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꧁ 𝒮𝑒𝓁𝒻-𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝒹𝓎.꧂

I have been judged for many things. For wearing barefoot shoes instead of high heels. For choosing natural materials over fast fashion. For eating plant-based instead of stuffing myself with cheap, mass-produced food. For working out, not because I chase a beauty standard, but because I owe my body respect after everything it has survived.

Some people call it a lifestyle. Some mock it, saying it’s just a trend. But for me, it’s a form of gratitude—because my body has carried me through trauma, through pain, through surgeries, through nights when I thought I wouldn’t wake up again. And yet, it kept me alive.

So, when did self-respect become a trend? When did taking care of ourselves turn into something that needs a hashtag? And why is it that those who harm their bodies are considered normal, while those who treat their bodies with care are seen as obsessive?

Health is profitable—just not for you

If you are unhealthy, you are a perfect customer. The food industry makes sure you eat things that harm you, then the pharmaceutical industry makes sure you stay on medication for life. From childhood, we are programmed:

• Babies are put in rigid shoes too early, weakening their feet and setting them up for mobility issues later.

• Children are raised on cheap, processed food packed with sugar and chemicals.

• Women are given medications that were never tested on female bodies, because for decades, medicine was made by men, for men.

• High heels, proven to cause damage, are still seen as the “feminine standard.”

But if you break out of this system, you’re the one seen as strange.

If you eat healthy, you’re not just “eating”—you’re doing a lifestyle.

If you train your body, you’re not just exercising—you’re “grinding.”

If you don’t take medication, people call you crazy rather than questioning why they need pills just to function.

Your body is a product—whether you like it or not

We live in a world where everything has a price. Your organs. Your labor. Your body. Your pain.

Did you know how much your body is worth?

• Kidney: $60,000 – $100,000

• Liver: $150,000 – $557,000

• Heart: Up to $1,000,000

• Bone marrow: $23,000 per gram

Your sexuality has a price too. In Poland, men pay 200 to 10,000 PLN to sleep with women without a condom—a behavior so common that most wives will never know how often their husbands bring home diseases.

Men risk their own health for the thrill of it, because the burden of safety always falls on women. The same men who will mock a woman for taking supplements or eating organic are the ones who gamble their own bodies for momentary pleasure.

(More on this topic in the next article.)

Kosher, Halal, and the Illusion of “Health”

Different cultures have different rules on food and health. Kosher and Halal laws exist to protect people’s well-being—but in reality, modern industry has turned these into profit machines too.

• Kosher and Halal meats are supposed to be cleaner, healthier—but now they are mass-produced like any other factory meat.

• Many people think “Halal” or “Kosher” means better quality—but they rarely question where their food actually comes from.

Meanwhile, Buddhists avoid eating animals because they believe in reincarnation. In their eyes, eating meat could mean consuming the soul of an ancestor.

And yet, in Western culture, who questions what’s on their plate? People eat blindly, without considering how their food affects their body, their mind, or their energy.

Are we really body positive?

The body positivity movement started as something good—embracing all bodies, rejecting unrealistic beauty standards. But now?

• It has been twisted into an excuse to glorify self-destruction.

• It ignores the medical consequences of obesity and shames people who take care of their health.

• Women who don’t fit into society’s idea of “soft and indulgent” are attacked as too disciplined, too strong, too much.

So, what is the real cost of this so-called body positivity?

Call to action: April as a month of slow living

What if we made April a month of slow living?

One month to reconnect with our bodies. To eat when we are hungry, not when we are told to. To walk instead of drive. To listen to what our body actually needs.

👉 Have you ever felt judged for your health choices?

👉 Do you support local farms, or do you choose food that truly nourishes you?

👉 Are you vegetarian or vegan?

Tell me in the comments!

Your body is the only home you will ever have.

You are not a product.

You are not a trend.

You do not exist for profit.

Take care of yourself—because nobody else will.