What Bunk!

It was bound to happen, really it was pretty much inevitable. The word "wellness" has officially been corrupted. See a few years ago everyone wanted to be "healthy." The concept of health was an exciting idea whereby the body, mind and spirit were existing in a sense of harmony. Big business found out that people were craving "health" and started to market into peoples wants - over time they released a flood of supposed "health" items many completely unrelated to the idea of "health" (an example of this would be a chewing gum that was advertised as "healthy") So the flood of "healthy" things continued to mount, toothpaste was rebranded, colored flavored fluids were declared smart and healthy, colored, sugared chemically enhanced kids cereal were declared "heart healthy" and given their own fancy logos so the public could easily identify the new "healthy" cereals. (I thinks this begs the question if the new product is new and improved what was the prior product- old and inferior?) Anyway, on with the story, so health became just an extra word attached to anything and eventually people decided that they didn't want to be just healthy - they wanted to be well. Wellness is defined as an actively sought goal of healthy well being, or a state of 100% function of all areas of the body and the maintenance of that.) Anyway so people no longer just want to be healthy they want wellness. Big business has found this out and are scrambling to corrupt the word for sales. Today's example of this is the DRUG store (thing toxic chemical peddler) Rite Aid. they have introduced their new Wellness+ card. I want to state that almost nothing available at that store will contribute to wellness, not the pills, potions, lotions, creams, or salves. The store sells toxic drugs that is not wellness. The aisles of chips, pop, gum and candy are not leading to wellness. Beer and wine not leading to wellness. Be forwarned reader that the use of wellness is merely to make a sale not a true position of that store.

Yours in Health,

Dr. Brian