Crisis is a powerful reason for change…or maybe not.

"In a recent study, 90 percent of patients who had heart bypass surgery continued to live a lifestyle that worsened their condition and threatened their lives. If a life-and-death situation won’t get them to change, what will?

According to scientists, making a change requires you to recondition your brain to a new way of thinking and behaving. It takes about 30 days of daily reconditioning to create the new neural networks that are needed for permanent change. It took time to create your habits and it takes time to get rid of the ones that don’t serve you."

Most people only begin caring about nutrition after they start having health problems. And even that is not guaranteed.