With a convergence of Holidays and events this week, I sensed it to be a fine time to write about your and my Seasonal Balance and resolutions.
Disparate topics? Yes, and…from Fire Horses of the Chinese New Year, and from Lent to Libations of Global Drink Wine Day, from Ramadan to annular solar eclipses, and a shout-out to Olympic competitors in the Italian Dolomite mountains, let’s link them under a canopy of Healthitude. I won’t push back on the Chinese convictions of high energy and bold changes until next February!
Seasonal Awareness and Your Healthitude
- You may recall that Physical Wealth is built on both awareness and commitment. You may also recall that the legendary Muddy Waters cautioned, “you can’t tap what you ain’t got.”
- So, let’s get your 7-S elements of Healthitude established, whether you are observing Ramadan, or if you are sipping fruits of the vine on any day that ends in a “y”.
Renewal Rhythms: Mindful Consumption
- I find interest in common reflections and conscious eating/drinking of 1. the Lunar New Year, 2. the 40 days of Lent, and 3. the Muslim’s 9th month of Ramadan. Do you? I think about these items:
- Celebrating with intent
- Self disciplines of foregoing or giving
- Community structure and alignment.
- These tenets give me a segue to an emerging topic of great concern to many – OBESOGENICS.
Threat to Healthspan: Understanding Obesogenics
- Obesogens are non-organic products that disrupt a human body’s metabolism and fat-storage systems. Think of plastics, pesticides, and some personal care products with fancy marketing names.
- Think of “forever chemicals or PFAS” too. PFAS are a Danger, Will Robinson term. I quote Erik D. Olson, NRDC’s senior strategic director of health, “First,…they resist breakdown in the environment and in our bodies. Second, they move relatively quickly through the environment, making their contamination hard to contain. Third, for some PFAS, even extremely low levels of exposure can negatively impact our health.” Oy Vey! A most troubling issue is the plausible linkage of PFAS to cancer! Our Government reports that levels of some cancer-related PFAS in our blood are decreasing, which is a good thing – yes? However, comma, “Further research is needed to determine how concerned people should be about their PFAS levels, as well as to analyze the effects of and treatments for exposure to the hundreds of PFAS available commercially.”
Lifestyle Balance: National Wine Drinkers Day
People made wine for very practical reasons in days of yore. So, even if you are a teetotaler, you likely are okay with others who enjoy noble grapes. As a moderate “social” imbiber, my message to y’all is that moderation is a key for mental and physical health. Okay, there are some possible benefits of polyphenols in wines, especially red wines. Resveratrol is one possible plant-based adaptogen for our metabolisms. Yet clinical studies for humans are not yet conclusive.
=> I personally wouldn’t begin sipping more pinot noir in hopes of getting more healthitude!
Takeaway
Your and my Resolve for a sustained Physical Bank is founded on what you consume (food, drink, and chemicals). This is true for seasons of Lent, Ramadan and throughout each solar lap!
I ask ya, “What is the one mindful choice you will make about consumption this week?”
- Please follow my good deeds @ WellPastForty.org and check out my first two “operating system” books, KABOOMER and Strong to Save.
- Stay tuned for the launch of my 3rd work#3, Burden? or Banish! this year.
- Did I mention the concurrent 2026 launch of a comprehensive training and education program, @ 7s.fit?
Stay well past forty,
Koach Dave
