Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Religion: My Blood Test is Perfect
I recently had a blood test at my doctor's request and guess what? It came back perfect! I have perfect cholesterol, perfect blood sugar, perfect blood pressure (not part of the blood test, but important for the point I'm trying to make), perfect everything.
Why is this important, and why is this post marked under "Religion"?
Because I eat:
* butter
* cream
* pork
* beef
* chicken
* milk
* sugar
And who knows how many other "sinful" foods. There are people in the world who tell me that, in order to be "healthy" (read: holy), I have to exclude all meats and all dairy. Yet my blood test seems to state otherwise! What "health" is, in terms of what we eat, has much more to do with religion and superstition than it does with science and reason.
Why is this important, and why is this post marked under "Religion"?
Because I eat:
* butter
* cream
* pork
* beef
* chicken
* milk
* sugar
And who knows how many other "sinful" foods. There are people in the world who tell me that, in order to be "healthy" (read: holy), I have to exclude all meats and all dairy. Yet my blood test seems to state otherwise! What "health" is, in terms of what we eat, has much more to do with religion and superstition than it does with science and reason.
