Majority of us would plunk down big dollars for a nice flat screen TV without breaking a sweat. Or spend a tidy sum to go on a nice vacation. Some others would indulge in a good meal and drink.
But spending money to improve our health is probably the last thing in our minds. Most of us, especially when we are still young, think we are invincible.....nothing can hurt us, or make us sick. Money is never allocated to health unless we are directly afflicted with some ailment. We abuse our bodies without meaning to but eventually all that smoking, alcohol, fast food and sleep deprivation will hurt us.
Then, one day we wake up and realize whether too late or just in time, that our bodies need to be taken care of. This is when we start to shop at WholeFoods - to buy only organic food products. We reduce our fast food intake or avoid them all together. We start to read food labels and eat less processed food. Trying to reverse the damages we inflicted on our bodies will not happen overnight. It takes time, if time is on our side.
Seeing or hearing so many friends suffering from one ailment or another makes one wonder why we give so little thought to our health until we become ill. Is passing middle age the only time we start to take care of ourselves? Is it too late then to try to reverse the years of abuse?
How much is too much to spend on ensuring a healthy you?
But spending money to improve our health is probably the last thing in our minds. Most of us, especially when we are still young, think we are invincible.....nothing can hurt us, or make us sick. Money is never allocated to health unless we are directly afflicted with some ailment. We abuse our bodies without meaning to but eventually all that smoking, alcohol, fast food and sleep deprivation will hurt us.
Then, one day we wake up and realize whether too late or just in time, that our bodies need to be taken care of. This is when we start to shop at WholeFoods - to buy only organic food products. We reduce our fast food intake or avoid them all together. We start to read food labels and eat less processed food. Trying to reverse the damages we inflicted on our bodies will not happen overnight. It takes time, if time is on our side.
Seeing or hearing so many friends suffering from one ailment or another makes one wonder why we give so little thought to our health until we become ill. Is passing middle age the only time we start to take care of ourselves? Is it too late then to try to reverse the years of abuse?
How much is too much to spend on ensuring a healthy you?
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