Ask your doctor if getting off your ass is right for you... (Read 570 times)

a humorous Bill Maher clip - he lays into pharmaceutical companies. The best lines are at the end although the whole thing is pretty funny.

He makes excellent points...though I'm not sure about the inclusion of asthma, allergies, ADHD, and autism, things members of my family deal with (especially when most of his rant is dietary related and I'm not aware of diet contributing or causing any of those things). My autistic nephew certainly doesn't take any meds for his condition--there are no meds to treat autism. And my asthma is mostly exercise-induced...I rarely have to use an inhaler EXCEPT for when I run, so there goes his theory to that extent. The asthma meds are something I could mostly eliminate if I were to stop exercising. He's definitey right-on about things like type II diabetes and cholesterol meds, though...pretty much every person I know who takes those drugs has avoided exercise in any capacity. My close friend who was diagnosed type II a couple of years ago does watch her diet, but she still continues to take meds for it and not exercise. I do wish that our health insurance/drug coverage benefit would cover health club memberships, reimbursement on fitness gear purchases, race fees, etc. Apparently DH's work is going to be doing something like this, but one of the requirements is to have a full physical--which is fine and good, but that requires a co-pay, so that eliminates a lot of the monetary bonus of the program. k

I just love the subject title...Every time I read it, it makes me laugh...

I can't take credit. Mahar said it in the video, and Hak from outdoor journey pointed it out to me and used it as his subject line.