We Americans are obsessed with proving we are Superman. We don’t need food, we get our calories from coffee and cream. We don’t need sleep, we have LOTS of coffee. Shopping? That’s for people with no life. Lingering over a meal? Did you see the work waiting for me?
This interesting article, blog fodder in it’s own right, had me ranting. Americans are an unhealthy bunch. We don’t sleep, we don’t exercise, we don’t eat well, and we don’t have much down time. We drug ourselves to wake up, to go to sleep, to relax. No wonder we’re sicker than anyone else.
Whether it’s the addictions we have that get us through, the cortisol surging through our stressed-out veins, or the endless stream of processed crap we eat, we are a walking, talking bundle of inflammation.
I find it interesting that so many of these countries that beat us in health care outcomes also have a more sane approach to life and work and leisure.
I know, I know, here we go with the “why should I pay….”.
Save it for someone who gives a damn. If you want to be penny-wise and pound-dead, that’s you’re right. Me, I’m interested in finding out what works, because what we’re doing to ourselves? Ain’t it.
