I’ve been talking about how Vital Living is not just about exercise.  Sure you could say you have a fit body if you have the measurements, muscle definition, and energy you desire but are you happy? Vital Living is about building a complete package of other vital components along with exercise and nutrition.  I developed my Vital Living Principles for life with the body symbolizing a Greek temple.  

1. Vital health and fitness
2. Inner Self
3. Relationships

Pass The Butter … please.  Butter has been around for years and years – its basic good food.  Why? Lets compare it with margarine . . . . .Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback, so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back. It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring, some clever flavorings and sold it to people to use in place of butter. So what really is the difference between margarine and butter? Both have the same amount of calories. Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams. Eating margarine can increase heart disease in men by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study. Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods. Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few only because they are added! Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods. Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years. And now, for Margarine..Very high in trans fatty acids. Triple risk of coronary heart disease. Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol) Increases the risk of cancers up to five fold. Lowers quality of breast milk. Decreases immune response. Decreases insulin response. And here's the most disturbing fact…. Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC..This fact alone was enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance). You can try this yourself: Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things:  * no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that  should tell you something) * & it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to grow. Why? Because it is nearly plastic. Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast? Thats why my Vital Living philosopy on nutrition is easy. Go back to basics and quite simply if it wasnt available 100 years ago don't eat it! Find out more by reading my book Power Passion and Vitality Forever by visiting http://vitalliving.co.nz/shop/books-category/power-passion-hard/.