So rain put the squash on my Saturday morning outdoor yoga. I remained optimistic that it would still happen as I sat patiently in my car while, while the rain drops seemed to lighten up. But I was the only one that was waiting. Maybe the 52 degrees should have made me be more realistic. Hot yoga is good, maybe cold yoga would be as well. I had 4 layers on top, 3 on bottom. I was set. The good news is that it appears Mother Nature is going to be nicer for the coming week.

All was not a waste, as I listened to a lecture. I am in the midst of a virtual medical conference this weekend, second virtual conference of the year. This one is entirely on plant-based nutrition. I always feel like it is the most widely-known secret. Like EVERYBODY realizes how beneficial plants are to eat, but for so many that is as far as they get. Study after study of preventing, treating, and reversing so many common medical problems. Problems that we throw trillions of dollars at. Amounts of money that is in the range that most of us can’t comprehend.

I’ve done fairly well these last several years of trying to eat more real food. We are surrounded by fake food. Ingredient lists on packages that are so long sometimes. Many of them unpronounceable without a chemistry degree. I don’t think the human body was ever meant to consume Disodium Inosinate or Disodium Guanylate (2 of the ingredients on the bag of Doritos my kids are currently eating). I’ll eat this crap too, I know I shouldn’t and at least try to limit it, but I know we weren’t designed to process stuff like this. I feel like it’s like filling my car with apple juice instead of gas, and then wonder why it’s not running properly.

I wanted to type “I’m sorry Doritos and apple juice,” but I’m not. It’s the highly processed and sugar packed “food” that has our country’s health in a tailspin. If nature wanted us to to eat a Dorito, then we’d be going outside and picking chips off the Dorito tree.

This type of stuff can be so addicting. As I’m thinking and typing how unhealthy some of this is, I’m also thinking about how tasty a handful of those chips might be. Talk about addiction. This is what these companies love. Packaging up whatever it is that hits many of our taste buds and pleasure centers. Sometimes things get dressed up a bit like, “Now with whole grains!” Like when the crack dealer advertises, “Now with added calcium!” It’s all the same. Don’t do crack.