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I have been interested in mental and physical health for over half a century. As the years have passed, I have found it harder to keep up...as more discoveries were made, information was disseminated, and the amount of false information among the real became greater as well. One thing I have learned, is that maintaining health, in whatever form, often relies on balance. Go on a fad diet to lose weight and you might shed a few pounds, but, you might be endangering your health as you deny yourself needed nutrients, and you will probably give up and gain it all back...plus extra. Do stuff to feel better when you look in the mirror, and you might feel worse when you try to get out of bed in the morning or make love to your special someone. Extremes sometimes work for the "quick fix", but, for a long period of health and happiness, you need more than just a bowl of "chicken soup for the soul". You need a cupboard, a kitchen, a whole house, and life, full of "good stuff" for your body and mind. Once all that comes together, maybe it won't matter so much what your mirror or scale tells you, if life itself is telling you that you are living well and loving it.
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