We are causing our governments, our planet, and ultimately ourselves untold expense simply because we will not take personal responsibility for our greatest asset - our bodies.
Think about this:
- Healthcare is a huge drain on a nation's finances - and who pays? The taxpayer. Well, now western governments are opting out of providing health service dollars, and so the lower income taxpayer suffers again. You and I. Surely it's in our interests to know WHY people get sick?
- Health Insurance companies are growing fat because thousands of people look to them, not just for help in an emergency, but to pay up when the chickens of bad lifestyle choices come home to roost in the form of heart problems, diabetes, cancer and the rest. We regard these diseases as an inescapable part of "getting old". What rot! They are an inescapable result of wrong food, drink and lifestyle choices, for the most part, and relying on insurance to pick up the tab for that is costing us dearly.
- It's not by chance the highest incidence of degenerative disease is in western countries with their technology and fast-food mentality. Just watch the effects as we pass the "benefits" of our culture on to countries where poorer people are still living a simple lifestyle. It's happening already.
- Lastly, the western world's reliance on artificial chemicals burdens the planet with unnatural pollutants - not only the obvious factory waste, petroleum products and superphos run-off but also human and animal waste as we - and our pets and livestock - excrete such chemicals as pain-killers, blood-thinners, artificial oestrogens, growth hormones and endectocides into the environment.
So we grapple with greenhouse gases, costly mop-ups, marine and freshwater pollution, and carbon credits. And who pays? You and I.
Patricia
http://patriciahowitt.com
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