Wealth Insight 2009-12-03
The economics of gaining weight
This week I completed my 262nd lesson for my mentorship students. I wrote about something I would like to share with you, too. It’s about the economics of what you weigh. Your weight is a business matter. (Now that is a fresh way to look at it.)
There’s so much I would like to say but space is limited. So here are some facts that I hope will get you thinking -
- You eat more when you are fatter. It takes more calories to keep a bigger body going.
- That means you buy more food. And that makes more profits for the food companies.
How do you get fatter in the first place?
- Some foods and chemicals in processed foods override your body’s usual appetite control mechanisms. So you can’t stop eating them.
- Some foods like sugar are as addictive as hard drugs.
- Other very common addictive substances are MSG (often hidden behind misleading names like “spice extract”), and aspartame.
- Just about everything that some company prepared for you commercially has at least one addictive substance in it. They are truly everywhere.
- This is good business for the companies that manufacture processed food. But bad news for you.
What does this have to do with wealth creation? Overweight people eat more to support a larger body. That’s good business – but not from your point of view.
From your point of view, you get sicker. You spend more money trying to get better.
What’s the solution?
There’s a saying “Rather pay your grocer than your doctor”. Weaning yourself off addictive foods takes time – and time in the kitchen. But the results are better weight, health and energy. Long term. Which beats the short term band-aids of painkillers and anti-inflammatories.
Or that’s what I think, anyway!
Another solution may be to have a look at www.kaizen-wealth.com but only if you want to learn how to handle the mental side of weaning yourself off addictive foods etc.
Wishing you a happy, healthy week.
Hannes Dreyer
Wealth Creators Mentor
Wealth Creators Mentor
