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Article: Trying to Be Healthier Gave Me More Than a Glow
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 18, 2009
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Today, Adele discovers that being extremely healthy can have
unexpected results.
Lunch at work with my fellow physical therapists usually
resembles a meeting of obnoxious health freaks. Between bites of our
salads and protein drinks, we discuss our latest fitness programs
and who is getting in or out of shape.
We would never smoke or do prescription drugs, but we drink a lot
of caffeine. The coffee maker is constantly brewing.
But I should have known we were heading down a slippery slope
when the coffee became progressively more politically correct. We
went from Maxwell House to Starbucks, and from there, it was a quick
fall into free-trade-rain forest blends. Then, one-by-one, my co- ...