CRACKYL Magazine - No.4 (Jan/Feb/Mar)

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HEALTH

By Dr. Alwyn Wong, BSc, DC, ART, Med.Ac.

Making the Connection Between Head & Heart As firefighters, we know what we have to do in order to live a healthier lifestyle. But it's hard not to order the cheeseburger and fries at the restaurant, or have a cigarette at that weekend party. When we do these things, we feel gratified or relieved, so how do we really get the body to listen to the head and stop behaviors that can be so detrimental to our overall health? Is the reward really worth the risk? When our body is already in a high free radical zone, why would we introduce even more toxins and harmful ingredients? How do we make sense of this?

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