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RE: Body Beautiful - Promoting Positive Body Awareness

in Natural Medicine5 years ago

I don't support beauty contests or sites that sell models who spend their lives eating lettuce... but I also don't support the idea that a fat body is healthy!

They are simply both extreme and wrong!

We should concentrate on eating healthy, doing exercises or activities that keep our bodies moving, and if a person is fat we should not applaud them with the new slogan "love your body as it is".

An overweight body is not a flag of pride that we should carry, it is better to help our brothers and sisters by recommending healthier recipes, accompanying them to do yoga or any activity that helps them to stay active. (That is, without being critical or judgmental) just by understanding that there is a problem that we are all part of, being skinny is not synonymous with health either.

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 5 years ago  

I agree, it is all about promoting health, but so many suffer with poor body image because of neglect and abuse, so the first step should always be self love and acceptance and from that self care will evolve. I wanted that to be my message and wrote a follow on post to dive into it deeper. Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment xxxx