Health

In this video A.J Jacobs explains how being so healthy almost made him die. This topic really got my attention because of how he titled his speech. This title could mean different things. Who ever knew that you were to healthy you almost die? He explains his religious and how it brought him to do different things. For example, he did not shave the whole time, so his beard was big and bushy. He had to do a shotgun glass of sunscreen and apply it to him every two to four hours a day. He dressed up as either Moses or Jesus with a dog in hot weather. He had to wash his hands very thoroughly and much more. By doing this he did not realize that his health was going down. In today’s society people do so many things just to fit in with everyone. People have a specific image for people looking a certain way. For girls especially think they have to look like a skinny girl with curves. These girls go and try to look the way people want them to look but it is ruining their health, their self-esteem and their quality of them. They should not have to go through what they are getting themselves in it. Yes, some are doing it to themselves, but it is how other girls tell them how they are. The girls who are technically bullying the girls who do show up to their expectation say things such as, “You need to lose weight”, “Why do you look like that”, “No guy is ever going to like you because of how you look like”. These words have such an impact on the other girls. They then try to harm themselves or try to take their lives because they think they could never look the way they are supposed to. This also happens to guys especially if they are young. Boys are just as mean as girls can be especially if it is looking a certain type of way. They boys say things such as, “She is never going to like you”, “You see how fat you are; she is not into guys like you”. this is happening way more than it should. People even kids should not have to look a certain way or be told to have a certain type of body. Real people just care about your personality and health. Health is one of the main things people should be helping with.

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