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RE: American Myth-Busting Confession: 4 Must-See Inspiring Countries that Radically Changed The Way I See the USA
Americans are brainwashed by the media, fed poisoned food, and consume a vast majority of the worldwide Rx and illegal drugs. They are angry and unable to move as 7 out of 10 of them are now obese, overweight, and ill.
They are unable to perceive that they are being lead by evil madmen. Instead they fight among each other in a fake left/right paradigm.
I have been in SE Asia for over a year now after way too many years in the states. My only regret is that I did not leave sooner and that my son is still there. I hope I never return and i feel like I am just now finally recovering from the experience of being there.
I can understand how you feel, and I'm also very grateful to live abroad. It wasn't until I got out that I could look at what's going on in America more objectively. The obesity problem in America is getting serious. I recently read that America has more diabetic patients than any other country in the world, which is no surprise when you discover how much processed sugar is in basically everything you buy in the grocery stores. About half of all the American adults have diabetes or have such high blood-sugar levels that they will develop type 2 diabetes. And the irony is that now Americans are researching how ancient cultures in the rest of the world ate to try and reverse these diseases.
I think getting free of the place is good for anyone. I work in weight loss and health and I was spending every day discouraged and upset as the people get bigger and sicker. All the chronic diseases are way way up. It's horrible to watch and I felt like I needed to save myself if I was going to do any good at all.
In weight loss there is a moment when you enter "Onederland" which is the day your weight finally goes below 200 pounds. People celebrate this as I did myself. Lately I've been celebrating as people get down to "Threederland" This means they started their weight loss journey in the 400's and have so much farther to go. It is heartbreaking but I am not giving up.
I admire your dedication. Are you into fruit smoothies as part of the diets you give to your clients? Because I just came up with an awesome one that I just posted: I call it Mango/Pomo Tango. Do you like it?
Yes, I would definitely like that. But now in Thailand - I get all my food and drinks from street vendors. It's not really cost effective to make my own here.
Got it. I remember the rambutans in Thailand were so good...or are you more of a durian type?😉
My favs are breadfruit, bananas, pinapple and papaya here. I just wrote a post about the papaya :)
Rambutan and mangosteen both kicked up my arthritis last year when I tried them even though I loved both. They are in season now so I might go try again. Sometimes it's just me being in a low point and not really the food.
Oh...hope the next time they don't have any adverse side effects. I never heard of that before, but then again, everyone's body responds differently to certain things. I even have a friend who's deathly allergic to ginger - poor thing. She can never eat Indian food because of that, and many other Asian foods, for that matter. I'm going to go check out your papaya post! I do love me some fresh papaya salad, or "Som Tum" as they say in Thailand!
Ack! I cannot eat the Som Tum and that is one thing I would really like to have. Luckily I can eat ginger which I do daily. It's so inexpensive and delicious here and also anit-inflamtory.
All these food rules are tiring, but I try to do my best. Thank you so much for all your support Joy. I am so happy to be spending time here because of peole like you :)