Healthy Weight Loss
8 Secrets for Healthy Weight Loss
IS THERE ANYTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN?
A BRIEF HISTORY OF MADNESS
At the risk of sounding “too preachy” I remembered that it was the wisest man who ever lived, Solomon who said; “That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun”. Ecclesiastes 1:9
Ever since savvy marketers discovered that “fear sells” and could make them rich, they have been using these tactics to prey upon unsuspecting, desperate people who will hand over there hard earn cash for a “cure all”, “quick fix” potion, only to end up worse off than they were before and broke!
We could go way back in history to see that not much has changed! Take a look at these ads for cure back in the 1860s that I got from Medicine in 1860s Victoria http://web.uvic.ca/vv/student/medicine/holloway.htm
Not much has changes
I am sure that If I would run an ad just like this one, just change the date, I would make a small fortune too. Nothing new under the sun!
Yet I see ads very close to this one running on the Internet, making outlandish claims just like the above ad. Yes folks, snake oil salesmen are still alive and doing extremely well.
Because of the stringent policing by the FDA, no one is allowed to make the “cure claim” anymore (unless sanctioned and authorized by the FDA. The Gestapo style tactics and policies of the FDA will have to be a book all by itself).
Now peddle pushers snake oil sales people use “sophisticated” terms like “restore,” “renew,” “vitalize,” “optimize,” “Supplement,” “New and improved”, “New breakthrough,” “scientifically proven”, “Research shows”, in place of the “cure all claim”. For the most part this is completely legal and not well policed, anyone can make a claim and back it up by “scientific Research. Just as long as they have there disclaimer in fine print somewhere obscure.
Well you might be saying consumers are a lot more educated and sophisticated now than in the 1860s so subtle “cure all” claims used by marketers no longer work right? WRONG! These marketers are way ahead of the game. Now these clever marketers toe a very fine line between not making obvious outlandish claims and appealing to your fear of dying of a dreadful disease. They use psychological methods to get you to hand over your hard earn cash.
Law suits are no joke and the FDA will seize all and shut you down in a minute. Hence the Disclaimer in fine faded print; These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
I just grab this wonder potion claim from off a popular “supplement” site check it out.
“Research shows that (X) possess potent antioxidant properties that may help maintain intestinal health, strengthen the immune system, neutralize free radicals, help support cartilage and joint function, and promote a healthy seasonal respiratory system”
• Ok who’s research? Who paid for it? I have been around long enough to know that you can make your research say anything if you have the proper incentive… money.
• “That may help”, may help? So you are not sure? Well is it going to help me or not?
Look at how cleaver and carefully worded this statement is, They use the words “may help maintain” once in the entire statement just before “intestinal health”, to cover there assets for all the following claims. But to the casual reader it would seem to suggest that the only thing that they are not sure of is, it may or may not help maintain intestinal health. The rest of the statements will appear that there research shows that X will strengthen the immune system, neutralize free radicals, help support cartilage and joint function, and promote a healthy seasonal respiratory system”
That is quite a claim for a $45.00 bottle of juice. I must say that is truly brilliant marketing!
Even if those claims where true it is highly irresponsible to lead people in thing that they can continue to eat anything they want anytime they feel, not exercise, treat there bodies like a dump, but just take this “supplement” and in spite of all the damage you do to your body over all these years our “Research shows that (X) possess potent antioxidant properties that may help maintain intestinal health, strengthen the immune system, neutralize free radicals, help support cartilage and joint function, and promote a healthy seasonal respiratory system”
Doesn’t that sound ridiculous, now that you know what they are really up to?
I am not doing this to bash or put down anyone or any product, but I want you to take a serious look at your health not with preconceived ideas and opinions or emotionally prompted psychological manipulation or marketing hype. I want you to put aside for a few hours even some of the things you were taught about health and wellbeing.
The things I share with you in this book cannot be patented, packaged and sold so no one person can profit from it, so you won’t hear a lot of this information from your health care providers, the things you need to improve your life and health are free and accessible to everyone, so pharmaceutical companies don’t want you to know this.
