I love this book written by Dr. John Tickell and I want to share a part of it for you to ponder on.

 

There are four things in life that you can potentially use to excess.  Those are: LAUGHTER- that’s a big one; SEX- although there’s some doubts about that right now…a lot of doubt indeed; VEGETABLES and FISH.

 

So the motto now reads:  MODERATION IN ALL THINGS EXCEPT LAUGHTER, SEX, VEGETABLES and FISH.

 

No particular order, and not all together – it makes one hell of a mess.

 

Now the reasons you can overuse these things.

 

Laughter and sex are the best two stress cycle breakers known to the human system.  We are not sure whether they are No. 1 and No. 2 or No.2 and No.1.  But if they come together you are getting old.

 

Vegetables form the basis of the food groups eaten by the races of people in this world who live the longest and feel the best.  We can look at these people and they’re 85, they’re 95, they’re 102 and they look like we do when we are 55 or 65.

 

What’s the difference?  One big difference is the amount of plant food these people consume.

 

Fish.  The fish story is very impressive.  We know from the research that races of people who eat at least two meals of fish a week have an incidence of heart attack and stroke way lower than Western populations because fish oils seen to protect arteries.

 

Now, think about all these.  The author reckons they are the secrets of long living people.  This book is entitled Laughter, Sex, Vegetables and Fish OR How to Survive and Thrive Under Stress.  I love this book!