"Obesity rates are up in 31 states... and none has gone down (the top 5 obese states are also in the top 10 poorest)" (NBC Nightly News 8/27/2007 - 171621)
And so we ask ourselves... why are we going obese? What the heck is the deal? Man has been dwelling on this planet for many many years and yet in the last 50 years he has become obese, along with his wife and kids.
It's not from lack of exercise, or eating too much, but most likely from food companies putting flavor-enhancing drugs into our foods! Studies now link these flavor-enhancing foods to obesity in lab animals. Could they be the cause of our OBESITY EPIDEMIC?
Here is a video with some answers...from Mercola.com
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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ABC's report on sweeteners and the food industry (MSG):
Why you do not want to eat processed foods:
Article at Mercola
What foods to avoid:
http://www.msgtruth.org/avoid.htm
I hope this information is helpful to America. We need to step up and take responsibility for what companies are putting into our foods and thus our bodies!
wow, that's pretty interesting. We should bike across America in an awareness campaign!!!
ReplyDeleteyeah! bike across america!!! this goes hand in hand with my healthy dixie campaign! thanks for the info bry
ReplyDeleteWow Brian ! This is such a good report that I think you could use it in a chemistry paper ! You presented it so it's easy to understand.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. We used to grow our own food and eat the food we grew, and grind our own wheat & bake our own bread. We were slim. Hmmmm