Living On Purpose

One of my “day job” responsibilities is to edit a wellness guide. Whose bright idea was it to put a second index in it, anyway? Indexing for a book is time consuming. While I was spending all that time marking products I wanted to index, I was also learning, and forming ideas about how we as Americans in industrialized society live our lives.

I found out, for example, that by including a supplement very high in antioxidants, particularly from grape seed extract, you can lower your chances for developing at least 90 health conditions. That is to say that in this book, 90 of the conditions listed, from Acne all the way to Varicose veins, mentioned that adding antioxidants will help the condition.

This fact alone staggers me, and it takes a while to sink in. “You mean that if I ate more fruits and vegetables, which are naturally high in antioxidants, I’ll have better health? You mean that eating fruits and vegetables not only makes my body stronger, my immune system stronger, but my mental capacity stronger as well?”

Blueberries? yes. Grapes? yes. Oranges? yes. Kale? yes. Collard greens? yes.

Health is about lifestyle. Of course, there will always be the lady/man who is the picture of perfect health, who exercises and eats lots of salad, and still ends up with cancer or heart disease. There are more pieces to the puzzle of good health than diet and exercise alone. Some other factors are heavy metal exposure, pesticide exposure, biotoxins like black mold, and an improperly aligned spinal column (yes, really. All the nerves to all your organs go to your spinal column. If the nerves are compromised, disease is the result).

What is one of the side effects of mercury exposure? Depression. What is one of the side effects of vitamin B deficiency? Depression. What is one of the side effects of DHA deficiency? Depression.

Our mental health is important, right? How else can we live out our purpose, if we don’t have clear thoughts? Our bodily systems are interconnected. Please don’t be surprised to know that what we eat or don’t eat affects how clearly we can think!

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