How Important Is Your Health???

Well, you're going to think I'm a little bizarre, but I gotta say this anyway. Since 1989, unless completely by accident, I haven't eaten anything bovine, swine, piscine or bird-like (oops...I don't know the "ine" word for fowl). Also, no milk, eggs or cheese. Sounds painful, I know, but once you get used to it it's pretty cool. VEGANISM is the way to go!

Because I know you care about your body, I want you to put your health before all other concerns. Somebody once said, "Treat your body like a temple!" Not an outhouse--a temple! Too many of use abuse the physical form the creator has bestowed upon us. We don't eat right, we don't exercise, we stress over mess--then we're chagrined when we start falling apart.

So, I have a challenge for you. For the next 30 days eschew beef, pork and fried food. And if you don't feel a lot better, call me a fool (and delete me from you list of friends on FaceBook). It's a sure bet that your body will welcome the relief from putrefactive flesh deteriorating your intestinal tract. In the holistic health professions there's a belief that all disease starts in the small intestine. I agree with that. If you eat a lot of crap you're going to feel like a lot of crap.

Also, during that 30 day time period, I want you to engage in some serious cardiovascular exercise at least every other day for 45 minutes. Do something that's going to make you sweat! Do something that you like! I play tennis at least four days a week, but you have to do what's good for you. Walk, run, swim, basketball... Unfortunately the only muscle many of use is the jaw muscle to chomp on that meat. Sorry, but I'm requesting that you get a full body workout.

Anyway, we've got to influence our health in a positive way and the only way to do that is to become proactive. Let's face it--we ain't gettin' any younger--but we can become better. If you want any tips on how to convert to veganism, give me a shout!

"Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos - the trees, the clouds, everything."--Thich Nhat Hanh