Can there be one thing that causes all weight gain and disease? Remarkably, when you make a job out of studying patterns (like I do) it appears that all disease (and weight gain) comes down to one factor. That factor is repetition. It doesn’t matter if it’s repetitive smoking, a repetitive job, a repetitive love life or even the same healthy habits repeated over and over again…………..the body appears to malfunction either mentally or physically when exposed to repetitive ‘anything“. Even mental breakdowns are usually caused by something repetitive. As for weight gain, it won’t be one donut a month that gives you cancer or makes you fat. It will be one donut everyday that gives you cancer and makes you fat. One glass of red wine every week may be healthy but two glasses every night is not.

The body appears hard wired for variety. This adds new meaning to the saying, “variety is the spice of life“. We could also go so far as to say that variety is life itself. Even when someone eats the same healthy foods day after day, the body often starts to break down. Even people who eat the same organic foods every single day can quickly develop allergies to them. What is the body trying to say? I think it’s obvious.

Why does eating the same foods every day increase the chance of allergies, fatigue and sickness? Some say it’s because you only get a repetitive dose of the same vitamins and minerals everyday but I think there’s something more going on. Everyone knows the intense burst of pleasure a new experience (or new romantic interest) can produce. Pleasure is addictive and it’s the way the body encourages us to move in the right direction. Fighting new experiences and sticking with repetition often causes intense mental and physical pain in the body.

I believe the key to happiness and life enjoyment has to do with doing something different every single day. It appears that the entire Universe is designed to encourage change and discourage repetition. If you’re gaining weight or are sick, look for repetitive patterns in your life and make a change.