Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Drugs Substituting For Parenting

Like all health issues today, they are a matter of time and not money. Our modern society is designed to allow plenty of time for activities that make us unhealthy and mentally detached from one another but it leaves us little time to do what matters most.

You can't buy health, you must "do" health. Health does not take money, it takes time. Time to prepare the family good nutritious meals is 95% of health. Our society has consistently told parents that everything from hockey practice to toys are a higher priority than good nutrition. A $60,000 car in a McDonald's drive thru is a good postcard for our modern society. A child with $1500 worth of hockey gear eating fast food after a game is another one. What effect is this having on our children?

A new film explores not only the dangers of behavior altering medication for children (never designed to be prescribed to children in the first place) but also investigates how the educational system has been using strong arm tactics to medicate unruly students. Lets watch the 3 minute trailer.



Everything is connected. Whether is it malnourished teachers who may have less patience (patience depends on adequate vitamin/mineral stores - nutrition acts as a buffer to all stressors) or children who are malnourished and cannot focus............the result is an ever increasing amount of pressure on the system.

What no one is talking about is that the number of school classrooms, teachers and resources that are dedicated to children with learning disorders is exploding at a mind boggling rate. Learning disorders have increased 1000% in the last 10 years alone.

Who will look after them? How will the economy react with so many citizens mentally unavailable for higher end jobs? Does a medicated society make us an easier target for our country's enemies? Why does the government keep poisoning these children with chemicals and teaching the parents to look toward drugs (more chemicals) for the answer? Why do parents not question the poisoning of their own children?

No one is looking at the nutrition of the participants involved (no one is reviewing the nutrition of the teachers or the children) and drugs are sold as the easiest solution. Drugs are the best solution for the first week until the side effects become obvious. Today we are all living in what our government, parents and grandparents have put off. You know when you had a whole week to study for an exam but you left it to the last day.

North American living is all about the party and never about the hangover. North American living is all about doing what ever you can do to maintain your standard of living even if that pursuit is killing you, the planet and everyone around you. It is literally a race to the grave. First one in wins.

The drugs just help people keep the race going a couple days longer. If your hip hurts take a painkiller, if you bleed from the rectum take an anti-inflammtory, if the kids are going crazy because they are eating chemicals instead of food......give them some anti-depressants........just keep working and spending. Just keep the race going.

Just like the recent economic crash and the exploding disease epidemic.....you can only put off the consequences of ridiculous behavior for so long before you have to pay the piper. Welcome to the generation who are paying the piper. There is hope and it can be found at Physical Limits Fitness.

If you want to break free from the standard North American living model and if you want to join a new generation of people who live their fullest lives, give Physical Limits a call today at 613 932 4766. We will teach you everything you need to know in order to make you and your family live a life of optimal health.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great subject this week! So true!