Day 110

Thursday - just Front squat 210 x 1 and some handstands

After my post yesterday I saw 2 other posts online making similar statement about how today as a society we are so focused on the fix we rarely stop to find the cause.

This has a sense of humor, but also has a level of truth.

But also was an article written by the for editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, often considered one of the top medical publications, Harvard Medical School’s Dr. Marcia Angell 

She has written

“It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.”

She references articles that are published can be completely undermined by being purchased by large pharmaceutical companies, and that these articles are read by our doctors, whom then may change their choice in treatment based on what they read in a once highly trusted publication.

The article can be read at - http://ethicalnag.org/2009/11/09/nejm-editor/

Instead of relying on "cures" that may or may not be what is truely best for your well being, we should look to prevent illnesses before we need medicine.

Living a healthy life does not have to be complicated

• Drink enough water (2-3 liters a day)
• Eat real food, if it comes in a box or has a commercial, you probably should not eat it.
• Get enough sleep, average 7 hours per night
• Move/Exercise, 30-60 minutes a day at what ever level of exertion you can, walk, run, ride a bike, go to a group class.
• Exercise your brain, read, learn new skills. refine old ones.