OUT ON A LIMB

The actress Shirley MacLaine wrote a book of this title, going out on a limb with the hope that her reflections may help others see things more clearly or feel more sane in contrast to her musings. Authoring a blog provides me with a canvas and editorial privilege. So here I go out on a limb, with the hope that sharing my observations will also help make the world a better place. These underpinning beliefs are my anchors and guide posts, helping me to navigate with the current and explore within its grand design.

My underlying beliefs are grounded in nature, defined as ‘the physical world including all natural phenomena and living things’. Another observation that keeps me grounded and puts things in perspective for me is our stature in the universe.  We are at the same time miniscule and exceptional.  Modern radio telescopes measure the ever-expanding outer envelop of the “Big Bang”, yet we have not discovered another living planet.

With this frame of reference I hold all life on planet Earth to be exceptional. A fine balance is kept in check by the struggle to survive and competion to flourish. I believe in the infinite wisdom of nature. Nature is too brilliant to have redundant features; even the redundancies have purpose. Nature loves diversity.  Each of us is intended to be different to ensure the survival of the human specie. For example, it may be the destiny of one soul living off a Calcutta garbage dump whose immune resistance withstands a devastating pandemic that threatens mankind; giving prophecy to the biblical doctrine, “the meek shall inherit the earth”.  As such, our differences bind us. Each individual is equally important to our survival and we are each ‘g-d like’ in this vast universe. This teaches us that we must have mutual respect and appreciation for each other, and offer support when possible. 

I believe we are each born ‘hard-wired’ for survival of the individual entity, the family unit, the tribe and the human specie in that order of priority. This program drives our behavior, our desires and our cravings. We are also preprogrammed to contribute to a tribe in a particular archetypical role.

However, in the recent past we have moved out of sync with nature and in that process we have upset the environment balance through urbanization, population growth and commoditization of our food supply.

What does this have to do with low GI? Read my upcoming blog “MOTHER NATURE WANTS US TO FATTEN UP”. 

Low Glycemic Index (GI) and Low Glycemic Load (GL) foods have been proven in studies to be beneficial: dieting; weight loss; obesity; diabetes; balancing blood sugar; sustained energy; sport nutrition; mental performance; acne; eye health; macular degeneration; heart disease and forms of cancer. See also Low GI Diet, Low GI Recipes, Low GI Food, Low GI Eating.

Copyright 2008, Saul Katz