Advances In Food Are Keeping Us Fat
Every day people exercise, and think they are eating right. Their results, they remain overweight and their health remains in decline. I am a person that struggles with weight loss. Like many of you, I have added a serious exercise regime to my life, and try to make smarter food choices. In the time I have been doing this, I have been cycling more than 20 kilometers a day, through paths up and down hills, and have worked hard. I eat while wheat breads, whole grain pastas, meat, vegetables and do my best to refrain from eating on the fly. What I have noticed is that there is very little reduction in weight. As an overweight person, the amount of activity I am doing should have brought a drastic jump start to my weight loss. This has not happened and it poses a question.
What is in our food that is keeping us fat? I am not a scientist, nor am I an expert on nutrition. The reality is though, if we make intelligent choices, eat often and light, then weight should come off. I see this NOT happening for many people, and this is strange to me. I have a belief that the amount of sugar and filler used to replace the actual good ingredients to reduce costs for companies are the problem. This cost cutting measure is not only unethical, it is unfair. We as consumers stand no chance against these odds. If a food claims to be a whole food, I think it is a reasonable expectation for it to be whole.
This begs another question. If whole foods have less stuff done to them, why are they so much more expensive? Yes that's right, slap the word organic on it and it poof, you pay double or triple the regular price. As a consumer this makes no sense. They throw around words like supply vs demand, and smaller yields for organics means higher prices. This is infuriating as the government keeps stating we need to be healthier, and then provides no way to be healthier. I am not asking the government to intervene. I am just stating that improvements in food quality, and lower prices would provide better health. This in turn could provide less expense for hospitals and less burden on the health care system. Thereby allowing for a better health care system.
I am just one man, concerned about the quality of the so called healthy foods we eat. These foods are not exactly what they are cracked up to be. I believe it is in our best interest to be more diligent and possibly demand a push back to wholesome food.
Paul Harvie is an expert Blogger and writer. Working as a Paramedic in the city where he lives he sees the havoc that food has played on so many people. Though his blog is about network marketing, he has a passion for weight loss and good health. Amongst his pages you will find good advice for network marketers and a health centered opportunity for you to look at that deals with the natural relief of pain.
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