How would you spend $30,000????
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I find this unbelievable, yet sadly common these days. SO many people will accept a prescription or go under the doctor's knife before learning what GOOD NUTRITION can do for them. Easy fix. Cut me open and make me not fat anymore. Read on if you dare.
How would you spend $30,000?
Current mood: frustrated
Hi.
Rant time. But I have to get this off my chest in on a forum that's pretty much neutral.
Since January, 2006, I've met people who have lost amazing amounts of weight by utilizing a cleansing and nutritional system that is nothing short of miraculous. But, in reality, it's NOT miraculous - the human body is. Among those I know personally, it would be conservative to say that 1,000 pounds has been lost. That said; the drug industry and the medical community is not happy about this trend, and has absolutely nothing to gain from the success these smart people have achieved. The drug industry and medical community have a STRONG say in what is allowed, and what is not. Vioxx is responsible for 28,000 deaths, and was FDA approved. Nutritional suppliments haven't killed anyone, but are suspect. And there you have the logic of the money machine which tries to dictate how you will be healthy. Or, in reality, how you will be unhealthy so you will pad their pockets. Healthy people don't stand in the pharmacy line at WalMart with debit card at the ready.
The medical community encourages something referred to as WLS, or weight loss surgery. What "qualifies" a person for this invasive procedure is a repeated attempt at losing weight without a sustained success. This could be, "I tried Slim Fast once, and it was icky, so I quit" or "Jenny Craig failed me" or "The carrot and celery diet was too restrictive." The yo-yo dieting tried by so many has resulted in a greater and greater percentage of people being not only overweight, but obese.
Enter the gastric banding procedure.
You can have your tender stomach reduced to the size of a walnut for the low, low price of $30,000. This makes you feel "full", having consumed only a small amount of food. Theory? Eat less, lose weight. Does it work? Sometimes. Does it fail? Sometimes. Do they give you the statistics of failure right up front? Not likely. How many patients experience a migrating band, which embeds itself into the stomach and requires surgical removal? How many patients eat past the fullness of the band, because the underlying cause of their obesity (compulsive overeating, consuming too many of the wrong foods, lack of healthy exercise) was never addressed? How many who have had the procedure have lost 30 - 50 pounds quickly, and then just stopped because they are unable to take in the proper amount of lean protein to facilitate continued weight loss?
$30,000. That's a considerable amount of money. Here's the math. For $3000, you can be on a nutritional program in which two meals a day are replaced with a super high-quality whey protein shake, complete with vitamins, minerals, and digestive enzymes, includes nutritional cleansing, and natural metabolism boosters FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. I've known more than one person to lose 100 pounds this way. Then, for the additional $27,000, you can replace one meal a day with the high quality whey protein shake (with minerals and digestive enzymes), have excellent vitamins and minerals designed for either men or women (also with digestive enzymes), exceptional quality antioxidants, and have a nutritional cleanse twice a month - FOR 15 YEARS.
Tell me which person you think might be healthier in 7 years. The walnut-stomached individual who is still nutritionally unbalanced, or the healthy person who has found out what giving your amazing body exactly what it needs can do for your health?
I have not known someone who has incorporated this nutrition into their lives to suddenly vomit several times a week. I've not known them to have something migrate into an organ of their body which then needs to be removed. I've not known them to lose lean muscle due to lack of proper protein intake. I've not known them to need to visit their physician several times a year to have their whey protein shake adjusted because of a Holiday or event upcoming which they feel they'll need to be able to ingest a ton of additional food for. I've never heard of a person dying because they had adequate nutrition. I've never heard of a person bleeding to death during the time they sip a shake for breakfast. I have heard of many of them impressing their physicians by their exceptional physical improvements, however.
How, indeed, can people even think of starting with such an invasive procedure?
I will never forget the poor woman who looked at me with tears in her eyes. She was pale, and tired. She'd had the gastric banding 9 months earlier. She and I had both lost 30 pounds. She had some 100 pounds to go. She looked at me, and at the ease of incorporating these foods into her life, and the tears came. Probably $30,000 too late. Maybe she would have rather bought a new car? Who knows.
