Stop and ponder that thought: the world can change
by what is on your plate. This is your wake-up call regarding the critical role
food plays to our health and well-being. Unfortunately, like a fish in water
doesn’t fully understand the importance of water to its survival, people
don’t really understand that food changes everything. If the fish were removed
from the water, it would die. Many of us are eating food not fit for human
consumption, and slowly we are killing ourselves.
We are at the edge of change in healthcare; there
is no way we can continue in this manner. My vision is to have health coaches
working side by side with doctors to create integrative medicine where the best
of traditional medicine and the best of holistic services are available in a simple,
easy-to-understand way for everyone. It just makes sense to eat more fruits and
vegetables, avoid artificial junk food and find balance in your
career, relationships, spiritual practice and physical fitness. It is not
complicated.
Someday we will see hospitals serving healthy
foods. Any logical hospital director will be able to see that putting in an
organic juice bar in a hospital would make a lot of sense. We will see the
majority of hospital doctors, nurses and administrators living balanced lives
so they can model for their patients what healthy living looks like.
Americans spend over $2.6 trillion dollars a year on
healthcare, according to recent federal government data. That is on average $8,400 per person, far more than any other
country in the world. If we took 1%, to 2% of that $2.6
trillion dollars, allocating it to education and prevention, healthcare could
change dramatically. We could embrace the foundation of well-being rather than
costly medicine and operations.
This is an enormous opportunity - an opportunity we
ourselves can impact by feeding bodies the best whole local farm-fresh food and
living a balanced healthy lifestyle.
About Sheila Mullen - The founder of Continuous Motion
Consulting, Sheila is passionate about engaging friends, family and community
in improving their lives and the lives of those around them. Sheila spent more
than 20 years in technology sales, marketing and development. She also has a
background in organizational development, innovation and executive wellness
coaching.
2 comments:
Rex Hospitals in Raleigh are removing their deep-fat fryers. A good first step.
Well stated. Always enjoy your posts. Balance, which is the key, comes from information and education. Healthcare, unlike education and prevention, creates tremendous amounts of revenue. This is where human health efforts get out of balance. If only people would pay as much to learn about staying alive as they pay the medical industry to keep them alive.
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