The Eight Taxes On Your Health
I don’t want to make this too political, but I have learned something about health from our government’s policies. Every so often—about monthly, it seems nowadays—the government comes down with a new rule. These rules are supposed to be good for us. But, invariably these rules require additional time, effort, staff and cost to comply with. A few years ago we got the OSHA guidelines that require us to have MSDS sheets (a list of the chemicals in the workplace and the steps to take in case of poisoning, etc.) readily available on every chemical in our office. Now, that’s not a bad idea, but it does require monitoring and maintaining; I figure to the tune of about $200 a year. This additional cost of doing business is the by-product of the government’s reach into our lives.
In actuality it is not a cost of doing business, but it is a
cost of government intervention. I like to call it another “tax.” It
drains the supply of available equity to use in life. It really isn’t a tax,
but it is no different when it is all said and done, other than the fact that
it is far more efficient than a tax. I could number many, many more such “taxes,” that are actually costs of being governed. Who pays for
that? Ultimately, you do as the consumer. I can swallow a few of
these taxes, and most are far more expensive than that particular OSHA
regulation but, ultimately, I have to raise my fees to be able to stay in
business, and you end up paying for these government “taxes.”
Now, I got thinking, how do we TAX our health? What do you
take into your body—I will refer to those things as "taxes"—that
reduces the equity you have to operate in life? If you are feeling
fatigue, pain, stress, depression, anxiety, high blood pressure, weight gain,
or lack of enthusiasm about your life, you are being over-taxed. Consider where
those taxes come from and how you can reduce the unneeded taxes on your health.
We take in foods that sometimes are a big tax to our health, and sometimes we
take in non-foods, like soda, that are very taxing to our health.
Here are the eight highest-cost taxes I see in people’s lives in
today’s world:
Soda, Candy, Ice cream: Sugar, Corn Syrup and artificial sweeteners cause serious taxation
in our bodies. They deliver little if any nutrient, but require massive
resources to react to, process and cleanse them out of our systems.
Alcohol, Cigarettes: These tax our livers, lungs and probably almost every
other system in the body. While small amounts of alcohol can have some
benefits, the net effect in society is massively negative. Modern tobacco
products have no redeeming benefits as we use them.
Air Pollution: Remedies are difficult, but the harm is hard to argue
with.
Pasteurized Dairy: This is difficult to digest, and causes so many problems in
the body. Let’s get our calcium from the same sources as do the cows:
green leafy vegetables.
Refined whole grain products: White flour, etc. These cause massive
inflammation in our bodies, and are very stressful to our digestive
system. No fiber and a very high glycemic index, which stresses our sugar
handling system, causing an increased release of insulin, which causes weight
gain, inflammation and an increase in hunger and appetite. If you want to pay
that tax, munch away. If you think the price is too high, reconsider.
Modern animal proteins: Too many chemicals, hormones and drugs get passed into
our system for them to safely process. Even if the meat is healthy, we
should keep it to a very modest level of consumption.
Stress: We are going to talk about stress, but what I mean by stress is
unhealthy stress, or Dis-stress. Stress is a choice. If we don’t
like the feel of the stress, all we have to do is to change our attitude about
our circumstances. There are many approaches to that process, but the key
is that it always works. Stress is a killer, plain and simple. It
doesn’t matter what you know, it is what you don’t know that will help you out
of stress: stress demands that you ask better questions, that you change
your view of yourself and of others. It demands change. When you
change in a healthy way, stress melts away like the frost of late spring in the
morning sun.
Structural misalignments: These are energy drainers. It is just like
if your car had a bad misalignment. It would still run, but the operating costs
just got a lot higher. Tires, tie rods, fuel, steering mechanisms, etc., will
all wear out and be used up more quickly. Keep your spine in
alignment! It removes one more burdensome tax on your health and thus on
your quality of life.
If
you are TAXING your health, stop it. Rethink. Is it worth the cost to the
rest of my life? What are you not able to do because of the taxes you are
paying on your health and wellbeing? Is your health tax too high? You are the
only person who can change it. Get started today. Make a decision to
choose more wisely and to act more intelligently.
