Become a Menber, Join a Club

I don’t want to get in the middle of the debate.

The health care debate continues. I don’t want to get in the middle. Having been responsible for health benefits for many employees for many years, like others, I have some ideas of what we need. A major effort was made to encourage employees to reduce their health risk.

We know a few things about staying healthy. Don’t smoke, don’t drink to excess, don’t eat to excess or eat too much of the myriad of foods that the myriad of experts say are not good for you, exercise, not necessarily in an organized fashion, but walk, climb stairs, be active, stay out of the sun, but get some sun and push your family and friends to do the same. Have regular checkups and the tests suggested from time to time for your age and health situation. Easy, no? No.

The objective in all of this is to join the many overlapping groups, clubs that have a lower incidence of health problems. Members do not always live longer, but tend to have a better quality of life, as a group. There are no guarantees and, for many, it’s a difficult concept to accept. What’s the point, all that effort for a possible, not a probable benefit? Forget the lifestyle changes, live as before and compensate with pills, for many, lots of piles, competing pills, expensive pills.

Most of the products on out site, www.OurFavoriteHealthProducts.com, are dues for various health clubs. Increase your daily fiber intake; you joined the high fiber intake club, better health for the group. Omega-3 fish oil: same thing, another club with better health for members. Take a good multivitamin, you joined another club. Use a good laxative when you need it, welcome to the free and easy club. Constant constipation is not good for you; it stretches where you do not want to stretch.

So, join a club, join as many as you feel comfortable with.

Today, we see articles on the need to control sugar intake. A report from the American Heart Association brings this to the fore. The American Beverage Association and The Sugar Association see things differently. But those that contol their intake will see benefits.

Like many businesses, now we are up and running, we are adding a more products to our site. In a couple of weeks we will have the full line of L’Erbolario natural herbal beauty care products and some other innovative natural health and personal care products. We have already extended our line of Nordic Naturals Omega-3 and Konsyl products.

John Oram