Seeing is not Believing
The other day while I was watching television, a commercial came on that seemed to be promoting healthy eating. It caught my attention. It was a commercial for hot instant oatmeal. You may have seen this commercial. It talks about the importance of having a good breakfast of whole grains to start the day. Okay, that sounds good . . however, the whole grains that they are talking about seem to come in instant packets that are flavored with a lot of sugar. The Maple and Brown Sugar packet contains 13g of sugar and the Apple and Cinnamon flavor packet contains 12g of sugar. That is equal to approximately 3 teaspoons of sugar. The only one that had 0g of sugar was the plain packet, which gets my vote. Would you normally put that much sugar into a bowl of oatmeal? Well . . . .
In addition to the flavors, the commercial was showing how healthy a family could be when eating this cereal in the morning. But, what got a groan out of me while sitting in front of my TV, was when they showed the children eating the hot cereal out of a paper bowl in the back seat of their family vehicle on their way to school. Oh my! What type of health does that promote? I sure hope that Mom wasn't eating her hot cereal while driving too - watch out!
This commercial, sadly has become our way of life. And, it made me ask, are we that disconnected from our body that we no longer sit down to eat? What is eating on the run doing to your digestion? Can you take a moment to think about that question?
My clients often hear me say that food is our most intimate relationship. It is the only thing that actually becomes a part of us - our hair, nails, skin, blood and even our mood. Yet, we seem to have lost our connection to that. Would you agree?
How would you treat your food choices and your meal time if you stopped to think of it as something that fuels you, that provides health and your source of well being? Would you put Kool Aid in the tank of your car? Would you pour 6 oz of watered down gasoline into your car and then take an all day road trip? If you said "no", why not? You are probably doing this to your body . . and expecting it to perform optimally, at that, without even realizing it.
Today there seems to be a major disconnection between our body and what we are expecting it to do for us. The results are showing up at alarming rates through obesity, diabetes, stress related disease, high cholesterol, inflammation, depression, irritability, road rage and more.
Are you ready to break this cycle?
What can you do this week to connect with your body?
What action can you take to slow yourself down and make a choice that will bring you closer to feeling healthy?
When you have your health, you have your life and the ability to do the things you would like to do. Without your health, where are you heading?
It is my passion to help you towards awakening to the misleading information that our media offers around what they call 'healthy'. You are worth so much more than a breakfast that is high in sugar and eaten on the run. Start observing some of the commercials that are shown and I think you will discover what I am talking about.
The drug companies are making a fortune off of our hectic and stressful lifestyle, with Pepsid AD and other medications to combat the consequences of a life of stress, disconnection, over working and eating on the run.
I invite you this month, February, the month of Love, to love yourself, to love your body and to decide to make one loving choice that will help you rekindle that most intimate relationship to food.
