When thinking about making money, most people do not consciously consider their health to be a part of a sound financial plan. If you lack the capacity to be productive, then your financial well being will suffer accordingly. Most people do not practice preventative maintenance. They do nothing for their health and when their bodies finally give out, then they make a decision to do something about their health. When it gets to this point, it may be too late.
The principle of frugality teaches a person to use foresight. Foresight is thinking ahead of the future consequences of actions taken today. Most people think that having health insurance will keep them healthy. Health insurance should be renamed to what it is doctor and hospital insurance. People who are sick go to the doctor and hospitals, not the healthy. This is the same thing the Lord Jesus Christ said in Matthew 9:12, "But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick."
It is wise to have an exercise program and to maintain a healthy weight. The way that our weight works is based upon calories. If you consume more calories than you expend or use, then those excess calories remain in the body and will add to your weight. There are so many different diets that emphasize such things as low fat, low carbohydrate, the milk diet, the grapefruit diet etc. All these diets end up in failure because just eating one food gets monotonous.
God put into food what your body requires protein, carbohydrates, and fat. The key is not to over consume. Once again, it gets back to temperance or self control. In general, we should only consume enough food to keep our body running optimally. This does not mean that we cannot enjoy a treat or snack. Eating food should be an enjoyable event. Watching your calories requires preplanning. It is being aware of how many calories you are consuming on a daily basis. If you want to lose weight, you will have to run a calorie deficit. A calorie deficit is where you use more calories than you take in. Once you get to your desired weight, then you simply run calorie equilibrium.
"CDC: Tennessee ranks third among obese states" was a recent Associated Press Article. This article had the following quote, "In today’s America, poor people tend to be obese: The cheapest foods tend to be calorie-heavy, and stores offering healthier, and more expensive food choices are not often found in poor neighborhoods, she said." In this quote, we seek linked together obesity and poverty. This is because of the eating of calorie-heavy foods. These people must be unaware of the detrimental health consequences of eating excess calories.
Being obese has a physical drain on one’s drive. It makes one lethargic and unproductive. The obese are not known for their physical prowess. They are trapped by the law of cause and effect. Their obesity causes a lack of health which translates to a lack of productivity which translates to a lack of finances which leads to poor nutritional choices. They are lethargic because when you consume too many calories, it has the same effect on the body as being drunk. Consuming too many calories is food drunkenness.
This newspaper article confirms what the Bible has said about continuous excess calorie consumption in Proverbs 23:21, "For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags." Excessive calorie intake is gluttonous. The result is lethargy which will result in a man being in financial ruin. There is no way around the law of cause and effect.
The lesson to be learned here, is that if you want to be wealthy, you will have to watch your calorie intake. Health and wealth are closely related. It is hard to separate the two from each other. As with all facets of life, the successful have this one main characteristic of self control. They have mastered themselves and will allow nothing to master them. This requires what the obese lack, self discipline or self government.
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