It Happens
So maybe high fat, fast food isn't the problem after all.
I just read about a new study that finds there were signs of heart disease in Egyptian mummies. This was before fast food, processed food, smoking, or sedentary lifestyles ever entered the picture. That leaves researchers speculating that heart disease may just be a possible outcome for our human condition.
So what should we do with this news? Toss all caution to the wind and take up a high fat, sedentary, smoking lifestyle? Or should we take the other extreme of only eating vegetables, exercising three hours per day, and purifying the air in our homes to maximize the chances of overcoming our destiny?
Personally, I plan to continue my moderate eating and exercise. I won’t take up smoking because it bothers my allergies! And perhaps I’ll demonize the heart disease scapegoats just a tiny bit less. I’m sure there are many other things I do that are equally likely to cause me trouble, and stressing over the usual suspects will only increase the likelihood that I’ll follow the same fate as our Egyptian predecessors.
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From personal experience and observation, I’d say that stress is the #1 villain, with life style running a close second. I assume that even back in ancient Egypt there must have been lots of things to stress out the people – famine, wars, adders….
Exactly my point!I think the medical community still doesn’t give stress the time and attention it deserves. It’s a little bit harder to come up for a pill for dealing with situations such as… adders!
I’m no mathemetician, but I can set up this equation:
If A = B and B = C than A = C
Therefore:
If
(Eating food that tastes good) = (Pleasure)
and
(Pleasure) = (Lack of Stress)
then
(Eating food that tastes good) = (Lack of Stress)
Then I’d better get myself a big plate of delicious food.
Just don’t stress over cooking the perfect meal.