I was browsing this morning’s news, and I couldn’t find anything that inspired me to comment, either harshly or in praise. I could, of course, continue to go on about high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, phthalates…gardasil…but I’ve not found much in the way of new material in those departments.
I could comment on how researchers are finding benefits to cholesterol lowering medication and may reduce the risk of heart attacks. Never mind the fact that they damage your liver. What is even a departure from my ’normal’ health commentary…what about the Tyra Banks survey that illustrated what teenagers think of sexual behavior, pregnancy, and drugs? I must admit…I’m a little shocked. 1 in 5 teenage girls say they want to be a teenage mother. Oy. Quickly approaching my 30s, I’m not even ready to be a mom. Or the fact that many are afraid of an STD, but still continue to have unprotected sex? Makes me think that Gardasil and whatever other vaccine they can quickly come up with for STDs is a good idea. That’s another topic altogether.
I could also talk about how I was saddened that Chauncey Billups got traded to the Denver Nuggets for Allen Iverson. And that me and my husband bought tickets to see AI’s first home game in Detroit against the Celtics…and how I was upset that we got our booties handed to us. A rematch will go down this week in Boston, and I hope we give them a taste of their own medicine. We looked great this past weekend against Golden State and the Lakers. I was very torn about the Golden State game too…because I love for them to do well. I think they’re one of the most interesting teams to watch in the league. Very fast paced…they could be down 40 points and still come up with a win (or vice versa, which is very disheartening to watch). I also had an opportunity to go to a Golden State vs Pistons game in Oakland when I lived there…and the fans are some of the liveliest I’ve seen. We lost to Phoenix, even with Shaq ejected because of a flagrant 2 to Stuckey.
I could talk about the gleeful look on my husband’s face this weekend as the snow fell. We only had half an inch or so, but it was an exciting day. Our beast puppy (she’s almost 3 now…but she’s still a puppy to me) was also having fun in the snow. She loves the cold weather here and loves to be chased in the backyard. She was also carrying snowballs in her mouth, very proudly I might add. I also put the boys (the two cats) out in the snow. Not sure what they thought about it. Being from California and Georgia, snow is a foreign thing to them. Even the dog is a California puppy…and this is new to her.
I could also talk about how great chiropractic can be. Chiropractic works with the body’s natural biological processes and allows the body to heal from the inside out. Medicine works from the outside in, which I admit, we do need that at times. How great our bodies are that they know what to do. We have like…over a trillion cells all working together, and yet we think that an antibiotic is smarter than us. Chiropractic and chiropractors recognize that we all have an innate ability to heal, and the adjustment is what allows us to do exactly that. With each patient, I try to move the bone and let them do the healing. An aspirin doesn’t heal, nor does Crestor or other statins, not even chemotherapy heals the body. We somehow take these chemicals in and use them in a beneficial way some times…and other times having horrible side-effects. What we must realize is that medications…no matter what it is we take…alters the body’s natural bio-chemical processes. The body can’t tell cocaine from ritalin…or aspirin from marijuana. It doesn’t know that it is legally prescribed or illegally obtained. If it could tell that, we wouldn’t have all these accidental overdoses.
I’ve covered everything from snow and basketball to chiropractic and aspartame. I hope you stayed with me on this random journey of thought.
