Take A Pill

“Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.” 
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat

I stopped by my parents yesterday.   My 75 year old mother informed me they put her on another pill for her cholesterol.   I asked, “Did they ask about your nutrition or amount of exercise?”   “No, just prescribed this new pill and its $90.00 a month”.

I might be getting a little skeptical in my old age, but I’m not sure that our health is the most important thing to our doctors.   Each day they are visited by an army of drug reps telling them about their newest magic pill.   There is a pill for everything.

But what about our food intake?  What about the level of exercise we perform on a daily basis.  Should that not be part of the diagnosis before adding foreign toxins or shall I say medicine to our bodies. 

I’m 46 years old and I will live to be 114. When I’m 114 I will be the one that makes the decision to end my life.   Every day I wake up I try and do things that will make this statement a reality.

I eat well, but not perfect.  I run, swim, and lift little tiny weights.   I’m not a triathlete.  I’m a man that wants to stay in shape to improve my quality of life so I can meet my great-great grandchildren. 

Because of my goal, I do “fringe” things for my body and health.  A couple of years ago I sent my spit to a company called 23 and me for a DNA analysis.  The first sample was deemed a “not hit” and so I submitted my spit again and for a second time I was told “there is not enough DNA in your sample”. 

I’m one in a million they say, they could not pull anything from my spit.  I recently listened to a podcast featuring Dr. Rhonda Patrick.  She’s a pretty sharp human so I asked her about the no hit.  She replied that I just might be a mutant. 

That would make sense to a lot of people, but I don’t think I’m a mutant.   I would like to get my DNA reviewed by 23 and me, but as of now, no success.

Other plans I have include getting my poop sequenced.  Yes, they do that.  You send a little bit of your stool to a company and they will tell you about the makeup of your stool.  You can then take that data and adjust your nutritional intake to help get a “better gut”.

I get my blood tested once a year during my annual physical.  But I would like to start doing that every 3 months.  I’d like to see what is going on with my body, too much of this or that?   What kind of story does my blood tell?  Can I make changes in my nutrition to help my body? 

I recently started doing cryotherapy.  You can Google it for the reasons, but once a week I enter a metal tube.  Once in the metal tube the nurse hits a switch that drops the temperature to about 250 below zero.  I stay in the tube for 3 minutes.   All I can tell you is that I feel amazing after each exit from the tube. 

I’ve tried flotation therapy.  Again, if this is new to you.  Google it, but it’s amazing.   It allows for an easy opening of one’s third eye.   It allows for easy or shall I say easier meditation and if you so choose, is a great place for a nap.

I think so many times in society doctors are so quick to just prescribe a pill when there are so many other things that one can do to alleviate pain or discomfort.  The next time you visits your doctor and they give you a pill, research the side effects before you fill that little canister. 

If you are taking a pill daily, research the side effects of that pill.  What is that pill doing to your body or mind.  Do you feel those side effects?  Should you continue taking that pill? 

I’m not a doctor and I have no medical schooling.  I am a business owner that has lived on this earth for 46 years.  I’m now at a point in my life that I have made the decision to live as healthy a life as possible. 

My words are only to get you thinking about your own health.  Your nutrition, your level of exercise.   Join me in my quest to be a centurion.  We can celebrate our 100 years on this earth together and then when we are ready, we can move on to the next phase of existence whatever that might be.

“Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.” 
― Colleen Hoover, Point of Retreat