I Want My GMO Check!

by Sean Croxton

I want my GMO check.

I’m ready to get paid.

Every so often I cop a squat at Whole Foods and flip through a weekly publication called the San Diego Reader. The Reader is the go-to magazine for finding fun stuff to do in SD, and best of all it’s FREE.

In order to make such a widely circulating publication available at no charge, advertiser funding is a must. Crack open this week’s Reader and you’ll surely find the first twenty pages or so crammed with ads for gastric bypass surgeries, anti-aging potions, and a plethora of hair loss cures.

The ads that stand out to me the most are the ones seeking participants for prescription drug trials. You know, the ones that shout out in big letters…

ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM SOCIAL ANXIETY?

GOT THE BLUES?

IS YOUR MEMORY NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE?

If so, you’re asked to dial 1-800-GUINEA-PIG to learn how you can take part in a study testing the efficacy of a new breakthrough drug. In fact, they’ll even pay for your participation. Easy money. It’s the best of both worlds — a company pays you cash to help solve your health challenge with the latest in pharmaceutical technology. In today’s economy, for many people, this is a no-brainer.

Then again, subjecting oneself to a relatively untested drug may come at a cost. To be one of the first to consume a brand new combination of chemicals never before encountered by any human body in the history of Earth is quite the precarious situation to be in. You would not believe the stories I have read about these trials — the unforeseen side effects, the sky-high drop-out rates, the deaths.

Yes, people die.

Posted by UW Sean in wellness

It’s Not About the Nutrients: The Stanford Organic Food Study

by Sean Croxton

Last week I had the great pleasure of being interviewed by Abel Bascom for his popular Fat-Burning Man podcast. About thirty minutes into our conversation, Abel pitched me the most rant-inducing question he could have possibly delivered.

Abel’s query pertained to the recent study out of Stanford University concluding that organically-grown food is no more nutritious than its chemically-laden counterpart.

My answer: I don’t care.

To be perfectly honest, I hadn’t even heard of the study — very likely because I pay zero attention to what’s reported in the news, especially mainstream media reports on anything having to do with health.

I’m sure people all over the country employed this study as one ginormous gotcha moment, an opportunity to finally prove to their hippy friends that they had been wasting their hard-earned cash for apparently — and scientifically — no reason whatsoever.

In your face, hippies! Told ya so!

Well, I’m no hippy. And, yes, the nutritional value of food is important to me. But regardless of what those smart folks at Stanford may say, and what Anderson Cooper may read off of his teleprompter, I prefer my food to be poison-free. It’s really that simple.

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Is Water Birthing Safe?

by Sean Croxton & Troy Casey

Yo! Meant to post a new blog about Will Allen’s book The Real Food Revolution today. But I’ve been recording my presentation for Todd Durkin’s upcoming Impact Summit. Taking much longer than I thought.

I’ll get that post up tomorrow. In the meantime, check out this video clip from last night’s UW Radio broadcast with Troy Casey, a.k.a. The Certified Health Nut.

Listen to the entire interview HERE!

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Check back tomorrow for a new bloggy blog.

Out.

Sean
Author, The Dark Side of Fat Loss

Posted by UW Sean in podcast, wellness

The Blog and Podcast about Whack-A-Mole Medicine.

by Sean Croxton

Whack-a-Mole.

You know, the arcade game where a mole’s head pops up and it’s your job to smack it as fast as you can with a giant rubber mallet. Then as soon as you whack the mole, another pops up.

I used to love that game. I had crazy mole whacking skills back in the day.

It had been at least fifteen years (damn, I’m getting old) since I had even thought about that game. Then, a few days ago, I was reading Dr. Kalish’s new book The Kalish Method: Healing the Body, Mapping the Mind and came across what I consider to be the most genius analogy for our health care system…

We’re playing Whack-a-Mole medicine.

Think about it. We go see a doctor when we’re feeling some kind of symptom, only to be prescribed a medication that in no way addresses the actual root cause of what ails us.

Whack!

Posted by UW Sean in mind

Lessons From a Long Vacation.

by Sean Croxton

I’m alive!

Very much so, in fact.

When I decided to take a six-week break to recharge my batteries, I honestly didn’t think I could do it. It just seemed like a really long time to be away from a topic, business, and community that I am so passionate about. But looking back, it was one of the best decisions I have ever made.

Sometimes our passions can become our obsessions, slowly pushing out the many other incredibly important aspects of our lives. In my case, I had become so focused on this blog, UW Radio, social media updates/tweets, and the three HUGE launches we had in a span of nine months, that I had lost perspective of what life is all about.

In other words, as UW has grown, it has been to the detriment of relationships with family and friends. Although this work is my passion, I wasn’t having much fun outside of it. Every day was Groundhog Day with the days seemingly running together, lacking any hint of variety, or what Tony Robbins would call “uncertainty”.

Wake up. Read. Write. Prep for a show. Work out. Read more. Go to bed. Back to step one.

Kinda sounds like it sucks, huh?