Sometimes it’s not black or white, truth or false, but more about better or worse, or simply just how to improve your health.
So I often get asked health questions, with the expectation of a black or white, yes or no, take this or that answer. But that is rarely how health and wellness flows.
I prefer to think about how to improve one’s health.
It doesn’t much matter where you start on your health and wellness journey. What matters is that you go in the proper direction for improved health and wellness.
So below are some simple word games to get you thinking.
… before …
Protein before Fat
Fat before Carbohydrates
Sunshine before Vitamin D
Smiles before Frowns
Butter before Seed Oils
Exercise before Inactivity
Thinking before Speaking
Mary Ann before Ginger
Walking before Driving
Chilling before Stressing
Hugging before Fighting
Safety and Health before Happiness
Steak before Ground Beef
Deli meat before pasta/bread
Grass fed beef before grain fed beef
Grain fed beef before a soft pretzel
Wild caught fish before farm raised
Farm raised fish before grilled cheese
Fish before Fish oils
Rib Eyes before burgers
Organic before Non-Organic
Fresh before Frozen
Frozen before preservative laden
Natural before chemical/synthetic
Outdoors before indoors
Sunshine before clouds
Clothing before sunscreen
I before E, but not after C
Animal protein before plant protein
Animal fat before vegetable fats
Critical thinking before Blindly Following
Independent thought before political thought
Education before Criticism
Common Sense before blindly following
Just about anything before Facebook
Functional Wellness before Traditional algorithms
Sea salt before processed salt
Cast Iron/stainless steel before non-stick chemicals
Cholesterol before statins
Insulin Sensitivity before Insulin Resistance
Wired earphones before wireless
Natural immunity before ……
Roasted Chicken before fried chicken
Gluten free before gluten
Vitamin C and Magnesium before Miralax
Education before Ignorance
Talking before fighting
Buffers before Stress
Planning before winging it
Thought before actions
Salt water pools before chlorinated pools
Bioidentical before Synthetic
Fill in the blank before Big Pharma
Reading before TV
Anything before Politics
Freedom before Mandates
Family before work
Glass before Plastic
Outside before Inside
Whole eggs before egg whites
Full Fat before Low Fat
Wellness before Sickness
Prevention before Disease states
Root Cause before band aids
Diet before Exercise
Exercise before inactivity
Resistance training before Cardio
Food before supplements
Supplements before Medications
Medications before Surgery
Surgery before ………
What am I missing?
Kindness before meanness
Love before Hate
Peace before violence
Pause before action
Calm before stress
Beef/Lamb before chicken/pork(ruminant before mono-gastric animals that are almost always on a grain diet)
Glutenfree before Gluten* Unless it is a highly processed industrial food with added oils and sugar and binders used to mimic traditional wheat products.
Grassfed ribeye before conventional ground beef* However, grassfed ground beef is an equally good choice. It helps bring down cost, and also includes parts of beef with much higher collagen amounts than primal cuts like ribeye/tenderloin
Fruit oils(olive, coconut, avocado) before “vegetable”/seed oils
Very helpful insights.