Show me someone in America who:
1) Sleeps and feels refreshed when they wake up without the use of coffee or other caffeinated aids
2) has no skin problems (i.e. dandruff, acne, psoriasis, eczema, dermatitis, athlete's foot, nail fungus, alopecia, cysts, etc.)
3) is not overweight, underweight, or obese
4) has no mental health issues
5) Can run a mile in under 9 minutes, and perform push-ups; bench press, dead lift, and squats, preferably enough to meet the criteria of this study:
http://suppversity.blogspot.com/2014/07/how-strong-is-strong-enough-to-stay.html
I doubt more than 5% of the population in the US would meet this criteria. And therefore, the jobs of doctors are becoming more and more difficult. To be honest, I'm not sure how to estimate people who would meet this criteria. People who do Crossfit? People who teach gym classes?
I don't think marathoners would qualify, nor even certain student athletes. Looking healthy is not the same as being healthy. You need muscle in this world, and even if you've got everything down but #1 and #5, how healthy and sustainable is what you're doing, really? If you got in an accident, would you be able to recover?
What happened to physical and mental fitness in this nation? It used to be that the government was concerned about the health of its citizens in order to build a strong army.
I am reminded of this:
http://www.rome.info/history/empire/fall/ - Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
The Roman downfall was lead pipes, and so I think America's "lead pipes" will be packaged foods, an idealization of little to no sleep, overuse of mental health medicines, and finally, idealization of skinny-ness and lack of muscles.
And so abnormal health is normal. Doctors are screwed. Whereas the Roman empire spent all its money defending itself, which I have no doubt we will continue to do (and probably should continue to do), the US has not figured out how to tame the health-industrial-complex, a far more sinister and hungry beast than its sister the military-industrial-complex. Please, Obama - make a speech warning America on the dangers of the health-industrial-complex? I dare you, but I doubt you will.
This is the beginning of decline, folks. America is in it and no one knows how to end this and no one can.
1) Sleeps and feels refreshed when they wake up without the use of coffee or other caffeinated aids
2) has no skin problems (i.e. dandruff, acne, psoriasis, eczema, dermatitis, athlete's foot, nail fungus, alopecia, cysts, etc.)
3) is not overweight, underweight, or obese
4) has no mental health issues
5) Can run a mile in under 9 minutes, and perform push-ups; bench press, dead lift, and squats, preferably enough to meet the criteria of this study:
http://suppversity.blogspot.com/2014/07/how-strong-is-strong-enough-to-stay.html
I doubt more than 5% of the population in the US would meet this criteria. And therefore, the jobs of doctors are becoming more and more difficult. To be honest, I'm not sure how to estimate people who would meet this criteria. People who do Crossfit? People who teach gym classes?
I don't think marathoners would qualify, nor even certain student athletes. Looking healthy is not the same as being healthy. You need muscle in this world, and even if you've got everything down but #1 and #5, how healthy and sustainable is what you're doing, really? If you got in an accident, would you be able to recover?
What happened to physical and mental fitness in this nation? It used to be that the government was concerned about the health of its citizens in order to build a strong army.
I am reminded of this:
http://www.rome.info/history/empire/fall/ - Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
The Roman downfall was lead pipes, and so I think America's "lead pipes" will be packaged foods, an idealization of little to no sleep, overuse of mental health medicines, and finally, idealization of skinny-ness and lack of muscles.
And so abnormal health is normal. Doctors are screwed. Whereas the Roman empire spent all its money defending itself, which I have no doubt we will continue to do (and probably should continue to do), the US has not figured out how to tame the health-industrial-complex, a far more sinister and hungry beast than its sister the military-industrial-complex. Please, Obama - make a speech warning America on the dangers of the health-industrial-complex? I dare you, but I doubt you will.
This is the beginning of decline, folks. America is in it and no one knows how to end this and no one can.
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