With the advent of the informational age, the internet and satellite TV (with over 300 channels to look at), we are constantly being bombarded, on a daily basis with “new scientific discovery” about health and fitness, about what we should and should not be eating, the best exercise regiment to lose weight, the latest diet fad, how to prevent autoimmune diseases, the formula for longevity, and don’t even get me started on the prescription drugs, pills, potions and concoctions.
One day the “experts” say its ok to eat this, the next day it could kill you! They say “do these exercise programs”, then tomorrow it could give you a heart attack! No wonder people are so confused!
One day this super drug is best for you he next day a recall because people are dying from it.
Have you noticed how hard and frequent the pharmaceutical companies are advertising on TV? Every third ad on TV now is for a drug. And its is growing in frequency. And is it just me or are some of the side effects for these drugs worst that the initial systems they were intended to treat?
You see there is always a new drug waiting in the wings to treat the side effects caused by the first drug you are taking, and then another one to treat the side effect of the second and so on and so on. It will be well with the Pharmaceutical company to have you doped up on a lethal cocktail of drugs.
Who can we trust? Who is telling us the truth? Who gain from all of this madness?
We have become a society of “quick fixes” and “Magic bullet” we actually believe that one pill or potion can cure our entire ailments in a week, ailments that took a lifetime of bad habits to develop.
And who benefits the most? The pushers of these pills and potions and the creators of these fads, diets and the large pharmaceutical company are lining there pockets with the money of a people willing to spend billions of dollars a year for a one fix cure all remedy, just as long as they can continue living the way they have always live and eat the things that got them sick in the first place.
SICK! SICK! SICK!
Let me be clear, I do agree that there are some good products out there that can offer limited aid and relief for some ailments, but by them selves they can never be the end all or fix all, and can only offer temporary and limited advantages for well being. The root causes of a condition must be completely addressed for a lasting healthy balance life.
Well shamefully to say, but I must confess I use to be apart of that madness, marketing quick fixes for a buck. I sincerely believed that what I was doing was ok. I have marketed and sold just about every super vitamins and supplement I can think of, I have been apart of numerous multi-level marketing selling potions and pills just like those marketers from the 1860s. None or those supplement ever worked for me personally. Yet I continued to sell them anyway (shame on me).
You see I was a very sickly person from a child and suffered from all manner of ailments, lets see… I had Asthma, sinusitis. At least once a month my sinuses were infected, I constantly had bronchitis which sometimes led to pneumonia, I had debilitating migraines, dermatitis, eczema over 65% of my body, I went bald due to my hear follicles being damaged by the severe eczema on the crown of my head. I had chronic constipation and ulcers, constant heart burns and acid reflux. Borderline diabetic and constant back pains. I was overweight to say the least, I weighed 265 at 6′ 5”. All this before 25 years old!
I was a mess and miserable. I had tried all kinds of pills and potions vitamins and supplements with no lasting results. I have spent thousands of dollars on medication and have tried more prescription drugs than I care to remember. This just led to more sickness from the side effects and added to my perpetual state of misery.
Eventually I just accepted the way thing were and tried to exist with my conditions, not knowing that there was a better way.
Sad to say a lot of people around the world even in my very family, are suffering needlessly of all manner of sickness and diseases because of a lack of knowledge and understanding about well being. Others may know in part but unwilling to give up there bad habits and make even the smallest of lifestyle changes in order to obtain wellbeing and a better quality of life.
So if you are looking for another quick fix solution to your health and well being and you are thinking that this book will offer you such a “solution” then this book will disappoint you. This book offers no quick fixes or overnight “cure all” remedies. So return the book for a refund and continue doing what you have been doing, eating the way you have been eating living the way you have been living, while expecting a different result tomorrow. That is truly insanity!
