3 REASONS FOR DESTRUCTIVE LIFESTYLES: ENEMIES OF THE LEOPARD'S CODE

It is strange that despite all the information and advances we have in medicine, health care, and whole-some living, most people in the world are still grappling with trying to have a healthy body. This problem can be traced to a number of reasons. First, big government. Second, big business. And, third, the shrinking society. Each of these reasons impacts negatively on our lifestyle choices and, makes it more difficult to live according to the Leopard's Code. However, we must realize that each of these reasons acts separately and together.   

      First, is the issue of big government. Depending on which part of the world you live in, will determine how much influence government has on your life. If you live in the developed parts of the world like Western Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan; you’ll find that government is highly efficient and highly pervasive. Governments in these parts of the world are successfully fulfilling their obligations of providing top-quality social goods and services for their citizens. The pole positions these countries occupy in the global economic system means that they decide the economic fate of the rest of the world. Consequently, their societies are awash with cash. Although some people may want to dispute this, it is a verifiable economic fact that 75% of the world's population lives on less than a dollar a day. Being poor in Britain, U.S.A and Japan is totally different from being poor in Sudan, Bangladesh, and Haiti. In the former, you are poor but still human. In the latter, your poverty gives you the quality of life of a sewer rat. That is why economic migrants are flooding the developed world daily. These 3rd World chaps know that no matter what happens, where they are going will always be better than where they are coming from.

It is strange that despite all the information and advances we have in medicine, health care, and whole-some living, most people in the world are still grappling with trying to have a healthy body. - Ayo Sodipo

       Therefore, because these societies are awash with cash there's a lot of food and money to indulge in vices. In fact, there's verifiable evidence that the developed countries produce enough food yearly in an amount that can feed the globe five times over. Food is being thrown at people from every angle. There's is so much food available that dieting is an industry that rakes in billions of dollars annually for its businesses. According to alliedmarketresearch.com the weight loss and weight management diet market size was valued at 192.2 billion American dollars in 2019 and is projected to reach 295.3 billion American dollars by 2027. The developed world is effectively feeding their societies to death. The abundance of so much food makes healthy eating an uphill task.

      The second reason militating against healthy lifestyle choices is big business. Big business means big advertising and advertisements. Big advertisements mean big persuasions. You are just persuaded to eat, eat, eat and eat. Although the food industry does not have the exposure of the tech industry or, the glamour of the garment industry, it is colossal in assets and politically very, very influential. Thus, government policy will always be in favour of you eating more, more and more.  

      The third issue militating against healthy lifestyle choices is the shrinking society. Please don't get me wrong, I don't mean that the population is shrinking. I mean that organic human interaction is reducing at an alarming rate. One of the top ten enemies society has right now is loneliness. People are having less and less quality time with other human beings. So people sit in front of their TVs and eat, eat and eat!
        Obesity is the result of all these issues. Obesity can be traced to all sorts of internal organs failure, limb, and joint malfunction, and myriad debilitating ailments. We should consciously avoid choices that we know are destroying our lives. Death is easy, it is the end, but, suffering is difficult. One should not consciously put him/herself through the hell of poor health.
       How do we naturally get back to good health after we've messed up through bad lifestyle choices? The answer is common-sense and discipline. The vices of substance abuse and obesity are the result of continuing degeneration and regression of organic social interaction but, the cure has to be carried out individually. Nobody will help you get a better quality of life except yourself. Your personal health is your business and its attainment is in your hands. Now let's look at the issue of substance abuse first.           

 The very first step to be taken is that you must remove yourself from social situations that encourage the vice. This is very important. If you don't do this, the possibility of you ditching the vice (especially if it's hard drugs) is very slim. I'm not saying that it's impossible. I'm saying that it will be difficult. This is because most vices as habits are socially hard-wired. For example, if you are a cigarette smoker, the probability is very high that your circle of friends are also all smokers. Thus, you must first remove yourself from social situations that encourage it. As of necessity, you may have to change your social circle. The easiest way to do this is by embracing religion. This has nothing to do with fanaticism. Religion, anyone will do, and I hope you have enough common sense to distinguish between a religion and a cult lest you go from the frying pan into the fire. In this case, religion is used as an instrument of social circle replacement. The fact is that most religious circles find any form of substance abuse anathema and, are sympathetic and supportive of anybody who is trying to liberate themselves from that kind of bondage. You'll use this to acquire a new social circle and believe me, you'll not miss the old one