Recommendation read “The Gift of Fear” by Gavin De Becker. It is a great book that separates fear and worry. And I agree with everyone else, stop watching it news. It is trying to scare you into watching it. Relax and enjoy the life you are living.

People need to build up immunities to certain things… I feel as though if you “baby” your body too much with organic, unprocessed, uncooked and whatever else then your body will freak out the MINUTE it has something it shouldnt have. I’m not saying that eating crappy foods is the way to go, but I don’t think being overly cautious is great either.

The media in a way has to make everything look bad. How exciting would the news be if you tuned in and heard “things are great with the world today… no new diseases… no bad weather… no nothing going on anywhere, tune in tomorrow for more”

Rock on cass

Laura

Glad to see you’ve joined the blogging world.

Funny…I used to wait for the two times or so a year when you’d come down to Atlanta or Athens so I could enjoy ya’lls music…then in San Diego..and now in NY. When are you coming back to NY so I can enjoy the music at it’s best, in NY?

In regards to the blog…remember that something’s gonna get you eventually. Think about it..when it comes to diet, you can’t avoid it…if you don’t eat red meat you avoid colon cancer but open yourself up to stomach cancer. Use anti-oxidants like pomegranate juice and licopene, but mess up the amounts and you do more harm than good. And something you are doing now or have been for ages will turn out to be cancerous tomorrow when you read the paper or turn on the tv…like microwave popcorn. Too late.
Here’s my last thing…as a doc I must say that avoiding so many things actually weakens the body in the long run. The human body is an awesome system, but depends on you coming into contact with things not good for you so it can learn to protect itself. Regular contact with allergens, eating dirt as a baby, and exposure to the general environment helps the body better defend itself when it counts. Otherwise, allergies increase, autoimmune diseases begin to become more frequent, and we eventually want to live in a bubble to prevent infections we can no longer fight. Ben Franklin said it best, “Moderation in all things.”

Anyways, sorry to be a bore. Figured I’d dump my 2 cents in. Hope to see you around some time, and keep up the writing.

ps – most hand sanitizers sold to the public don’t work, and actually act like a magnet for bacteria and viruses.

The first thing you can do is realize, there are three big killers in this country. Heart Disease, Smoking, and Automobile Crashes. The numbers say that you are going to die in one of these ways. Everything else is puny.

You can stop smoking. That eliminates one of the big ones.

You can exercise. That minimizes the second.

You can drive as little as possible, and as defensively as possible when you do.

Three positive things to help you over come the things you have to legitimately to fear.

My grandparents survived so much and never had hand sanitizer or tons of foreign diseases. So, the question remains, where did all these crazy germs and chemicals come from? I mean, I feel like if I eat something that’s not organic, I’m giving myself cancer. Did they ever feel like that? Probably not.
I think about how simple life was back it their time. Why now is it so crazy and chaotic? What brought it all about, and will we ever get back to that simplicity of living in our lifetimes? I suppose we’ll have to wait and see. Watching the news isn’t going to tell us!

What a refreshing style you have! Thanks for that, I truly enjoyed it.

How true… the media tells us we should be afraid of TOO much crap. I grew up in the 60s/70s… should be dead by now. Let’s see… I smoked reefer and other things, drove without a seatbelt, rode a bicycle all over without a helmet, ran with scissors, punched any dog that attacked me, played outside when it was 115+ degrees and didn’t get heat stroke, etc. etc. Nowadays they want us to be afraid of farting in the dark. But if we spend our lives being afraid of what MIGHT kill us, we could miss the thing that could ACTUALLY do us in, eh? So keep on living, Cass. Your precautions are warranted, but just quit watching TV news.

Your voice, and the band, awed me from the very first note I heard. Thank you all for the music, and I look forward to buying the new CD. Come to Portland, OR more often!

Patrick
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Yup, that pretty much sums up existence in today’s modern world. I read the NY Post every day at lunch (OK OK I admit I like the nutty headlines and gossip pages) and sometimes I just want to scream at how these doctors can’t make up their minds as to whether something is good or bad for you. They’re driving us nuts in an effort to get publications on their resumes. Stop the madness!!!

Anyhoo, keep talking. I like it.

Nice blog. The news tends to focus on negitives stories and not enough postive. The media needs doesn’t tend to focus on the things that we need to truly be worried about. Like the social security going bankrupt and not being able to collect when we’re elibible to. Moreover, alot americans carry so much debt and don’t save for retirment they’re gonna be screwed when they can no longer can work.

Have fun traveling and look forward to your next blog.

Carrie