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The Silent Epidemic
This is a MUST WATCH VIDEO! Jamie Oliver spoke at the recent TED conference in Long Beach, CA. I was actually staying at the same hotel where this was happening, and I was totally bummed that I couldn’t go! What Jamie has to say is of massive importance for our society, our evolution as a whole. I welcome your comments.
-Jamie
How Do We Protect Ourselves Against Swine Flu?
We have been hearing a lot lately about this swine flu, and the mainstream media and governments are really pushing hard for everyone to go out and get the vaccine. I am not here to debate the question of whether or not vaccinations are a good idea or a bad idea today. That is for another post, it’s another topic.
Right now the issue on my mind is one of a real and lasting nature. The media is making the swine flu out to be one of the worst epidemics we have ever seen. Yes, some have died from the swine flu, which in itself is terrible. But those in the media do not regularly run stories about the tens of thousands of people every single year who die from the “regular” flu. Furthermore, I was listening to NPR a couple of weeks ago and a doctor came on and stated that if a child came in to the office with the flu, it AUTOMATICALLY sent down on record as the swine flu. So we don’t really know how many actual cases we have.
Ok, so enough of my ranting. What practically no one in the media is talking about right now (other than the vaccine), is how we can easily prevent ourselves from this flu stuff becoming anything other than a passing news story. And it’s interesting, because it’s the same thing that I believe is what our entire “health care” industry should be talking about: PREVENTION.
Preventative and proactive steps. This is NOT anything new, and it’s not anything that we don’t already know. The fact remains that if we keep our immune systems healthy by eating the right foods – high quality protein sources, vegetables and fruits, AND we exercise regularly, guess what? We will be immune from the flu, whether it be swine or other. Some of you may not even believe that this is possible, but it is. Our bodies are capable of successfully fighting infections and viruses as long as we allow it to do its job. And even if we do actually come down with the flu, or a cold, or something else, our immune system will fight it off, and with a little rest we will be just fine.
This is the exact problem with our health care system. The focus right now, unfortunately is on treating the problem, the specific symptom that one has, rather than treat the entire body, the entire system. If we don’t teach people that they have the ability to prevent 90% of today’s chronic diseases with preventative measures, then we will continue to spiral downward.
In fact, we don’t really have a health care system at all, we have a “sick care” system. We don’t teach people how to be truly healthy. We teach how to temporarily deal with a symptom, how to mask this pain or that problem. And it doesn’t work.
I believe it is up to each of us individually to do our part. We shouldn’t leave it up to the government to take care of us, why don’t we take care of ourselves. Boy, it would be really easy if all we needed was one little shot in the arm and, “poof”, perfect health! Well, it doesn’t happen that way, folks, but it also is NOT rocket science and it is not difficult to achieve a state of health and balance. Proper diet and exercise. Yup. Hmmm, what a concept.
To your Health and Happiness,
Jamie