Some Things Are So Unclear That They Make Perfect Sense

Life is so filled with twists, turns and flips.  We were wired by God for many things, some of which include thinking, creating, analyzing, debating, decision-making... emotion.  We each find a few things in our lives that entice our curiosity and passion so much that these curiosities become hobbies and life work.  Sometimes these things define us.

In the big picture, health and wellness have been a part of my life since I was a child.  I have always been physically active, and thank God I had a mom who actually cooked REAL, homemade FOOD (not stuff people claim to be food).  Fast food and packaged cookies were foreign concepts in my upbringing.  Thank you, Mom!

The role wellness has played has evolved over the years, and today my husband (Koach Karl) and I are passionate in reaching our own wellness potential and helping others discover their path as well.  We stumble, persevere and get off track now and then, but like any healthy relationship, wellness is a journey of discovery.

Two major influences in our wellness journey are The China Study (Colin Campbell) and Food Matters.  Each of these resources has led us to a plethora of other experts and research; the list is too long to be exhaustive but include:  Isagenix:  World Leader in Nutritional Cleansing, The Gerson Miracle, Michael Pollan (In Defense of Food), Jordan Rubin (The Great Physician), Lysa TerKeurst (Made to Crave), Food, Inc., Fresh:  The Movie, David Wolfe (raw foodist expert)... so many committed people who want to share their passion and knowledge with others.  We are truly blessed to have people like this in our world.

One myth that was shattered for me when reading The China Study was the influence our genes play in the role of disease, illness and other tendencies.  Before reading the astounding research conducted in this life-changing book, I liked (yes, you read that correctly) the idea that I had limited control over the future of my health in terms of cancer, cholesterol and heart disease.  You see, my family lineage determined all of that for me, so it was just a matter of time before I fell ill to one ailment or another.  I was dumbfounded and skeptical of the study's claim that my genes actually accounted for 1-2% of my future.  Interesting, to say the least.  Very interesting.  Disturbing even.

This knowledge was not liberating and sensible until I stopped kidding myself.  I accepted and EMBRACED that my genes play an insignificant role.  My inheritance was more about habits and lifestyle than my DNA.  In the end, I had more control over my health and wellness than I wanted to accept.  When I acknowledged the implications of my choices and responsibilities, the future of my wellness looked very different.  Indeed, it looked so different that I have stopped looking around me at someone else to make things better for me.  Each day, I wake and have to look at the face in the mirror and ask, "So, what's it going to be today--wellness or self-destruction?"  My answer is not always wellness.

When reading The China Study or watching The Gerson Miracle, I am dumbfounded by the opposition these wellness leaders have faced in getting their message out to the masses.  I hope you will read the first and watch the last!  I would love to hear what you think.  Back to my point:  I cannot make sense of the professionals who want so badly to disregard the pivotal role nutrition plays in our lives.  We live in a Sick Care, not a Health Care, society.  There are doctors and drug companies that want us to be in a cycle of illness, because they think without our ailments they will be obsolete.  In their defense, I do not know that they were trained to think otherwise.  In fact, if professionals were truly health care-oriented, they would first go to nutrition and be skeptical of drugs and surgery.  In the words of the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research:  "If the doctors of today do not become the nutritionists of tomorrow, then the nutritionists of today will become the doctors of tomorrow."

What we put into our mouth each day can literally kill us or help us thrive.  I have read and been told, by several sources, that nutrition accounts for 80% of our appearance.  People will argue with that, or try to explain why they look exactly the same despite eating nutritaionally sound, but I cannot buy it.  I have met too many people with amazing stories, and read too many stories (of people I have not met, darn it!) of success to begin to buy into the fallacy.

Some things are so unclear that they make perfect sense.  If we believe and acknowledge that nutrition can cure or kill us, then we have one very important person to answer to--ourselves.

Be Uncommon,
PJK :)