We hear all too often that this child or that person has a chemical imbalance. So what’s the first thing the doctors do? Give the child more chemicals to balance their chemical imbalance. Really? Help me out here.

Yes, sure, there are the few exceptions that apply. But in the last few decades, the pattern in medicine, and the business world at large, is to take the unusual and make it mainstream. Take a problem, make you afraid to have that problem, and then sell you the answer to a problem you never had. Great business strategy… Very bad for society.

And our kids are suffering the most. Unless the parents have a grasp on the bulk of fearful info spoon-fed to all of us, the kids (who are connected to everything) are taking it in. A regular, steady diet of ‘there’s something off and you need THIS to fix it.’

But, unless our children are eating all their food at home, fresh-cooked, low sugar, and real fats, they are definitely chemically-imbalanced. Sugar in small controlled amounts is happy and healthy. But sugar is in all processed foods- the drinks they reach for, the low-fat diet foods they think are helping.

Herbicides, pesticides, companies irradiating our food. All these chemicals are flowing CONSTANTLY through our bodies ( chemical imbalance?). Now boost the sugar intake and insulin jumps. Insulin is a chemical- now you have a chemical imbalance. All the hormones in our meats and dairy products to “BEEF UP” the animals, more chemicals…

Listen, I could go on but my rant is clear enough. But I do have an example to give you a picture of how to get a handle on this. We have all heard stories of someone being in the hospital and that all the drugs they were on were creating problems. Many times the patient had to stop taking most of the drugs and clear the way and start fresh.

Don’t misunderstand me- I believe in medicine and I’m alive today because of the men and women who sit quietly and search, and research for answers for when our body is under attack. But each chemical, or drug, usually causes a new problem. Sometimes that HAS to be done. But, too many drugs or chemical combinations and you have a damaging cocktail.

So I want you to start eliminating some of the chemicals from your life and your children’s lives. Save the drugs for when your body needs intervention.

Eat old school for awhile. Fresh- organic, no chemicals. Try this for a few weeks and see if your kids are calmer, losing a few pounds (and not really trying).

Eat REAL sugar, but keep consumption low.

Real butter, nothing man-made.

Iced tea, water.

You know what to do. It’s no harder than starting a new job. You would if your family depended on it. Well, guess what- it does.

And I’ll keep preaching about getting allergy tested. Just do it. Allergies are CHEMICAL IMBALANCES, TOO! Every time my body has to compensate for an allergy to a food I eat, it’s distracted from healing and giving me the energy I need and love.

Every Ounce Counts (especially with chemicals)

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