"Not tonight honey, I have a headache" doesn't cut it anymore...

Last weekends Vancouver Sun had a huge article titled, “7 Healthy Sins”- Some of those bad things you’ve been warned about may actually be good for you. It lists the following sins: anger, red wine, sloth, red meat, sex, marijuana and chocolate.

I think we can all agree we’ve heard a TON in the news and various health reports lately that yes eating chocolate CAN be good for you and red wine cures everything! I won’t touch upon those 2, but I will explore the others a bit more…

Let’s start first with anger shall we? We need to remember ‘everything in moderation here’ because it doesn’t just apply to food. It applies to emotional outbursts in public too. Holding in anger isn’t good for you, we know that. We also know it causes more strain and stress to carry about negativity, than it does positive energy. It’s always a good thing to control your anger of course; anger directed in the wrong way can be very scary. So with that said, go ahead and have a mini-tantrum.

Next up is sloth. And no, the article isn’t referring to that adorable, dim-witted mammal that has algae growing on its fur. Sloth is all about doing nothing, being lazy and feeling no guilt as a result. Don’t take this to mean you don’t need to hold down a job and sleeping until 2 pm every day is cool, ’cause it’s not! It means take it easy. Enjoy life. Have a pajama day one Sunday and read in bed with a coffee…why not?

I’m not touching upon red meat. Enough said.

Marijuana? I’ve known several people in my life who partake but the article actually goes on to explain this little herb may prevent Alzheimer’s! Who knew? The supposed study doesn’t look too concrete or convincing so I think I’ll reserve judgement until I see some evidence…

And then there was sex. S. E. X. The whole “not tonight honey, I have a headache” thing is a complete lie. Famous rag-mag Cosmo has been telling us an orgasm releases all those endorphins that flood the brain with delicious waves of ecstasy are guaranteed to blast a migraine to Timbuktu. Sad thing is, Cosmo got it right. An orgasm CAN take a headache away…and we all know it just plain feels good. So how can something that makes you feel good, be a sin? Enjoyed responsibly or ‘everything in moderation’ as the Sun article suggests, is all we need to remember.

So take a look at some healthy sins in your life. Shoot me an email or leave a comment.

Tags: chocolate, orgasmn, red wine, sins, sloth, vancouver sun