Are You Vulnerable?

Growing up, I thought I was fairly invincible.

This would explain the concussion at age 8, from falling off my bike. (I was trying to stand on the handle bars).

It would also explain the ski accident four years later that put me in a cast for several months.

(While you might still find me on the slopes, I’ve never again skied downhill quite so fast).

When it came to food, I thought I had an ‘iron stomach’.

I was extremely proud of the fact that I could eat pretty much anything.

Fast forward a good many years, and things have definitely changed.

In fact, the older I get, the more vulnerable I seem to be.

How did that happen?

Of course, this is most apparent in my sensitivities to gluten, and various other foods – which have led to a somewhat restricted diet.

Perhaps you’ve found yourself on a similar path.

Suddenly foods that you’ve always loved – and have eaten all your life – no longer agree with you.

How can that be?

Maybe you’ve always known, on some level, that certain foods were best avoided, but you ate them anyway.

Back when many of us were growing up, we didn’t pay much attention to such things.

Your family might have labeled you the ‘sensitive’ one.

But no one actually thought to remove the offending foods from your diet, because we weren’t making the connections.

Did you just happen to become sensitive, overnight?

Or were the signs there all along?

It can be hard to say, because what it really comes down to is the magical mix of your genes – plus the environment you’ve been exposed to.

In other words – what is your weakest link?

Lara Adler, an Environmental Toxins Expert, says, “Genetics loads the gun. But the environment pulls the trigger.”

And that’s absolutely true.

By the way, these ‘environmental triggers’ – include the food you eat!

Case in point – you ate gluten-containing foods all your life, until you reached the tipping point.

Suddenly, you were vulnerable.

Now it’s your turn.

Do you think you are vulnerable to your environment?

Why or why not? 

What, if anything, would you do differently – starting today?