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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

THE DIRTY DOZEN!! Pt. 2: I choose my choice!

I was not a constant watcher of SEX IN THE CITY, and close friends have heard me denigrate that show for being a big reason why Manhattan was full of narcissistic nincompoops with $40,000 handbags and collapsing arches, tromping around the meat packing district at midnight in the early 2000's

But I do remember Charlotte's 3rd wave feminism freakout episode about the choice to not work and stay home. She simply couldn't reconcile what she was doing any other way except to say "I CHOOSE MY CHOICE!!"

Well, these next risk factors are not as shocking as the last, and a bunch of them have to do with the life you decide to live. Again, having grown up in Wisconsin around a lot of libertarian-leaning Krauts, there is a tendency to see these dire results of taking part in widely advertised vices as being just another moralistic con to get you to live by the Good Rules.

I don't suggest that anyone live in fear, but I do suggest thoughtful moderation, as opposed to reactionary pig-out.

That being said:

6. Eating a HIGH ANIMAL FAT DIET, especially MEAT or DAIRY contaminated with ADDED HORMONES or rBGH and IGF-1. More simply put, stay away from non-organic dairy and meats, and you won't have to become a scientist at the meat counter.

7. Using HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS CONTAINING CHEMICAL CARCINOGENS or LIVING CLOSE TO A CHEMICAL PLANT OR HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES. This is the most far reaching, as 90% of the chemicals in our commercial cleaning products have no testing record to say whether they are safe. As far as where you live, this is something to really think about when moving.

8. Having a job that exposes you to large amounts of CARCINOGENS. I.E. almost all industrial jobs expose their workers to carcinogenic chemicals.

And these last four need no explanation.

9. The consistent use of ALCOHOL starting at an early age.

10. The consistent use of TOBACCO starting from an early age.

11. The leading of an INACTIVE AND SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE.

12. The regular use of BLACK OR DARK BROWN PERMANENT OR SEMI-PERMANENT HAIR DYES.

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