Unless you fully understand all forms of violence, you’ll find it very hard to protect yourself from the more subtle forms. There are many forms of violence yet most people only understand the obvious ones. Once you master understanding all forms of violence, the next step is to make sure you never institute any of those forms on yourself. These are important skills in the journey to be thin, healthy and disease free. Take your test.

Can you pick out the violence in this 60 sec TV ad? (this one is obvious) How about this TV ad? (did you see any weapons of violence in both commercials?) We just went from obvious to not so obvious and now we go to hidden forms of violence. Can you see the violence against self in this commercial? How about this commercial?

All weight issues and disease have to do with violence against self. The patterns of attack and disrespect are picked up by our children who view these repetitive themes as they grow up. Treat your body with complete respect and do everything you can to protect it from insult. The greatest gift to my daughter is her seeing my wife and myself treat our bodies with complete respect, 24 hours per day. Monkey see, monkey do. We’ve programmed her to defend her body against all trends designed to insult it. She already ignores cake, cupcakes and candy even when we’re not around. The parents who see her do this voluntarily just don’t understand. (some talk that we’re abusive for not giving our child foods desgined to eliminate her potential) Kids are blank hard drives, you can program them to do anything. Might as well program them to be healthy.