Having a hard time cutting back on sugar? I hope these statistics help. As Nietzsche rightly remarked, "He who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how."
Our why is now disturbingly clear...
The Top 10 Most Shocking Reasons to Avoid Sugar
- The rate of obesity has more than doubled since 1980. [C]
Please be the change we need to see in the world. Eat real food (e.g., whole plants and humanely-raised animals vs. something a corporation engineered and stuffed with sugar) and help kids to do the same. The videos below will help you get started.
Yours in making "healthy" healthy again,
- Jonathan Bailor
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