Why we have cup holders on shopping carts

I was in a store today shopping for a few things and I noticed that the shopping cart had cup holders. This is a phenomenon that appears out of nowhere one day. What does it mean? It means that the level of thirst in the general population has reached a level that necessitates this kind of thing as well as millions of plastic water bottles used per day.

This never existed when I was a young person. This level of general thirst has evolved over the past 40 years. It indicates that we are becoming much more yang then we were 50 years ago. Why would that happen? Is it global warming?

No, I don't think we can attribute this one to global warming. This has to do with the amount of yang foods that we are consuming. The main culprit is sodium and sodium treated processed foods. First of all, we have become so unbalanced that we don't even see that 600 grams of sodium in a serving of canned soup is a problem. And then, of course, we eat more than one serving. One pretzel from the mall stand blasts our system with enough sodium to last a week. Treated meat like ham, beef jerky, hot dogs, sausage etc. flood our system with sodium and also create stagnation in the body so it becomes difficult to remove.

These are just a few examples of the levels of sodium that we are consuming and feeding our children. This excessive yang creates a craving for yin which is initially expressed as thirst. We need to drink enormous amounts of water to balance this kind of sodium intake. So much so now that we have to carry a water bottle everywhere we go.

This puts tremendous stress on the body and affects the very tissue of our body in a very stressful way. This condition leads to high blood pressure, heart disease, the feeling of stress, panic attacks, insomnia and many other conditions.

One of the traits of yang is "small and compact". When some object or organism is small and compact, it is an expression of yang energy. Which of us are small and compact? Babies. Yes babies pack all of the intensity of a human being into a small and compact unit. So babies are yang to begin with. As they grow, they become more and more yin. So the rule says, if an organism is yang, then they need to consume yin foods to balance the yang condition. So when you feed your 18 month old child french fries with the normal amount of salt on them, they are going to become immediately excess yang possibly at a dangerous level. This condition usually results in screaming, inability to rest or be still, tantrums, anger and meanness and other expressions of excess yang.

My fear is that this condition is having long term affects on the quality of our children's health and the quality of the future of the human race as a whole.

You can not imagine how beautiful and easy a balanced child is.

Thanks for reading.