Supersize Me

Recently I have really gotten into documentaries, and I've got to say that of a lot of them Supersize Me is one of my favorites.  It's funny, but most of all truthful.  It is based on scientific fact.  Granted, Morgan Spurlock was pretty dumb to put his body through all of the crap that he did, but I can imagine that his experiment (hopefully) stopped a lot of fast food junkies in their tracks.  

Now, I would be a HUGE liar if I said that I never eat fast food.  I mean, it's fast.  Duh.  But it never hurts to watch this movie every now and then to get a big reality check.  It is just amazing to me the lack of education in this country on something so important as taking care of your body.  Another thing that baffles me is the amount of people who actually are educated on the needs of the body, and blatantly ignore it.  When I was a personal trainer in Dallas, there were several people I consulted with who had been sent to the gym BY THEIR DOCTOR.  To me that's pretty extreme in and of itself.  There were several people who were/are on the fast track to an early death because of their lack of interest in healthy living.  The best (really not best) part about that is the fact that I told them they were on the fast track to an early death, and it did not phase them a bit!

When I was in my training to be a personal trainer, one of the teachers at the Cooper Institute in Dallas said this, and I must admit I have to agree:

"How many people do you know who grow old and say that they can't imagine getting to 

be 80+ years old?  I think it's because the majority of America has put itself into a physical

rut, causing them to suffer from self-inflicted medical problems.  The best way to guard 

yourself from that certain pain is to eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly.  I don't know

about you guys, but when I die, I don't want it to be from a preventable disease.  I just want

to go to sleep and never wake up."

Alright, so I know that's pretty morbid, but think about it:  so many things that people suffer from (i.e. diabetes, heart problems, many different types of cancers, etc.) are directly caused by lack of care.  Not all of them, but some.  I have to admit, I agree with my teacher.  When I die, I don't want it to be some sort of slow, painful death that could have been preventable.  What do you think?