Reading the mayo clinic article on the Fosamax and Jaw Death connection (see blog below) and writing on the issue rang a loud alarm in my mind of an awful contradiction within the article that is meant to reassure the public about a drug with a very scary side effect. The words “safe” and “jaw death” appear in the same article. It seemed so absurd that it got me thinking about how little we question “authority” anymore. We sit and stare and read and shrug and think, “Wow, that’s terrible. Well, what’s next?” But we don’t feel any motivation to really consider the implications of the constant influx of information intelligently.
The purpose of dialog and discourse is to understand a subject more broadly and deeply. Ask questions and cry foul when something doesn’t sit well or goes against your grain. As with anything, if you only consume information and there’s never an outlet you get full and overwhelmed.
Many people exist in a perpetually fogged out state. How can humans, highly evolved and able to reason, be feeling so dopey on such a large scale? You’re sitting at your computer right now reading this blog. Take a little inventory. Do you feel lethargic, easily distractible, or fogged out? Are you running on over consumption of sugar, caffeine or even just too much information?
The habitual combination of processed foods lacking in nutrients and the constant barrage of health misinformation from fashion magazines, televisions, even doctors is “dumming up” America.
Sorry to break it to you, but you are not as smart as you could be. Let’s take a three-prong approach to change that:
• Feed your brain: DHA, Acetyl L Carnitine, Phosphytydyl Serine, Daily Protein, Bio active Bs as Super B Complex are crucial nutrients that sustain and promote brain activity.
• Move your body: Get up and take a walk. Your newly fortified blood could use a little help to flow to the places deep in your brain that need it.
• Take off your blinders: Pay attention to what you’re being sold and told. Is it in your best interest? Does your gut say there’s something to challenge? Trust yourself and be your own advocate.
