America's Weight Problem

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America's Weight Problem

 

The medical community, the scientific community, the psychologists,

have all given many expert solutions to America's Weight

Problems. But none seem to be working. In the last three decades,

the number of overweight young Americans has tripled, with no sign

the trend is abating. The latest estimates for American adults

indicates that more than half of American adults (about two-third)

are overweight.

 

According to Obesity Research journal (January, 2004), obesity did

cost the United States about $75 billion in 2003. Taxpayers footed

about half the bill through Medicare and Medicaid programs, costing

each up to $200 per taxpayer. Obesity contributes to a number of

chronic medical conditions, including type 2 diabetes,

cardiovascular disease, various types of cancer and osteoarthritis.

It's very clear: Obesity is increasing and we have all the

diseases that are associated with it . .

 

Genetics, while important, is just one piece of a larger

physiological and psychological puzzle. The other piece of puzzle is

low physical activity but high consumption of high calorie foods.

Our lives have become sedentary, with more hours spent in front of a

television or computer than at play or doing physically exerting

work. We are used to the convenience of processed foods.

 

Although we have not been able to abate the weight problem, but we

have learned what is good for us to control weight. We have learnt

that dieting does not work. We're conscious about eating more

healthfully. We're choosing low-calorie and reduced-fat foods and

beverages. We're paying attention to nutrition labels. However, we

are still not exercising enough. We " snack too much, " " eat too many

high-fat foods, " " too often binge on favorite foods, " " often overeat

at meal-times " and " often eat for emotional reasons. "

 

Now low carbs (carbohydrates) ads are popping up, and sale for

breads is going down. We are puzzled. Until miracle happens follow

common sense approach to take a walk, and add more fruits and

vegetables in your diet. Pick up a good book, if you don't have

any yet. For quick start you can try this downloadable edition that

provides all the solutions that nutrition can provide to control

weight and to treat common health problems ( " A NEW LOOK AT

VEGETARIANISM: It's positive Effects on Health and Disease

Control. " ).

 

We want to draw your attention to another reason that may be adding

to our weight problem. See for yourself, if it makes any sense:

 

The animals raised for food are made to grow faster and bigger in

modern farms. Of all the antibiotics administered in the US to

people or farm animals, farm animals receive over 95% of them--not

so much to treat infection, but to make the animals grow faster on

less feed. Some of these chemicals are likely to end up with those

who eat meat of these animals.

 

Factory-farmed animals contain as much as 30 times more saturated

fat than yesterday's free-range, pasture-raised animals. About 98%

of all milk in the US is produced using factory methods. Part of

factory life for a cow includes dangerous levels of drugs

administered to boost milk output. Due to selective breeding, cows

already produce at least two and a half times the amount of milk of

yesterday's pastured counterpart. Then, as of February, 1994,

farmers were given the go-ahead to use the genetically engineered

hormone Bovine Somatotropin (BST) on their herds. Designed to boost

milk output by an additional 15 percent, milk per cow statistics are

already showing the effects nationwide. Fattier animal meat

consumption or drug administered high milk yield means fattier

consumer.

 

The number of chickens raised worldwide for human consumption is

over 17.2 billion. Chicken feed is routinely laced with

antibiotics, sulfa drugs and other chemical substances. Only by

maintaining the birds on drugs, a practice which began about mid-

twentieth century, is agribusiness allowed the luxury and efficiency

of massive flocks and intensive confinement. Today's medicated feed

also pumps out market weight birds in half the time from two-thirds

the feed of 50 years ago. Why should it surprise, if part of these

chemicals in meat consumption affect human growth and weight leading

to modern day weight problems!

 

Becoming a vegetarian is the most sensible way to handle the weight

problem till we find a miraculously better way.

 

dr. DLN

 

This information is taken from a book " A NEW LOOK AT VEGETARIANISM:

It's positive Effects on Health and Disease Control. "

http://napublishing.com/learn_earn.html#guidelist

http://napublishing.com/new_look_veg.html

 

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