They really tried hard to get me focused. It was my life and my health, and they both wanted me to be successful....probably more than I wanted success!
They both got pretty frustrated dealing with me. After years and years of starting programs and failing, I was an expert at it. They could see I wasn't getting the results I should have, and they both started getting frustrated. Rachel decided to switch gears and invited me to see a documentary about Food & Health that was playing. The movie, Forks over Knives, was a jaw dropping experience. Basically everything I was doing was wrong and needed to be changed.
The Broward General Heart Surgeon approved diet....turned out to be the most unhealthy diet I could be on (according to the research in the movie). Animal Protein and Fat contribute to most of the Chronic Illnesses in America.... SAD Standard American Diet has created a health care crises in America....A nation addicted to fat and sugars.....not eating the basic diet the rest of the "healthy" world eats!
I felt like Neo in the film, The Matrix. As a country, we have been lied to about proper nutrition. Cattle and Dairy producers hire marketing companies and Government lobbyists to make us think the products are good for us.....just like Big Tobacco convinced Doctors to recommend cigarettes in the 1930's and 1940's.... We've been lied to.... An entire nation eating a fat filled diet that is making us fat and sick! Commercials on television from all the Fast Food companies....even promoting "kids meals" with greasy fried Chicken Nuggets...followed by commercials from Pharmaceutical companies pushing drugs to treat Diabetes, Cholesterol, and Erectile Dysfunction ....... Incredible!
Life Coach - Rachel Shapiro
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