Don’t judge a book by its cover, right?

The old saying is……Don’t judge a book by its cover, right? Think about that for a second. What does that mean to you? Have you ever done that?

Would you say that in today’s world we can agree for the most part that cigarettes are not healthy? Statistics show that 90% of lung cancer is from smoking. But think back in the day from the 1950’s-80’s for sure….back then it was NOT common knowledge, right? Even a certain cigarette brand put “organic tobacco” on their so-called book cover of the cigarette package. They advertised it was better for you as they added filters and lowered the nicotine levels and convinced folks it was okay. So what is my point?

It is important to get all of us thinking and take a pause on these so-called labels or “book covers” and really look at the “meat of the content” no pun intended. “Don’t trust what you see, even salt looks like sugar“…..The covers are meant to sometimes deceive us to think something might be healthy even if it is not.

Would you consider Organic Orea’s healthy?

Just because it has a label in which the intention is for you to think it is “healthy” does not mean it always is. Just because someone is an omnivore or a vegan does not imply they are healthy. It is the food choices within those models that are important. A vegan could eat organic Oreos, potato chips, and diet soda all day, technically that is vegan and not considered a nutrient dense way of eating. So be careful when looking at “labels” you must look on the inside.

I bet we could virtually agree that flowers would not do their best if we watered it with soda and sprayed it with hairspray? You would probably see some sad slumped over flowers…… or if we put bleach in our car instead of gasoline, it may not run as well as we had hoped, right? Well, if flowers need specific fuel to grow, and our cars need specific fuel to work, why do we think we do not? Science has definitely and clearly proven otherwise!