What i feel is most nightmarish about our cultures ideas about illness and dying is the idea that put most of our time, energy, and money into trying to save people from illnesses after they get rather than taking precautions to prevent them from being ill in the first place. I feel that Preventative medicine is something not taken seriously enough in today's culture, we talk about being healthy and eating well but how many of us actually do that? Illness like diabetes and obesity can prevented with a little exercise and a healthy diet. We spend so much time looking at electronic screen that we don't see what we have become. Then again the blame isn't fully on us but also on the people we let make our food. The food industry produces food with high amount of sugars and fat, only so they can try to make those same foods less sugary and fat by adding chemicals that make these foods even worse for you.
Thanks to this unit i have already had a much healthier diet and more exercise, also i have adopted the idea of detachment from Tuesday's with Morrie, Lately i have allowed my emotions to fully penetrate me causing me to be more outgoing and confident, which has allowed me to be in a much better mood. i am also taking away the idea that everyone dies (no matter what). I used to fear death but after this unit i feel an acceptance of it, which has also made me feel more confident in myself. Overall i just want to say this was a great unit and it did a lot for me.
You put alot of depth into your piece. I could tell that you took this course very seriously and put alot of effort into this piece. The line that stood out to me was when you said, " I feel that Preventative medicine is something not taken seriously enough in today's culture, we talk about being healthy and eating well but how many of us actually do that? First i would like to say that this is probably very true for most. Alot of people probably aren't as fit and as healthy as they should be.Which made me realize that our culture has probably changed over the years.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your opinion on how this can be prevented simply through dieting and exercise, and it is defenitely something that should be pushed for. Although it is the personal fault of each individual in society to eat healthy and exercise, maybe the government can limit or expel fast food companies, and help to encourage exercise. It is something i have wanted to try for a while, but i have little motivation. Your excellent insight on this topic makes me form a strong opinion which i couldn't help but sharing. The way you express you ideas by giving a healthy amount of background information allowed your ideas to be expressed straight and to the point. Followed by your background is your opinion, and analysis which overall make for a strong and reinforced opinion. Overall, excellent job- the structure of your writing made me just as interested as the actual topic did.
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