Join a Revolution

 Change the history of the world by what you eat.

Being Healthy is a Revolutionary Act!

Let your food flag fly.

Greetings!   

The 4th of July holiday brings thoughts of independence and personal freedom. While we live in a society where the idea of health and fitness is wildly popular and we have multiple choices available to "create" our own health, actually very few of us do. Becoming a truly healthy person in the U.S. can be difficult. It is easier to buy a greasy burger on a street corner than a healthy sandwich or salad. Healthy choices have been made more difficult than they should be. Our society is wired to make us sick, overweight, depressed, and stressed out.

 The US currently produces more obese, chronically ill and depleted people than it does vital, fit, resilient ones, and this trend is worsening. Two out of three US adults are overweight or obese. A growing number of us are reliant on pharmaceuticals whose side effects and interactions undermine our health and quality of life. 

Our children too are becoming ill and prescription dependent at ever-younger ages, and their life spans are being shortened as a result. Our current medical system spends approximately 75% on the treatment of chronic health conditions that could be better managed with lifestyle modifications. Our current food system is a mess and getting worse. Genetically modified foods (GMOs) are entering our food supply at increasing rates and the FDA does not think we need to know when we are consuming these foods. Your are probably eating it now and unaware that you are doing so. We need to focus more attention toward nutrition. The average physician receives an average of 2.5 hours of nutrition education during medical school. Food is fundamental to your health and to the health of the world.

For too long we have allowed ourselves to be overprescribed, overfed, under informed, and overindulged. We've grown passive, expecting effortless cures to come from the outside - not within as the result of good self care. We can change this mixed-up reality and reclaim our well-being. We can change this - together!

Every day, more and more of us are waking up to the realization that no one is going to save us but us. We need to rise up to take back the power for our own well being.

None of us can afford to sit this challenge out. None of us deserves to live less than the best, healthiest life. So raise your standards and re-stake your claim to a vital body and mind.

Choosing a healthy way of life involves making some revolutionary choices, and it also has revolutionary results. Because when you change your health for the better, you change the lives of everyone around you for the better too. In a very real way-you change your world.

It is time we face the reality that unless we're a part of the solution, we're part of the problem. I have included a couple of resources for you to explore this concept further. Check out the Food Revolution and see their manifesto for thriving in a mixed-up world at www.revolutionaryact.com.

 I also encourage you to participate in The Food Revolution Network. The host John and Ocean Robbins have gathered 23 visionaries that make up the top food experts and activist in the world.   If you would like to get together with these revolutionary thinkers and visionaries in the comfort of your own home-this is your opportunity. Go to www.foodrevolution.org and register now for the Food Revolution Summit.

I recommend participation if: you take care of your body and think the quality of your food matters; you want your children to have access to healthy food; you don't want to get cancer or have a heart attack; you like to shop at our local farmers market; you want to know how what you eat connects to the planet; you want your family and friends to eat better and you don't know how to tell them without seeming like a nag; and you want to enjoy food you can trust for a lifetime.

I wish you good food and a great life!

Happy summer,

Lynn