Live Long Naturally

Vegansexual – a group of people who lead a cruelty-free lifestyle and prefer to be exclusively intimate with like-minded individuals.” Dr. Annie Potts, Co-Director for New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies

Ever kiss anyone that smells like an ash tray? I can’t say I have or care to. I have however kissed someone who tasted/smelled like meat and/or chicken… UGH! Eating fowl (chicken) gives me foul breath. At least that’s what it did over a decade ago when I was still trying to eat it.

Many people walk around chewing gum and wearing deodorant day in and day in – neither one of these are healthy! Most chewing gum has artificial sweetener that wreaks havoc on your health, and deodorants… why block the precious lymph nodes with poison?

When we eat healthy,  breath and body odor are not a problem. I have found the older I get and cleaner inside I get, the harder it is for me to date a meat eater. I have been a vegetarian since the late 60’s… a lacto/ovo/pesca-vegetarian, but still a vegetarian. I also go days as a vegan. I dislike the taste and smell of meat in front of me, on my breath and on the breath of others. Not every meat eater has bad breath, however… odors and the exchange of bodily fluids do not stop at the mouth.

As my former employer would say, vegetarians not only smell better, they taste better. Your partner will appreciate this.

Isn’t it time you make morning breath a thing of the past?

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How I would love pizza more often, but looking and especially feeling less than I am capable of just isn’t worth it, at least NOT on a daily basis. A single binging frenzy can puff me up from head to toe and everything in between. If I ate whatever I wanted when I wanted, I would no doubt be fat!

Challenge yourself to eat better for a week – experience and appreciate how it will make you look and feel. Your body will respond surprisingly well to a healthy diet and lifestyle. Once you attain your optimal health and weight, your body will speak volumes if and when you do eat poorly. These signs, along with the overall fat and cellulite, are built in gauges telling you your body is in dire need of cleansing.

Disappearing eyelids, an overnight growth of jowls and the belly growing bigger than the bottom are a small price to pay compared to the damage being done to our long-term health.

A mirror doesn’t lie… let it be one of your guides, gauges and scream for help in looking and feeling your absolute best!

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Women aren’t the only ones looking pregnant these days.

My fellow Baby Boomers may remember an old phrase (and its origin) to describe that spare tire look around the waist. It comes from a Dunlop Tire Company commercial in which vehicle tires placed around a “Dunlop Man” – giving him what looked like rolls of fat around his waist. We didn’t want to be known for having our belly “done lap” below our belt.

In more recent times there is a new name: “Muffin Top.” Here in Los Angeles, there is actually a radio commercial advertising a discount for a cosmetic procedure designed to eliminate the “Muffin Top.” Like celebrity couples get nicknames, abnormally growing body parts get them too. “Love Handles” is another name.” Since when has the Dunlop or Muffin Top look become a thing of beauty?

Children or no children (and obviously men can’t have any, well, one transgender man did), having a tummy pouch or a drooping belly is neither healthy nor attractive. This especially applies to women who have had children and use that as an excuse for not losing weight. The only normal baby fat is the fat YOU had as a baby.

Let the signs and symptoms appearing IN and ON your body be your built in gauge to getting in shape, and more importantly… staying healthy. Having a belly bigger than your bottom is just one of the many gauges.

“Muffin-top” is a generally pejorative slang term used to describe the phenomenon of overhanging flesh when it spills over the waistline of pants or skirt in a manner that resembles the top of a muffin spilling over its paper casing. Wikipedia.org

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