Something's Fishy

http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/wildlife/sick-fish-suggest-oil-spill-still-affecting-gulf/1164042

An old school saying was "the solution to pollution is dilution". Water is a powerful solvent. Yet there comes a time when no more solute can go into solution. A household example of this is when you've added one too many teaspoons of sugar to your iced tea -- no matter how much you stir, the excess will still fall to the bottom of the glass. The sick fish are suffering from too much concentrated toxin, despite the fact the Gulf has been stirred by currents and storms. We might assume the FDA is continuing to monitor the spill affected waters. We might assume fishermen will continue to toss back obviously sick fish. These assumptions are not comforting. Think back to that glass of iced tea. Before the sugar falls to the bottom of the glass, the tea is heavily sugared... it's changed. What about fish that are only slightly affected? Will the systems set up to monitor for problems be sensitive enough to keep us safe? What we don't know bothers me.

In the context of our "SAD" Standard American Diet, we desperately need the beneficial oils in fish. Wild fish have become suspect because of water quality. Farm-raised fish have become suspect because of what they are being fed (corn and other grains). What can we do about it? As consumers we have a powerful tool -- we vote with our food dollars. The more we ask for safe clean quality food, the more our food industry will respond. Likewise, the more we support accessible, affordable, and effective alternate energy sources the sooner we can stop adding pollution to our environment.

Some people feel the global issues are just too big -- too much out of their own control. Then I challenge you to take the question to a personal level. Do you "pollute" your internal environment? At what point will your body's ecology exceed the ability to adapt? What are the signs that too much of the SAD diet has supersaturated your internal ocean? By the time you feel sick that's like the sugar falling to the bottom of the tea glass. Are you feeling those the early signs? -- a lack of energy, headaches, feeling less resilient to the daily stresses? When are you going to be ready to improve the ecology of your own life?

If it seems too big, too complex, to hard to do on your own, then I invite you to Achieving Health, a step-by-step program for transforming your life. For more information, contact DrLongstreet@HealthAchievement.com.

Message for Today: Stop polluting your internal environment with poor food choices. Choose to be Healthy now. You're worth it.