MORE MARKETING?
Is it my imagination or does there seem to be more TV advertising for medications and unhealthy garbage like Boost and Papa John’s Pizza? I saw an commercial for Pedialyte this morning. This is a fluid replacement for children with dehydration from mostly GI problems like diarrhea. It was being advertised as a healthy beverage for adults. You should read the ingredient list. Might as well drink a Coke. If you are dehydrated, I’d consider it, but for daily use, it’s ridiculous.
It may just be a function of watching a little more news but it is pathetic how much pharmaceutical marketing Americans are exposed to. As it is, the US and oddly New Zealand are the only 2 developed countries which even allow pharmaceutical direct marketing to consumers on TV and other forms of media. The US and Syria are the only 2 countries which allow direct marketing to children. The average American child is exposed to more than 10,000 candy, soda, breakfast cereal and junk food commercials a year!
Although we rely on pharmaceutical companies to make vaccines and drugs which do save lives, for the most part, medications do NOT cure diseases. They treat symptoms and manage diseases. Taking a statin may lower cholesterol levels (a good thing) but they don’t address why your cholesterol is high to begin with, and before you say it’s genetic, less than 1 % of people with elevated cholesterol have a true genetic component, unless you are talking about Lipoprotein a, Lp(a), a rarely tested cholesterol molecule thought to affect at least 25% of humans and account for many heart attacks in otherwise healthy people and I will post something about this later – check out the “Cholesterol” section on my website if you want to read about this now.
This is our moment to focus on lifestyle changes, which improve health, not medications which only manage disease. With all the violence and protests we are seeing and experiencing, now is the time to also focus on love and compassion.
With all the conflicting information we are getting about how this virus behaves, how to treat it and how to reopen safely, the only thing we do know is that the healthier you are, the better you will weather the storm of Covid-19. Sleep, movement, stress management, love and support and YES, most importantly, nutrition are all more important than taking another drug, supplementing with garbage like Boost rather than just making a healthy smoothie or having more “comfort” junk food.
Stay safe and be well.
AC 😎✌️🌱❤🐖🏃🏻🧘🏻♂️🌎😷
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