{"id":39,"date":"2010-12-07T21:51:29","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T21:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/medicinetomoveyou\/2010\/12\/a-message-from-india.html"},"modified":"2010-12-07T21:51:29","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T21:51:29","slug":"a-message-from-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/medicinetomoveyou\/2010\/12\/a-message-from-india.html","title":{"rendered":"A Message from India"},"content":{"rendered":"

My husband’s cousin is visiting from India and the topic of
\nwhat I do always seems to get some good conversations and questions rolling.  <\/span>Believe me, I know it’s not because of me.  <\/span>It’s because the concept of being healthy
\nmakes everyone reflect on their own personal performance and curious about what
\nthey could be doing to get some more health in their day to day life.  <\/span>Our messenger from a faraway place was very
\nquick to point out that women are being diagnosed with breast cancer in their
\n30s and acquaintances dying from heart attacks in their 40s.  <\/span>He was shocked… but not really.  <\/span>I asked him why he thought this was
\nhappening.  <\/span>“Because people don’t walk
\nanymore; they eat too much; and they work long hours,” he quickly
\nsurmised.  <\/span>He, like most patients and
\npeople I know, must constantly get clues that what they eat, how they don’t
\nexercise and how they don’t rest affects their bodies and minds every day.  <\/span>There is no way we are surrounded by all this
\ndisease (heart disease and cancer being the biggie categories) and don’t know
\nwhy it’s happening.  <\/span>There are some that
\ncontinue to live in denial so that they can continue to operate in the fantasy
\nland of their unhealthy habits, but I guarantee Reality keeps knocking on their
\ndoor.  <\/span>They just refuse to exit their ‘dreams’
\nand accept what symptoms and diseases are treatable and preventable by changing
\ntheir lifestyle.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Happily, our family member accepts his part in his health
\nstatus (or lack of health state) and has requested a ‘prescription’ for what he
\ncan do to make meaningful change in his prognosis.  <\/span>I will keep you updated on his progress to
\nsee how I might be able to help him long distance.  <\/span>Wish me (and more importantly him) luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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