What Lies Within Us

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

What matters? Not necessarily the size of your body but what lies within you.

The news was popping yesterday and today with a story about how a woman's chances of getting diabetes type 2 are reduced if her derriere (backside) is big. It got my attention and I gave mine a second look laughing with my husband and telling him, wow, I've found its special purpose.

As a sister on LiveSisterLive talked about the story's  "behind the scenes"  benefits and others doubted how much substance there is to the story I had more questions.  One was what's the deeper story behind diabetes and the size of one's rear?

Here are some behind the scenes facts.  More research has to be done, since the ones that were big were the rears of the mice in the study. The researchers explained fat, for instance, may be good in the rear or thighs but not in your tummy.

Want more truths to this matter? Pay attention to the real "but" in the story.  Your rear can be pretty big BUT if your  tummy hangs over your waistline your risk of diabetes just went up again. Your thighs may be broad and your hips wide, BUT if you don't do something about what's getting inside and lying in you, the sizes of your rear, your thighs or hips won't matter.

Let's prevent diabetes by rethinking the size of our plates and what's feeding our health. Fast foods, fried foods, too many sweet foods living within us may hurt our blood levels, clog our arteries, feed cancer cells and even build fat that will cause the cartilage in our bones to be worn out and worn down.  Your mental health also plays a role so think about what may be eating your life.

Remember, there's a lot more to getting healthy then the fullness of what's behind you.