Editorial: Eating healthier is a choice that we should all make, not ignore

October is awareness month for breast cancer. However, overall health needs to be the focus as far too many of us are sadly overweight and do not take health serious.

We all love food, but food can also be a disease. Food can be a like a drug if you allow it to take over your life. I can speak to this because food at one time was everything to me, along with sodas that were filled with endless amounts of sugar that was diabetes waiting to happen.

I nearly lost my life because I ate food like it could do me no harm. One of the big issues is we live in the country areas here in Charles City and New Kent and we have traditions of the good old southern food that has been in our families for generations, well I feel that now the cycle must be broken.

We live in a time where processed foods are more accessible than ever and our kids are more obese than ever. Food does not have to be the death of you, but it will be if a lot us do not take the steps to living healthier.

The bottom line is get out and get active and live better. The saying is true that we can be taken from this earth at any time. However exercising and eating the right way makes your life a little easier while you’re here. Health is a twelve month job, it’s not just relegated to a month.