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Why You Are What You Eat Makes Sense
Thrusting
outwards in 3-D images from billboards, on the covers of magazines and
books, from the wall posters hung in your doctor’s office, blaring
loudly in television and radio spots, web sites related to health, and
even next to the pricing labels for foods in your supermarket: all
shouting the proclamation: "You are what you eat."
The sense
of these proclamations is obvious in the overwhelming numbers of
severely obese Americans, fattened by the consumption of too much fast,
convenient, artery-clogging, over-processed, and health-destroying
foods.
Fast food
restaurants are the number one providers of the foods that cause obesity
and the health risks associated with obesity. A typical sandwich from
one of these joints is usually smothered in fatty cheeses, high-calorie
sauces, and is served in super-sized portions, containing more than the
recommended daily allowance of fat for a healthy diet, all in one
sandwich! Add fries, soda, and a dessert and you have a meal that can
destroy your overall health and life expectancy. Is a meal-deal really a
worthwhile deal then?
To be fair,
fast food places aren’t the only culprits in creating the health crisis
that our nation is currently facing. The food manufacturers who supply
your local grocery stores with the foods you buy, prepare, and serve to
your family hold just as much culpability in the dangerously
deteriorated state of health of the average American today. The
over-processing and addition of ingredients that do not promote better
health by these food manufactures has played a significant role in the
poor health of many Americans.
Eating
foods that contain less artery-clogging fats, and are less-processed
with the addition of ingredients you don’t need, isn’t just an eating
plan for health nuts. Or if it is, and you want to live longer and
maintain good health throughout your lifetime, perhaps you should
consider becoming a health-nut yourself!
Sadly, the
ready availability of the foods that don’t truly provide the nutrition
the body needs for good health doesn’t just affect the health of adults.
Childhood obesity has become a problem of epidemic proportions that we
will all pay a heavy price for, and for a long time to come.
Obese
children can’t participate as well in the sports and activities played
by their peers. Heavy children are also often ostracized by their
thinner peers. Many obese children suffer from poor self-esteem, have
trouble making friends, are more prone to depressive and other emotional
disorders, and we haven’t even touched on the health threats that
obesity poses to children.
Childhood
obesity can cause juvenile diabetes, deformities in bone and joint
growth, compromised immune systems, and other health conditions. As
these children age, the risks of developing heart disease, high-blood
pressure, type II diabetes, and other health conditions increases. The
health care required to treat these conditions will cause health care
rates to sky-rocket, and deplete resources such as Social Security due
to the number of individuals who won’t be able to work because of these
health conditions. We will also pay a price in that we won’t have a
strong workforce available to compete on a global level.
Make the
proclamation of: "You Are What You Eat" a loud declaration of your
dedication to improving the health of you and your family by consuming
more of the foods that promote long, healthy lives and moving away from
the foods that don’t. Send a clear message to the fast-food chains and
food manufacturers that any food that doesn’t promote good health-isn’t
good enough for you and your family! Consumers carry a great deal of
"weight" in changing the foods made available for consumption, healthier
for all!
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