Pale Blue Southwest
“… how humble our beginnings, how many rivers we had to cross to find our way.”
Your Friday moment of Zen, timelapse images of the American Southwest set to Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot”. There’s no bad time to remember these words, our place on Earth, and our place in the universe.
Month: July 2012
My response to "Revisiting Ice Cream and Diabetes"
My response to "Revisiting Ice Cream and Diabetes"
In case you didn’t get the memo: Yes, those of us with diabetes CAN eat ice cream.
That statement is so fracking ignorant and irresponsible that I can’t even formulate a cogent response. I’m so angry.Diabetes is not normal. Neither is eating a bowl full of fat and sugar with ZERO nutritional value. Dr. Joel Furhman would read this and weep. I think he would call this “exteme-titis”.
When we grasp the amazing reality that eating a high-nutrient, plant-based diet is normal; that eating an apple instead of a piece of cake is normal; that eating some steamed veggies instead of a pan of pizza, or eating a salad instead of bag of chips is normal; that not having diabetes, heart disease, strokes, cancer, and dementia is normal; not having astronomical medical and pharmaceutical bills is normal; that enjoying pleasurable sex in the middle age years and beyond is normal; and that feeling well, attractive, and enjoying life is normal. ~ Emily Boller
preventable diseases
It is the number of Americans sick with preventable diseases, not the number of uninsured Americans, or the cost of prescription drugs that is of most concern. More affordable prescription drugs are not what we need – reduced need for prescription drugs is what we need.. More than increasing access to care, we need less requirement for care. To truly improve the health of the American people and reduce health care spending, Americans must take control of their own health.We may be required to buy medical insurance, but what we really need is health insurance : Disease Proof
