I just read a great blog post from one of my most favorite authors on the planet, Seth Godin. It was only 2 sentences long. It goes something like this:
“Don’t measure anything unless the data helps you make a better decision or change your actions. If you’re not prepared to change your diet or workouts, don’t get on the scale.” – Seth Godin.
Mr. Godin is in the mar
keting world but he just nailed one of the biggest reasons why our healthcare system fails to create health. We have become a nation that is focused on our numbers. Most people know their total cholesterol, blood pressure, their weight, and maybe even their blood sugar levels.
The problem is that with all the emphasis on the numbers, only 1 solution has been offered…a drug to control that number. We have been led to believe that the only reasonable and successful manner to manage those numbers is through chemistry not innate to the body.