Food & Diet – A Matter of Life and Death
Obesity has now become an epidemic in the United States and in most other nations who emulate the American way of life.
Ironically there has never been so many warnings about the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle and a diet laden with sugar, salt and fat.
Sales of processed food… cheap, tasty and convenient, have never been higher and there is little evidence that Americans intend changing their ways any time soon.
A particular shocking statistic is that a third of young children in the US are obese and many do little or no exercise.
The crazy thing is that although the majority of adults are overweight, they are at the same time undernourished!
How can this be?
Simply put, although we have easy access to an incredible array of high quality nutritious food, most make a deliberate choice not to eat healthily.
They prefer instead to gorge themselves on a suicidal diet of cheese, white bread, cola, pasteurized dairy products, pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs, French fried potatoes and a whole host of other poor quality snacks and beverages.
The tobacco industry is pilloried for selling a product that is a danger to public health … and rightly so.
But is not obesity in the same league as cigarettes when it comes to chronic ailments and quality of life?
Should not processed food manufacturers who cram their products with hydrogenated oil (to increase shelf life), e. numbers, mono-sodium glutamate, salt, sugar, fat and a whole host of chemicals and other life-threatening ingredients not also be subject to public scrutiny?
But in the face of such clear and present danger, why do most Americans choose not to eat sensibly?
A clear culprit is the food and drinks industry, with their pervasive multimillion dollar marketing campaigns … which encourage everyone to “enjoy life to the full” by eating their (unhealthy) products.
In addition, the leisure industry often promotes a sedentary lifestyle and the hectic work schedules of most people, allow little time to shop for and prepare healthy fresh food.
Poor nutrition and obesity effects everyone, either directly or indirectly. Less productivity at work and school, hyperactivity among children and adolescents, mood swings, heightened feelings of stress, isolation and insecurity.
With time the ravages of obesity predispose the typical adult to depression, diabetes and hypertension resulting in increased risk of death in all ages and in almost every ethnic and gender group.
A recent report by the U.S Surgeon General stated that 300,000 deaths annually are caused by or related to obesity. The incidence of diabetes alone has risen by a third since 1990 and treatment costs exceed $100 billion a year.
The illnesses caused by obesity lead to more lost workdays than any other single ailment and increase pharmaceutical and hospital expenditures to alleviate untreatable degenerative conditions.
Our nation’s leaders support the many medical reports that are regularly published and often call for a national effort to raise awareness of the dangers of obesity. For example the Healthy People (2010) initiative was warmly welcomed as a positive attempt by the federal government to stem the tide of overweight Americans. The plan proposed several steps to reduce many chronic diseases associated with poor diet and weight through the promotion of better health and good nutritional habits. Useful dietary guidelines were set and physical exercise was greatly encouraged.
But these noble objectives have had little impact on the overweight American public who continue to resist any attempts to change their eating habits. They prefer to have their ears tickled by the dieting industry who promise quick fixes through magic cures, pills, supplements, drinks and fad diet plans that simply don’t work or worse … are unsafe and dangerous. Then after a few failures, most people give up!
The crazy thing is though, that unlike many diseases the cure for obesity is widely known.
Studies involving thousands of participants have demonstrated time and again that the combination of a dramatic change in eating habits combined with regular daily exercise results in weight loss.
Some reports also indicate a 60% reduction in the chance of developing a chronic ailment such as diabetes.
This relatively simple solution however is not to the liking of the dieting industry.
They continue to bamboozle the public with a plethora of diet books and remedies that have created a complex and contradictory array of choices for those who are desperate to lose weight. The purpose of this web site is to present in a clear and understandable way, a perfectly rational, straightforward and sustainable health and wellness plan. If you give this program your complete commitment, there is absolutely no question that it will work for you.
Low Carb Dieting .net is a site that draws the best from world experts in the field of nutrition and obesity research.
It goes beyond the dietary guidelines set by the National Institute of Health and the American Heart Association.
The guidelines proposed by these bodies are designed for mass consumption and therefore only propose modest adjustments to our present eating habits. The proposals set out in this site, are designed for those who are looking for breakthrough results and are designed to excite and motivate you, as you witness wonderful results both in terms of weight reduction and health restoration.
We live in an age of “high-tech” medicine and surgery. But the most overlooked tool in our medical arsenal is harnessing the bodies own ability to heal through nutritional excellence. Applying nutritional science to our lives is easy to learn, compelling, practical and fun! You will find much of the information presented is common sense, backed up with scientifically supported solutions. For example you will have demonstrated that not all fats and carbohydrates are bad (as is often argued) but you will discover many animal proteins catalyse many detrimental side effects. There is a lot said about processed foods, in particular why we should avoid them. In contrast, the enormous benefits of eating fresh fruit and vegetables is strongly emphasized with convincing evidence presented to confirm the rich nutrients and phytochemicals that are available in such foods.
However, make no mistake, the information presented on this site will challenge you.
Scientific evidence will make it harder for you to ignore the long term impact of the typical American diet.
At the very least, a careful study of the material featured should be a wake up call, a call to action that now is the time to make significant changes in your life … before it is too late. Now is the time to take seriously your food and diet and give yourself the best possible chance to obtain optimal health and well-being.
