From: Canada.com
Seven healthy sins: Some of the bad things you’ve been warned about may actually be good for you
Canada.com:
Everything in moderation. I think of those three words as my mother’s superhero buzz-phrase. Not quite as catchy as Bart Simpson’s “Don’t have a cow, man,” or Captain Marvel’s “Shazam!” but possibly more instructive. After decades of scare stories on TV and in magazines and newspapers about the dangers of red meat, alcohol, marijuana and sexually transmitted diseases, it’s a wonder anyone even gets out of bed in the morning. It’s dangerous out there.
Liquor, red meat and anger can seriously harm you. And let us not forget the moral, legal and medical complications that travel hand-in-glove with marijuana and sex.
I’m not about to minimize the dangers of any of those things, but whenever I feel like adopting a more ascetic lifestyle devoid of the dangers of eating, drinking and generally being alive, I try to think of my mom’s advice: “Everything in moderation.”
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