Getting a thicker skin to help you win the battle for a healthy diet!

The more I put myself out in the world with my views on health and healthy eating, the more feedback I get from people. While this is great, and quite frankly absolutely is my goal, sometimes the feedback is not what I want to hear.

Recently, I posted on Facebook, or actually reposted, about how 700 McDonald’s restaurants were closing and about how great I thought that was. Many responses were in line with my take on it, but a couple of people disagreed with me rather strongly. They felt eating at McDonald’s was a choice, and if you chose to eat or not to eat there, that’s up to you. One person mentioned the loss of jobs, and I certainly sympathize with that. Regarding choice, my point is that just because you like or don’t like food isn’t necessarily indicative of whether it’s good for you or not.

To be honest with you, the negative comments made me feel a little badly. I really try to be measured in my communication with people about a subject that is very complex, largely misunderstood and can be extremely controversial. I felt badly that my message wasn’t immediately understood and embraced with open arms. How can people make good choices in diet if they don’t understand what food does to them and if they don’t know what’s in the food they buy at a fast food restaurant?

I understood the comments about job losses, and as I said before, I certainly sympathize. The larger concern for me is the damage that poor diet is doing to people and the lack of understanding about how we are killing ourselves with these poor diets. The epidemics of obesity, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimers and dementia, autism and depression are not happening organically (pun not intended, but I’ll take it…). The fact that all these diseases and conditions are on the increase is strongly believed to be caused by the foods we are choosing to eat.

My mission is to spread the word about how you can transform your life by changing how you eat and sticking to a healthy diet. I use, as a personal example, my own complete victory over chronic depression. I did it with food; I changed my diet. It was just that simple.

There’s no way I’m going to cave to someone who is upset with me for saying something I know to be true and no way I’m going to back off of my message.

I guess my take-away from this is while I dedicate myself to sharing information that will help you change your life for the better by changing how you eat, I’d better spend some time getting a thicker skin.

Make Major Improvements in Your Life!

Cheryl A Major, CNWC