data that is compelling yet distressing, hopeful yet disconcerting, easy to embrace yet hard at the same time.
If you don't need to recover your health or that of someone for whom you care deeply, see you Saturday.
Otherwise, get ready for a rugged and happy adventure.
