The Wonderful Wizard Named Oz

     Why is it that food that melts in your mouth, or is dripping with butter, or filled with sweet calories have to be the bad things we consume and taste the best.  It seems unfair that with the help of science and good doctors we are starting to recognize that our diet will be the controlling factor in our aging process.

We wake up one day to obesity, diabetes, liver disease, high blood
pressure, kidney stones, cardiac arrest, and stroke due to mostly the foods
 we have enjoyed over a thirty to fifty year span.  How did it start?  Could it be we were led down the fun food lane by our parents who decided to taste our baby food and discover how bland and tasteless it was? 

They wanted us to enjoy the flavorful food they ate and changed our diets to those carb controlling, pound packing, and toxic but ever so delicious fatty foods and sugar.  And yes we loved them.  We loved them so much, that they became the bulk of our diet and the good food, the ones we should have
been trained to enjoy go unrecognized until years later when it is too late and we are forced to consume pills that help us process all those gut destroying fat high cholesterol edibles.

We in turn, follow the same pattern, as our parents, and soon we see those fat cells appearing on our children at a much earlier age.  Fast food restaurants helped us as we needed to join the work force to become a two income family and hambugers and fries at low cost seemed to be the magic at that moment in time.

Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., the health expert appearing often on The Oprah Winfrey Show and now has his own television show on good health wrote a book on You Staying Young along with Michael F. Roizen, M.D.

Some very important tips found in this book connect to eating right and having a balanced diet.  Omega-3 fatty acids found in Salmon and other fish help keep your arteries clear.  Two servings of vegetables a day help with cognitive decline, and tomatoes, leafy greens, red apples, onions, and blueberries can act as antioxidants.

This book is filled with powerful persuasion to change your eating habits and not only keeps you looking and feeling young but gives you the insight to better health.

Although I will miss a hamburger topped with everything, hot fudge sundaes, fettuccine alfredo, mounds of mashed potatoes and butter, fried chicken and fries, cake and cookies, and many other tasty treats, I will keep in mind the importance of a working body that can enjoy spending times with their family and friends as opposed to visits to doctors, pharmacies, and hospitals, for ailments that can end your life early.

Enjoying an occasional unhealthy but lip smacking meal is really ok but make it a practice to choose the foods that extend your life.  Afterall it is the sharing of time with loved ones that make the real difference.
"HB!"