Ben Sira says health problems in the industrialized and educated world are caused by following extremes and moderation can prevent them, thoughts?

[jennifer_bloom]

Ben Sira 31 says that if you are moderate in every possible way, you will never have health problems.

That verse might not seem very important to an 18 year old soccer player blessed with intelligence and good health, but at 90, I'm sure he will cherish that verse like crazy if he is religious and stumbles upon that passage.

I've met people who are extreme that do not know they practice extremes in behaviour or thinking. So not everybody benefits from this verse.

There might also be good extremes like Gandhi or Martin Luther King Jr. who were extreme in virtue and improved society in millions of ways.

[purplepoppy]

Hasn't Ben noticed that life expectancy in the developing uneducated world is pretty low? The fact is we've had better health care than ever before and better information about how to look after ourselves but huge numbers of people choose to ignore it.

[Anonymous]

What is it socrates said "all things in moderation"

What's causing most health problems in industrialised world is obesity and the chemicals in our food.

[DtMe89]

Lots of people SAY lots of things