How refined are you?

Yes; refinement is such a nice thing isn't it? Clean, dignified, polite, politically correct and so much more... or is it? Do you by chance remember a song by Supertramp... I always liked this song; such a catchy tune and lyrics.

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
a miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily,
oh joyfully, oh playfully watching me.
But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible,
logical, oh responsible, practical.
And then they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
oh clinical, oh intellectual, cynical.

There are times when all the world's asleep,
the questions run too deep
for such a simple man.
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
but please tell me who I am
Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!

I ask you, are we perhaps becoming vegetables instead of eating them? What exactly does it mean to be refined these days? Is it believing and following the marketers of our Country who would have us play Russian Roulette every time we sit down to eat a meal by feeding us food with NO nutritional value? Why have we given up our common sense and sacrificed quality of nutrition for food that may taste great but is killing us with every bite?

Disease is progressive and patient; it is a silent killer with the stealth that surpasses our greatest machinery's of war and it is happy to take its time in killing us before revealing itself in a Country where medical practice is more geared towards trying to solve problems rather than preventing them.

Think about this the next time you lift a fork or spoon to eat foods made with refined sugars, most man-made sugar substitutes, refined white flour, refined white rice, refined salt, refined pasta, fast-food and most store-bought beef, chicken and pork that is laced with pesticides and man-made chemicals that wreak havoc with our health.

It is a CHOICE to eat such things and we do pay for it around our waistlines, in our pocketbooks when illness surfaces, in loss of life and most certainly, it is reflected in the lives of our children who are becoming obese at an alarming rate. Friends and loved ones, it is time for us to wake up from the nightmare and stop rewarding food companies, marketing firms that bombard the airwaves with food that kills, and eateries for feeding us things most animals wouldn't consume. It's time for us to reclaim the practices and habits of our parents and begin eating to live rather than living to eat!!

What are our options? That's my next focus over the next several days and believe me, the options are healthy, tasty and plentiful.

God speed

Coop