Michael Moore to the rescue?
There is sure a lot of talk about our countries health care system these days. And with a presidential election coming it is only going to intensify. No doubt all the pandering will heat up from candidates who are going to tell you what they think you want to hear, that they will ‘fix’ health care, whatever that means.
As a fitness professional, I joined the Michael Moore Health Challenge. Have you heard about it? It is an email campaign started by the top people in the fitness industry to plead with Michael Moore to take control of his health and set a good example and it is gaining lots of momentum. As we all know, Michael Moore is very outspoken and eager to highlight the flaws, both real and imagined, in our health care system. Like everything else he speaks about, he finds a way to blame the current administration and make it a very political discussion. But what he fails to realize is that to many people, myself included, he himself is the epitome of the problem with health care in this country. He takes absolutely no responsibility for his own health but believes that everyone else should be forced to contribute for his health care. He wants the government to take care of him when he doesn’t take care of himself.
Sugar’s not so sweet
I’d like to talk about the not-so-sweet truth about sugar and how it sabotages your health. First of all, did you know that the average American gets 20% of their calories from sugar? It is estimated that the average person eats a whopping 136 pounds of sugar a year!
Unfortunately many young people eat an even greater amount. Sugar is an empty calorie food, meaning that you are taking in calories that have no nutritional value to fuel your body.
Have you ever noticed that once you have something sweet it leaves you wanting more and more? You’ve just hopped on the sugar treadmill. You get the sugar high and then crash, as your blood glucose levels swing wildly up and down. Sugar is the drug of choice for many people and it is not without consequences.
