Why Fruits & Vegetables are so Important

Do you realize that you could have a heart attack at some point in the future? Research data is very strong and very powerful that the more fruits and vegetables that you eat, the less likely you are to have that heart attack. Hum, do you even want to know what research data says about the cigarettes and beer that most people consume?

Many of us will face the diagnosis of cancer in the future, and again the data is overwhelming that a diet high in fruits and vegetables is associated with a marked reduction in the risk of cancer. The reason for this is the balance of Mother Nature in fruits and vegetables - all of those thousands of antioxidants and other phytonutrients that work together to enhance our good chemistry and to protech against the bad.

What is an example of bad chemistry? The phenomenon of oxidative stress. When you burn a log in your fireplace; and if you don't have a screen, those sparks burn holes in your carpet. Similarly, when you burn sugar, fat, and carbohydrates in your body, you generate "sparks" call free radicals-billions of them. They bombard your body from the inside out, particularly at a cellular level. Antioxidants and other phytonutrients from fruits and vegetables help protect against the oxidative stress caused by thos free radicals.

Our DNA is damaged everyday in every cell because we are generating billions of these free radicals. If your body fails to repair DNA damage properly, it ends up as a mutation, and we all know the association of mutations with cancers. Similarly, if free radicals damage the tips of your chromosomes, you increase the rate at which you age - nobody wants to age more rapidly.
I know I don't.

Create the life you want!

I believe that the only person who can create the life you want is you. I feel that your destiny is firmly in your own two hands. Like it or not!

If you are unhappy with the life you have or unsatisfied with the body you have, then it is up to you to change it. I have never believed that a Knight In Shining Armor is going to ride into my life and make everything better for me. Do you? Or in some cases, Princess Riding A White Horse With her Blonde Locks Flowing.....-for you guys out there!

Imagine the life you want and hold that idea in your mind as your read on. I cannot tell you how I came to this conclusion but it seems to me that how we balance the many things in our life it is reflected in how our weight on the scales balance out. Buying and consuming, clutter and weight seem to be connected somehow. Every aspect of life is interconnected, such as how we act, what we own, where we live, what we put on our bodies and what we put into our bodies. I believe that clutter and disorganization are interconnected to our weight and our health. You cannot deal with the fat on your body if you are smothered with disorganization and clutter of the spaces in your home, office, car or life as a whole.

When clutter fills your car, your desk at work, or your home, not only does it block your space, but it also blocks your vision-and I am thinking literally and metaphorically. At some point you probably stop seeing the mess and the clutter-even when you have to step over it or cannot see over the top of it! I think this is how getting fat or ending up over weight has been for most people. First we stop being as active as we once were, or we purchase a bigger size of jeans, or stop looking in the mirror at the excess weight (clutter on our bodies).

Just as clutter can steal from you the joy and happiness that you are entitled to. It is the same when it comes to an overweight out of shape body. Begin to imagine the life you want to live. Don't think of your weight as a number on the bathroom scale, but think about feeling a sense of joy, well-being, heath and happiness. Begin to imagine feeling healthy, achieving what you want to achieve, interacting with those around you, and spending your time in a fit and healthy body.

The you that you aspire to be must be nurtured and you must allow your true self to be revealed. Visualize the ideal you that you want. Remember, if you don't strive to achieve your ideal you,..... no one else will!

Maybe you have failed a few times-welcome to the real world. If you are human then you have failed a lot, but this shows that you are trying, right?

Change takes commitment and commitment takes time.

Create a healthy life for yourself.
You can make time to create the life you want.
Time is a paradox. "There's never enough time, and there's always more time".

You can find the time to make the little changes that will create the life you want.