Imagine if you took vitamins in moderation, ate a healthy diet, exercised regularly, and got enough rest. Now, imagine you have gotten ill, due to exposure to something that has challenged your immune system, or some unexpected toxic exposure.
Imagine someone who told you that your good habits are what made you sick, that you’ve overdone all that health stuff, and you need to develop a few new vices and ease off the healthy lifestyle. Imagine that person never mentioned the possibility of bacteria or virus as the cause of your illness, and when it was pointed out as the likely reason, simply denied that germs or toxic exposure have anything to do with being sick.
What would you think of the judgment of someone who gave you the following advice?
1) You should stop eating a healthy diet. Eat more fat, salt, sugar and alcohol. And preservatives. You need preservatives.
2) You sleep too much. Watch TV a couple extra hours each night, and still get up at the same time in the morning. That’ll help.
3) Forget the supplements. Vitamins and minerals are overrated, and may be hurting you. You should smoke or something.
4) When you get well, for pity’s sake knock off the aerobic exercise and weight-lifting. You’ll do yourself a mischief.
Is this making sense to you? Or would you suspect that maybe your friend owned stock in a tobacco company, or had a Twinkie franchise? Or maybe just hated you?
