I remember when I was a kid that getting a physical at the doctor involved not just being so nervous I could pee all the way from the car to the examination room, but it involved something that there seems to be so little of... time. A "physical" involved having a physical examination. Checking, eyes, ears, nose, throat, heart, reflexes, my walk, my stance and LOTS of palpation. So it took quite a bit of time because it also involved a lot of questions and a lot of talking. That doesn't seem to be the definition of a physical now.
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So my Siamese cat's name is Taz. She typically will only eat a few types of organic cat food, and definitely refuses raw. So she's much like the rest of us... we should eat more raw since that is the healthiest and the most nutrient-dense, but that mac and cheese is just too good to resist!
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I want to remind you about dosing. In order to get any recipe right, my grandfather always said (my grandmother hated cooking) that he had to follow the amounts exactly for the end result to be perfect. Too much brandy in the stuffing was one thing, but not enough baking soda was deadly!
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My grandmother died recently at 96. She had been bedridden for a few years because of a choice she made many years before where she decided that eating fat was unhealthy and so she wouldn't eat an ounce of fat after that. Gradually her knees deteriorated, her joints weakened, she became more confused and lost her hearing. All because of the choice she made to not eat fat. It was the result of a harmless suggestion given to her by her doctor at the time, who wanted to point out that her cholesterol was a bit higher than her last visit and so removing some fat from her diet might be wise. She took it to heart...
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Just as we absorb information and develop coping mechanisms during our formative years, we also are developing a pattern for our future health. Chronic issues such as headaches, heart palpitations, tinnitus, allergies and blood pressure can all be remnants of your childhood adaptations.
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The development of the idea of removing the gall bladder, the tonsils, the appendix and even the spleen was most likely as a result of on the spot necessity. It seems to be the status quo now that we can live without these, but the question that we should be asking is are we living? Are we truly living a healthy, vital life without these?
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