You could be crushed under the weight of reports and publications declaring bad eating habits as the root of all evil. Obesity has officially replaced smoking as the lead cause of cancer. Our children are the first generation to have a shorter lifespan than us! It’s easy to look around and to point the finger at, or sic a high priced attorney on purveyors of fast food and processed products. It’s more challenging to look inward and take responsibility for your own health. It’s also infinitely more rewarding as people all over the world are coming to understand.
With books on healthy foods and sustainable eating toping the national best seller list, it looks as if all health is breaking loose. Americans are awakening to the real cost and implications of the fuel that powers not only our cars, but also our bodies. This emergence of responsibility is bringing a wave of change that will empower us to regain health as a nation, to re-integrate with our planet, and to re-establish respect among nations.
Share your stories, not of the demise of health in the US, but of healthy changes. There are demands being made on retailers that force corporations to make change. 5 years ago did you ever think you’d see organics at Vons or organic, free trade beans at Starbucks? The positive changes are out there. Let the press dramaticize the bleak and let us highlight the positive changes we see. The more attention we give the people who are responding to our demands, the more retailers as a whole will change to suit the rising consciousness of our nation.
When I was in high school, I ate all fruits, nuts and grains and searched out for as many organics as I could. Needless to say, my daily lunches in the school cafeteria were looked at with varying degrees of ridicule and curiosity. Thankfully, I know things have changed and are continuing to do so.
Though we have come a long ways in this country, we still have so far to go. We are still getting fatter. We are still declining in our average life expectancy among the world’s nations.
In some parts of the world, there is no choice but fresh fabulous and lean foods straight from the fields or the waters. We still have a lot of processed foods in this country, but at least we are getting back to having choices. Thanks to the delicious revolution for helping the push.