I'm wondering if anything can really be trusted these days. The truth is that knowledge is constantly expanding and nothing is absolutely conclusive because they are way too many variables to consider.I was reading an article on yahoo referring a case study that stated its findings about people taking antioxidants leading to a higher mortality rate than people not taking it (if anyone's interested: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/297/8/842?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=antioxidants+and+mortality&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT). Granted, they didn't extract the antioxidants from tea or fruit, but rather from beta carotene, and vitamins A and E, but I'm just assuming.
But this is what I'm talking about. The overload of completely unnecessary information. Studies that they really should be conducting is why so many people lack common sense and ways to improve it. That would be incredibly useful. Because that's really more of a problem than people dying from overconsumption of Vitamin E. Most people take multi-vitamins, anyway, which have a lower concentration.
It's seems like when people starting doing a job, whatever it is, there is this bubble that starts forming around them, where all of a sudden, what they are doing becomes important and worthwhile. Since, this is subjective, I can't really disagree, but since this is my blog, I will. Just because someone is working on something, that doesn't mean it's important. And this can apply to all of us. We have all had jobs where we were completely saturated in a project or activity. That is a good work ethic, of course, but that doesn't make it more valuable to anyone else. Since when is mortality linked to antioxidants via vitamins ever been an issue? In any case, I'm sure that the person or persons that submitted the study were really into it.
It would be nice to just take a moment and think about whether or not what we're doing is actually making a significant difference to anyone. We all make choices. I'm not at all saying that these medical studies are insignificant or the like. It's really just one example of hyper-focusing. However, hyper-focusing cannot continue if the world is ever going to move forward as a global community.
At what point did everyone get so separated? Everyone really appreciates communication and personal interaction and attention, so why don't we do more of it? At the end of the day, that's what really gives us lasting energy. And anyone can tell the difference. When you have a wonderful and insightful conversation with someone, it changes you're entire mood, no matter how long it lasted or who it was with. While other conversations can be quite draining.
This is what we really are at the base of it. Energy. Which can be multiplied simply by the presence of those that care about us. That is the truth. That's what should be pursued as the means to longevity, not reading this months medical journal submission and adhering to the guidelines you think it might be stating. Living like that is much too complicated.
It would be nice to have a complete boycott of technological information. At least for a little while. And to look toward ourselves and eachother for knowledge and understanding. We would undoubtedly create something that isn't constantly depending on variables. Something that will stand the test of time. And if we don't start getting together, we'll never really know what it was that we were missing. We only get one chance to live, and I'm taking mine.
