Sooner or
later, your health will become a priority.
It happened
to me about 12 years ago.
At my annual
physical, my doctor noted that people with my LDL cholesterol levels were
having heart attacks. He suggested that I start taking a statin drug.
Perhaps a
little family history would be useful here. My parents, their parents and their
siblings typically lived to be in their 80’s or 90’s. Many of them were dirt
farmers. None of them took drugs. Rarely did anyone visit a doctor.
But many of
them died of a heart attack.
Frankly, I
was, and am, reluctant to take a daily drug. I am willing to take a drug to
help my body deal with an infection as long as it is only for a short period of
time. But taking a drug every day for the rest of my life is against my belief
system.
So what would
you have done? I told my doctor that I did not want to take statin drugs and
started looking for an alternative.
That began my
journey to better health. Over the past 12 years, my wife and I have focused on
what the body needs to function the way it was designed. We associated with
other people with the same objective. We attended hundreds of meetings,
presentations, and events that offered insights. We read dozens of books that
offered the writer’s insights and personal experiences. And along the way, we
became advisors and mentors to people who want what we’ve got.
This is the
first in a series of blogs that will focus on how to make healthy decisions for
yourself and your loved ones. I hope you find them useful.
