Training Wheels in the Bedroom. Do it like our Ancestors did.

It's springtime and many kids will hop on their bikes again.  But please, don't let your kids ride with training wheels.  Put them on a strider or balance bike.  They'll be fine, I can assure you.  Why not training wheels?  They aren't safe.  I've seen more kids fall over on training wheels than a balance bike.  And you don't want your kid getting used to leaning over and not falling.  That's a tough habit to break.  

I've not done much research into marijuana.  But me thinks
it's not as bad as some make it out to be.  I posted this
for what it says about man made poison being legal.  It is. 

This just gets me thinking.  What other things do we have that "make" things easier for us so we can learn them better or just to make things unnatural.  Take beds for example.  We weren't born with a bed.  We slept on the ground.  I know what you are thinking.  You could never sleep on the ground.  Yes you could.  If the ground was the only thing you slept on.  We weren't created to sleep on a sleep number.  

We weren't born with shoes on.  Our bodies are designed to function without shoes.  Your arch support in your shoe is doing you more harm than good.  It's keeping your foot weak.  It was invented to "help" but it's only hurting you in the long run.

I'm thoroughly convinced that most of our luxuries are designed to keep us from operating at our full potential but marketed to us like we need them to maintain our health and well being.

Did God create you to eat twinkies, bread, sugar and drink soda?  No.  Not even close.  What on the earth was there for us to eat?  Plants and Animals.  That's all.  And much of it is seasonal.  What did humans do before refrigerators?  We couldn't just eat whenever.  Now, you can eat all day every day if you wanted.  We weren't designed this way.  Our bodies weren't built this way.  If you live in an area where it's cold 4-6 months out of the year, you would not be eating fruit at that time.  But thanks (maybe) to advancements in delivery and storage, you can.  That doesn't mean you should.  But because of this, we've been able to move wherever we want to on the globe and still have access to food.  Is that ok?

Not exactly.  But even if he did.  It probably wasn't
from autoimmune diseases.

The more I learn about primal living the more it makes sense.  The more I realize that many health problems are created by our own damn selves.   Nutrition is important.  You can't and you shouldn't assume that just because sometime is marketed as food, is actual food.  It may or may not be edible, but jelly beans, snickers bars, anything with sugar, and so many other things, are not food.

I often wonder, are all these advancements good for us?  In some ways yes.  In other ways no.  We are still exploring.  We are still expanding.  We will never stop learning.  But we can't throw the baby out with the bathwater.  You can't forget the basics.  Just because something is new doesn't mean it will work.  The USA is a baby compared to humanity.  The advancements in EVERYTHING over the last 75-100, let alone the last 25 years have not been put to the test over the long term.  We're guinea pigs.