Unlike the tobacco people who attempted to keep the danger and atrophies of tobacco a secret, your kindly dentist has been warning you for years, can the pop. That sugar flavored water is the ruination of your teeth and body.
There should be a label on bottles and cans outlining that this substance is to the endangerment of your health. But, unfortunately pop doesn't have the villain image that is associated with tobacco. As such, it sneaks by as an innocent refreshing treat.
Yes, I understand and try to stand against these beverages. I get that the production of these beverages employs a million some workers. They rely on its delivery for an honest pay check.
Even so, it is time we start thinking of the health and wellbeing of the generations who have become addicted to its use. Actually, I think some children grew up not knowing what water is. (Not that there aren't some facts about water needing examination but that is a whole other story.)
So, unless you want to wear a toothbrush next to your cell phone, for use after every enticing drought of the stuff, think twice about whether the flavor is worth the expense to your body and teeth. Read the label but also read what is between the lines too. There is honest tricking to deal with.
In my honest opinion, there is nothing more appealing than looking at a glass of good, clean water, maybe with ice or a slice of lemon, if you need a taste beyond water. It is refreshing and fulfilling and necessary to keep all the little tubes and veins running smoothly in your body. Your heart, limbs, liver and kidneys (and gizzards - whoops that is chickens) will thank you greatly.
Did you know that the sugar and chemicals in these beverages contaminate and slow down your circulation? They also raise havoc with your muscles and tendons as opposed to good, clean clear water that filters and cleanses instead.
We need some sort of warning sign plastered on these beverages. If it isn't there, imagine a sign on the side of the can that reads DANGER, hazardous to your health. I also encourage you to see the vision of a stop sign on pop machines.
Have a long talk with yourself and your loved ones. It's critical. And don't give me that stuff about diet drinks. Most artificial sweeteners are more hazardous than sugar.
Hang on to those teeth you were born with and were given later on in your life. You may be able to replace them for a price with plastic, but they'll never be the same as your own. Think about all that sticky sugar and stuff that's clogging up your wellbeing and think "free to be me"...."I'm sweet enough already."
Life is a gamble. It is expensive. Doctors and dentists don't need all your money. They would rather see you healthy. It is easier to check on a healthy body than to try and cure a sick one.
With my mind in a different direction, I am all for progress we have made technology wise. No longer are there piles of paperwork charted and written in long hand and filed in endless boxes.
Although, there are also times when it can get very aggravating to be talking to a machine, or even and individual who runs the machine but doesn't really know what is going on.
I am glad to be living in a state where we have what I call strong, clear English that is understandable. That still doesn't help me any if the one on the other end of the phone has an accent that is hard to comprehend.
I am grateful for Frontier Communications for all the times they've talked me through some computer glitches with understandable language and patience. There is such a difference in people.
The Samsung commercial shows us how you can talk to your television. What happens when your two- year-old starts an uncompromising conversation with a show he/she shouldn't watch?
Once again, I’m changing gears. A gear that involves going to the gym. There’s a good reason why we should.
A few include that we no longer have to flush the toilet, roll out a roll of toilet paper, turn on a faucet, open a door or even open the garbage can because it is all done with an electronic eye. It does makes life more sanitary in a world that has gotten stronger and "meaner" with bacteria.
I still believe though that every little movement has a meaning of its own and we are losing some. Remember how office girls gained weight because they went from using regular typewriters to electric typewriters? Well, now computers have made the tasks even less strenuous.
Unless we compensate or work at it, we will all become like a woos. What is a woos? I don't know I just made that up for somebody who isn't too competent or strong any more.
My mother always says the worst thing she thinks can happen is to not have anything to do and not being able to do that. It may be grammatically incorrect, but it sounds like a trueism to me.
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• Wednesday, April 11th: Barb Marcus, Ruth Benson, Lori Dobberstein, Jacob Alan Reynolds, Dan Nelson, Darrin Thostenson, Theresa Bartsch, James Thompson.
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