A while ago my daughter was pretty sick and did not feel well at all. As with any sickness there is a prescription that comes with it. You know, medicine. My children, especially my daughter does not enjoy medicine. She goes bananas when having to take certain medicines because she says like all kids “they are nasty”. With this particular time of not feeling well we gave her something a friend recommended we give her. She did not like it and our response to her was “You’ll hate it, but it works.” This is something we learn in life and in medicine. Often times the things that help us the most hurt the worst and are not pleasant. It does not mean that things that are pleasant are not helpful. It just means that it is sometimes the uncomfortable things that help us the most. In this day and age we have sought to make everything palatable that needs to help. That logic does not always work. We take children’s vitamins and make them gummy. Really?!?! Do not get me wrong, the medicine does not need to taste like dirt, but can you naturally make something healthy like a vitamin taste like a Skittle? I think you can kind of see where I am going. Let’s not immediately shy away from the things that are not beautiful, fragrant and palatable. Let’s face it, sometimes the good stuff hurts. See ya’ later…