Cockroach cupcakes

Imagine if you watched the cooks in the bakery making chocolate cupcakes, and saw them pour a jar of dead cockroaches into the batter, then blend, bake and frost the normal-looking cupcakes and offer you some. Would you eat them? NO WAY!

You wouldn’t eat them or serve them to others. I think most people would agree that if they knew about a horrible ingredient in a food, they wouldn’t eat it or serve it. We don’t want to eat disgusting things if we know they’re there.

Reading labels and researching ingredients is easy with the internet. Check the label of something you have in your cupboard, try a Google search on an ingredient you don’t recognize and see how quick you can find out about it.

After learning about aspartame, MSG, high fructose corn syrup, caffeine, various hydrogenated things…they are like cockroaches. I would not eat or serve them no matter how appealing they look or taste now that I am aware of what they are.

Knowledge is power. Understanding motivates action. When someone fully understands a fact or principle, their choices reflect it. Health is a result of our choices. We choose based on our knowledge. That is why I love to spread health ideas and awareness. When we learn how and why our body is affected, we can choose the healthy option.

I’ve heard people say, “Just don’t tell me what’s in it.” Some people think of food like entertainment, for taste and enjoyment. They focus on how it looks and tastes instead of what is in it. Well, if there were cockroaches in it, don’t you agree they would want to know?

Education can change that. If they really understand about why some ingredients are worse than “cockroaches” for their body, they would think again about what they put in their mouths.

The opposite is also true: When we know how healthy and good a food is, we are glad to eat it. That’s why I love Sunrider so much. The integrity of the ingredients is impeccable. I have toured Sunrider's manufacturing plant in California. The sparkling clean facility and processing equipment is astounding. The amazing formulas are so impressive.

Balanced health is the result of following basic principles. Learning what ingredients are worse than cockroaches will take you far. You will want to eat whole, live, clean food and your body will thank you for it. Life is much more fun when you can enjoy it in full health. Try it out; you’ll love the way you feel. http://my.sunrider.com/sherribowthorpe