Tempting as it may be, we can't blame this all on a conspiracy of health-sapping influences.
Yes, it is true that we're surrounded by supersized junk foods and sedentary pastimes. Yes, we've been saddled with misleading labels and industry-influenced dietary guidelines. Yes, we've been bombarded by demoralizing media, manipulative advertising, and downright lousy advice.
But still. We've taken a lot of that sitting down.
For too long, we've allowed ourselves to be overprescribed, overfed, underinformed and overindulged. We've been quick to embrace superficial solutions and half-baked ideas.
We've permitted ourselves to be pandered to in the name of ease, convenience and "value" - and we've grown passive, expecting effortless cures to come from the outside.
Conspiracy theories notwithstanding, the greatest threats to our well-being lie in the health-sapping decisions we make every day by default. Because healthy choices have been rendered tougher than they ought to be. And because-like frogs in hot water-we've been willing to tolerate the intolerable.
Until now.
Yes, it is true that we're surrounded by supersized junk foods and sedentary pastimes. Yes, we've been saddled with misleading labels and industry-influenced dietary guidelines. Yes, we've been bombarded by demoralizing media, manipulative advertising, and downright lousy advice.
But still. We've taken a lot of that sitting down.
For too long, we've allowed ourselves to be overprescribed, overfed, underinformed and overindulged. We've been quick to embrace superficial solutions and half-baked ideas.
We've permitted ourselves to be pandered to in the name of ease, convenience and "value" - and we've grown passive, expecting effortless cures to come from the outside.
Conspiracy theories notwithstanding, the greatest threats to our well-being lie in the health-sapping decisions we make every day by default. Because healthy choices have been rendered tougher than they ought to be. And because-like frogs in hot water-we've been willing to tolerate the intolerable.
Until now.
(text from http://revolutionaryact.com/ )
I love this. So very very true.
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