Well aware and supportive of my lifestyle shift towards local and/or homegrown vegetarianism, whole foods, gluten free, sugar reduction, lactose free, green juice drinking ways of eating, along with a wellness approach to exercise, my Man told me about this video, The American Parasite, months ago. I have been meaning to watch it. He said I already know many of the things the video talks about, but it does a concise yet detailed job of getting the point across. He warned me up front that is a promo video for the company that produces the probiotics, so I knew at some point it would switch to a pitch for their product (which it does, towards the end). Even though it is an advertisement, there is honesty and truth in a lot of this video. So a warning about the pitchy quality of this film, it is truly informative and maybe might plant a seed or will help grow that seed that has
already been planted or at least be a conversation starter about how to make smarter food choices.
I have been taking probiotics since I was a child, not Keybiotics, first time actually, that I have ever heard of it. One of the things that bothered me the most about this promo video was that it kind of seems like a one pill fixes all, which is how our healthcare system and many approach their own health. While probiotics are a phenomenal additive to anyone's' life, they do not fix everything. Health and wellness internally, emotionally, physically are a full circle and you need many pieces to complete that circle. While probiotics are essential to my daily life, they also are accompanied by many other parts that make my guts and me a happier and more complete me.
This film reminded me of my recent viewing of Killer at Large, a documentary about government, agribusiness and food conglomerate's role in mass production of our foods. Killer at Large (watch it here) goes into much more detail than this video for Keybiotics and really points out how little we have control over what we put in our bodies. Killer at Large was extremely disheartening for me to watch and learn how little our government and the food conglomerates care about our health and well-being, while they greedily line their pockets.
While both films implement a scare tactic, which is necessary to a point, for people to learn, what I walk away from both, is conscious awareness. We all must be consciously aware of self, what our bodies need, what we should be eating and how to get good, clean, whole, real foods, and what can we do to help us live longer, healthier, more fulfilling lives.
Information is key and the more each of us know the more each of us will consciously choose other than processed, sugar, fat, chemical and preservative laden foods; in exchange for real, locally grown (ideally home grown), whole foods, eating what is in season and being aware that by purchasing and consuming the foods controlled and manufactured by food conglomerates only perpetuates the problem.
Be conscious, be aware, learn more and make the choices that sit right on your moral compass.