I find this unbelievable, yet sadly common these days. SO many people will accept a prescription or go under the doctor's knife before learning what GOOD NUTRITION can do for them. Easy fix. Cut me open and make me not fat anymore. Read on if you dare.
How would you spend $30,000?
Current mood: frustrated
Hi.
Rant time. But I have to get this off my chest in on a forum that's pretty much neutral.
Since January, 2006, I've met people who have lost amazing amounts of weight by utilizing a cleansing and nutritional system that is nothing short of miraculous. But, in reality, it's NOT miraculous - the human body is. Among those I know personally, it would be conservative to say that 1,000 pounds has been lost. That said; the drug industry and the medical community is not happy about this trend, and has absolutely nothing to gain from the success these smart people have achieved. The drug industry and medical community have a STRONG say in what is allowed, and what is not. Vioxx is responsible for 28,000 deaths, and was FDA approved. Nutritional suppliments haven't killed anyone, but are suspect. And there you have the logic of the money machine which tries to dictate how you will be healthy. Or, in reality, how you will be unhealthy so you will pad their pockets. Healthy people don't stand in the pharmacy line at WalMart with debit card at the ready.
The medical community encourages something referred to as WLS, or weight loss surgery. What "qualifies" a person for this invasive procedure is a repeated attempt at losing weight without a sustained success. This could be, "I tried Slim Fast once, and it was icky, so I quit" or "Jenny Craig failed me" or "The carrot and celery diet was too restrictive." The yo-yo dieting tried by so many has resulted in a greater and greater percentage of people being not only overweight, but obese.
Enter the gastric banding procedure.
You can have your tender stomach reduced to the size of a walnut for the low, low price of $30,000. This makes you feel "full", having consumed only a small amount of food. Theory? Eat less, lose weight. Does it work? Sometimes. Does it fail? Sometimes. Do they give you the statistics of failure right up front? Not likely. How many patients experience a migrating band, which embeds itself into the stomach and requires surgical removal? How many patients eat past the fullness of the band, because the underlying cause of their obesity (compulsive overeating, consuming too many of the wrong foods, lack of healthy exercise) was never addressed? How many who have had the procedure have lost 30 - 50 pounds quickly, and then just stopped because they are unable to take in the proper amount of lean protein to facilitate continued weight loss?
$30,000. That's a considerable amount of money. Here's the math. For $3000, you can be on a nutritional program in which two meals a day are replaced with a super high-quality whey protein shake, complete with vitamins, minerals, and digestive enzymes, includes nutritional cleansing, and natural metabolism boosters FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. I've known more than one person to lose 100 pounds this way. Then, for the additional $27,000, you can replace one meal a day with the high quality whey protein shake (with minerals and digestive enzymes), have excellent vitamins and minerals designed for either men or women (also with digestive enzymes), exceptional quality antioxidants, and have a nutritional cleanse twice a month - FOR 15 YEARS.
Tell me which person you think might be healthier in 7 years. The walnut-stomached individual who is still nutritionally unbalanced, or the healthy person who has found out what giving your amazing body exactly what it needs can do for your health?
I have not known someone who has incorporated this nutrition into their lives to suddenly vomit several times a week. I've not known them to have something migrate into an organ of their body which then needs to be removed. I've not known them to lose lean muscle due to lack of proper protein intake. I've not known them to need to visit their physician several times a year to have their whey protein shake adjusted because of a Holiday or event upcoming which they feel they'll need to be able to ingest a ton of additional food for. I've never heard of a person dying because they had adequate nutrition. I've never heard of a person bleeding to death during the time they sip a shake for breakfast. I have heard of many of them impressing their physicians by their exceptional physical improvements, however.
How, indeed, can people even think of starting with such an invasive procedure?
I will never forget the poor woman who looked at me with tears in her eyes. She was pale, and tired. She'd had the gastric banding 9 months earlier. She and I had both lost 30 pounds. She had some 100 pounds to go. She looked at me, and at the ease of incorporating these foods into her life, and the tears came. Probably $30,000 too late. Maybe she would have rather bought a new car? Who knows.
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