The whole universe is governed by laws, which like any other laws if broken, would lead to consequences. By the very rotation of the moon around the earth and the earth around the sun all moving together in concert govern by the laws of gravity and motion, set in place by God the creator himself we constantly experience and benefit from these laws of nature.
What would happen if just one of these laws were broken even for a second? Complete chaos and catastrophe! Planets would collide and the gravitational influence of the moon on the earth would cease, sending everyone and everything hurling into space.
What would happen if I decided I am no longer going to obey the laws of gravity today? I will jump off the tallest building and float gently to the ground at my own will? I would have to be crazy right? Not only would I have to live with that decision while falling from that building but I would also die with the consequences of breaking that law.
On my way down falling from that building can I then say “oh but I obeyed the laws of relativity so I should not be punished for breaking the law of gravity. It would not have mattered how many other laws I kept or what laws I have kept in the past, the fact is that I am breaking this one now and will suffer the consequences live of die.
Well so it is with the laws of health and well being. Breaking any one will inevitably lead to consequences and could cost you our life!
So if that’s the case we need to know what the 10 laws of health and well being are before we even know if we are breaking any right.
Whether you believe it or not, or whether you believe in Him or not the Creator has laid out His user guide and manual for us while we continue to live on this planet and if carefully followed we will reap the benefits of a long and healthy life free of diseases.
I know a lot of people say that the Bible and its health principles are out dated and not relevant for us living today.
I remembered I had a VCR and used it for years one day I for the first time I wanted to record a program on TV. It was very frustrating trying to figure out how to program the thing, you see I had lost the manual and had no idea how to program the VCR. After much searching I finally found the manual hidden away in some draw, never to see the light of day. Once I read though the Manual, programming the VCR was easy!
The VCR was very old by VCR standard 10 years old but the manual was still relevant, even after all these years.
Well even the most dedicated (some what misguided) evolutionist would have to agree that humans have not changed or evolved within the past 6000 years. So what ever was relevant then must be relevant now. Our DNA structure has remained the same and we still need the same laws of health that they had to live by back then.
TURNING POINT
The turning point for me came when I attended a health and temperance seminar several years ago. I heard and leaned somethings that I never heard before in my entire live. How is it that I have never heard these thing?
It was so simple and it just made sense!
I started to put into practice the things I learned. Slowly and gradually at first. The more I did the better I felt, the better I felt the more I did.
After just a few months my sinus infection just went away and have never come back, My dermatitis and Eczema, psoriasis, slowing went away and never came back, (doctors claim these conditions are incurable), no more asthma, no more bronchitis, no more sinusitis, my migraines are no more. My hair grew back with a vengeance, I have to cut my hear at least once every two weeks now.
I lost weight! Within 10 months I went from 265lb to 210lb and now I hover at about 200- 205lbs. I had more energy than I new what to do with, for the first time in a long time I was enjoying great health and wellness. My blood sugar level is perfect. I no longer have to take any drugs or medication not even over the counter pills. Non of these illnesses or autoimmune diseases ever came back.
That was over 12 years ago I am now 38 and I feel like 19! (better that I felt when I was 19 anyway).
How did I do it? What did I do? Well lets get into that right now.
We will start with nutrition because it is such a big deal for most people, especially in North American. Most people live to eat instead of eating to live. If people started today to eat to live half the doctors and medical professionals would go out of business.
When we begin to re-adjust the way we look at food, and seriously consider the health risks of eating what we want when we want and how much we want, we can begin to see how much of what we eat directly impact our health and wellbeing.
The deception that has played out for decades in the food & Beverage and pharmaceutical industry, perpetuated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the food manufactures and media will shock you.
After decades of encouraging people to eat lots of meat and dairy, the USDA now recommends greatly limiting the consumption of both. (The USDA is also charged with helping the meat and dairy industries to profit and flourish — which is an obvious conflict of interest — and the consumer’s health has always lost out at the USDA, and continues to lose out today.) The damage has already been done, they have helped to create a generation or overweight people and an epidemic of obesity.
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