Posted on 09/23/2019 11:40:08 AM PDT by fireman15
How is it that ever since the government began telling us what to eat, we have gotten fatter and sicker?
In 1977, when the government first set dietary guidelines, the average American male weighed 170 pounds. He now weighs 197. It’s not any better for women —145 to 170. And you don’t need an academic study to know the same thing is happening to kids. Just look around.
The weight gain has real-life consequences: the percentage of Americans diagnosed with type 2 diabetes—a condition that can lead to severe medical issues—has risen from 2% in 1977 to over 9% in 2015. In hard numbers, that’s five million people to over 30 million people.
How did this happen?
It all started innocently enough in the 1950s, when President Dwight Eisenhower had a heart attack while in office. Suddenly, the issue of heart health became a national obsession.
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But I think the worst thing that people can do is restrict or eliminate entire food groups from their diet. We have an amazing gut "biome" (bacteria) and when you eliminate food groups from your diet the associated bacteria dies out and can be hard to get reestablished. I believe in the diversity diet get as much variety in your diet as you can for the best health. And the best food you can eat probably comes straight from your own garden or fresh produce department and butcher shop.
I’m trying to make a batch of bone broth every week — for drinking and for meal preparation.
I also make fermented foods (pro-biotics).
Trying to cut way back on carbs.
Trying to emphasize animal fats (lard, etc.) and pretein.
I feel better and I’m losing weight.
No. No, I made me fat.
I built that myself.
The government told people (still does) that certain nutritionally poor choices are actually good nutrition. And people followed that advice. It's not just about soft drinks, candy and processed food.
Are they fat because they are inactive, or inactive because they are fat? It's not quite as obvious as it may seem. In any case, you can't exercise your way out of a bad diet.
The Food Pyramid, which is bad nutrition advice, was published in 1992.
Since 1977 people walk and smoke less.
KETO works for me.
There’s a great documentary called “The Men Who Made Us Fat.” It’s available on youtube. It starts with Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz who wanted to make use of the excess corn - and we ended up with fructose. This also led to a price drop in sweeteners, so soft drinks became cheaper and serving sizes larger. Also a good bit on the politics in science. The evidence was that sugars, not fat, caused obesity. But the sugar lobby won out (and scientists who said sugar was to blame were ridiculed and mocked) and Congress changed their food recommendations. Fats were taken out of pre-made products, but to make the taste palatable they had to add sugar.
People think if they are eating something healthy like yogurt it is good for them and won’t cause weight gain. But they won’t eat the yogurt unless it has candy, Oreos, brownies and a glob of sugar mixed in with it.
Beer made me fat.
Stopping beer drinking made me not fat
The USDA RDA of carbs is insane. You should be keeping them south of 100 a day. Preferably south of 50.
Sounds like you’re on the right track! I found that fermenting is really easy. It will preserve some of your garden veggies for several months and give you lots of good pro-biotics.
I’ve been taking my tomatoes that never ripen due to the colder weather and ferment them! they are great.
Sounds like a good watch. Thanks for the good break down of the show.
That doesn’t explain the fat women who order a sack of burgers and fries, then wash it down with a diet drink.
Fat is made only One way in your body... By Insulin
Carbs trigger Insulin release (Proteins too but very small amount)
Saturated Fat does not trigger Insulin release at all
Those folks on the Crispy Creme Diet (High Carb, Low Fat) are still searching for the Essential Carb because they are in denial, they are addicted to Sugar aka Carbohydrates
I am not a Dr and I didn’t spend a night in the famous Hotel, I just know what I know by experience and research
Being “HUGE” has nothing to do with ‘what’ one eats, but more to do with ‘how much’.
I am amazed at the size of adults I see every day, but especially those in the medical workplaces. Men, women of all races. 300 pounds is becoming ‘average’.
Fast food is cheap and convenient. Less waste than leftover home cooking. I suspect few people cook from scratch - except for special occasions.
The government didn’t make anyone fat.
I’m not reading beyond that.
When President Eisenhower had his heart attack in 1955 the era of American fast food chains hadn’t begun. Hamburger stands were local. Cokes were sold in 6 oz glass bottles and used cane sugar rather than high fructose corn syrup.
Somehow I think that the science of mass fast food merchandising and larger portion sizes plays a role in what’s happened over the years.
****The government didn’t make anyone fat.****
Excellent!
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