Eat and live healthier


Eating Junk Food -- The hidden price

You probably are very familiar with thelike  getting  as  well.
benefits you get from NOT eating healthy. You
get to eat food that tastes good, you get toWhat I am also going to point out is the
be lazy and sit on the couch and veg out andnot-so-obvious cost of not being healthy.
watch TV. You get to not do all the hard workThere are benefits to eating junk food. But,
of exercise. There are many other benefitsas you know, nothing in life is free. If
that people get from not eating healthy, andthere is a benefit, there is a cost. What
many others that I probably did not list. Imost people do not see is the cost, the price
am not going to list them all, because youyou have to pay for the benefits you are
know most of them. I will list the benefitsgetting.
most people do not want to admit, often, even
to  themselves.There are also tons and tons of hidden costs
that most people never see. I will list some
There are four main benefits that youof the biggest ones. This is the price you
probably get from not eating healthy, thathave  to  pay  to  eating  junk  food:
you don't want to admit (along with the
obvious  ones):1.Vitality
1.Avoiding  being  responsible2.An abundance of energy to do everything you
want  to  do
2.Getting to be right and making others wrong
3.Happiness
3.Dominating  others  and avoiding domination
4.Love  and  closeness  with  others
4.Justifying yourself and invalidating
others.5.Satisfaction  and  fulfillment  in  life
These things are the hidden benefits. I will6.Healing  symptoms  and  disease
talk about each of them in more detail, and
explain what I mean. You have to dig down and7.Symptoms  and  disease  going  away,
be honest, though. These four things are
usually true for everyone, and the point of8.Relief from the suffering that goes with
my sharing them is to make you aware of them,the  symptoms  and  disease
and for you to be honest with yourself about
them. Most people do not think of these9.Inner  peace  and  harmony
things as benefits. But if you look at them
and are really honest with yourself, you will10.  Being  symptom-  and  disease-free
see  the  benefit  people  get  from  them.
11. Mental focus, memory, and clarity (no
People get to avoid being responsible bybrain  fog)
putting the responsibility on the medical
symptoms and disease care system. You live12. Being awake and fully alive every day
under the illusion that they will create a(not just dragging through stuff and
magic pill or invent some technique or systemsurviving)
to make you thin and healthy without you
having to do a thing. They are responsible13. Being present and having the ability to
for your health, not you. It is an illusionbe  with  people
many of us believe. Because then we get to
avoid being responsible for our own health14.  No  worry  or  fear
and eat anything we want. We get to do what
we want, and then blame all of our symptoms15.  Being  confident  in  yourself
on  someone  else.
16.  Being  complete  and  happy
You get to be right and do exactly what you
want. You don't have to listen to all those17. The ability to deal with issues that
doctors, all those people, especially thatarise  simply  and  with  ease
annoying "health freak" in your family. Every
family usually has one. You get to be right18. Having better health now, with security
about being able to do what you want. You getfor  yourself  and  your  family  later
to make them wrong. And don't we all enjoy
making someone we don't like so very wrong?19.  More  time  to  do  what  you want to do
We all want to be right and I can prove it.
Have you every seen someone try and prove20.  Simpler  choices
themselves wrong? Argue that they are not
right? People love to be right and that21. Looking great, feeling good, reducing
includes being right with being able to eatfat,  and  having  tons  of  energy
whatever they want for whatever reasons they
want.22. Being satisfied and Not being hungry all
the  time
You get to dominate others, and avoid others'
dominating you. You do not have to do whatThe list goes on and on, but these are some
they say. You can do what you want. You canof  the  big  ones.
probably even control people and make them
angry by doing things your way, by doing whatThese are all things you do NOT get if you
you  want.avoid eating healthy. It is the price you
have  to  pay  to  not  eat  healthy.
You get to justify yourself and invalidate
others. You get proof for yourself that whatIf you are eating healthy, these same things
you are doing is right. You get evidence thatare your rewards. These are the things you
the way you are doing it is right. You get toget when you are well. These things show up
make sure that other people's way of thinkingin your life as you are being healthy and
is wrong, and make sure they know you knowwell. So much so, that I want you to think of
they  are  wrong.your own reasons why, things vital to your
happiness, freedom and life that you know you
These are the hidden benefits that manywould get you out of bed for in the morning
people get for not eating healthy. Benefitswanting to eat healthy.
that, if you are honest with yourself, you



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