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I
read an article in the newspaper the other
day and I started to laugh, though the
article was not meant to be humorous.
"Why are so many people fat?"
was the opening sentence, and a valid
question given the state of prevailing
corpulence in our society. The article
in question stated 10 reasons for obesity
(poor diet and lack of exercise excluded)
as follows:
1.
Inadequate sleep
2. Endocrine disruptors in food
3. Lack of sweat and shivering due to
temperature controlled environments
4. Fewer people smoking. (Less appetite
suppression.)
5. Certain medications
6. More middle-agers and Latinos (propensity
to higher weight gain)
7. Older birth mothers and heavier children
8. Genetic influence during pregnancy
9. Natural selection-fat people out survive
skinny people.
10. Fat people procreate with fat people
creating fatter children
Diminishing
the role that the quality and quantity
of food plays in obesity is akin to saying
adequate oxygen is not the only requirement
for breathing. The article switches the
focus and the personal responsibility
of the individual for the extra added,
unhealthy pounds that may accumulate over
time. This is just one more example of
justifying the demise of our national
nutrition standards and encouraging the
misinformation and manipulative marketing
of unhealthy sugar-laden foods served
to the public via packaged and fast food
consumption. What we put in our mouths
has a direct correlation to our fat ratio
and insulin resistance. "You are
what you eat" no matter how old your
mother was when she gave birth to you.
A
paragraph in the article cited that although
no food or beverage makers funded the
article the researchers consult for such
companies. This is another example of
how manipulated the information we receive
through the news media can be. Do we really
think they are looking out for our health
and well being, or for their personal
monetary interests?
We
must all take personal responsibility
for the way we care for ourselves physically
and emotionally. We all have an innate
intelligence that will guide us and it
is sometimes called plain old common sense.
I urge you to read, to think and act with
purpose and intention and not be fooled
by big business trying to boost falling
fast food sales in the light of a new
consciousness that is gathering momentum.
In good health,
Rick Wagner
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Coffee
consumption
A World Almanac Book of Records Fact
According to the National Coffee Association,
almost 80% of American adults drink coffee
at least on occasion, and more than half
drink it every day. The Finnish consume
the most coffee per capita though, averaging
24.7 pounds a year between 2000 and 2003;
almost 95% of Finnish adults drink coffee.
Humans
have been drinking coffee for over 1,000
years, ever since Arab traders brought
back beans from Ethiopia and brewed the
first cups of Joe. In the 21st century,
with Starbucks franchises mushrooming
all over America and the globe, it is
clear that humans’ reliance on a
morning pick-me-up is stronger than ever.
Caffeine, a chemical that occurs naturally
in coffee beans, is responsible for the
drink’s energizing effects. A central
nervous system (CNS) stimulant, caffeine
has long been suspected of carrying health
risks, especially for heart disease and
blood pressure, but past studies of caffeine’s
effect on blood pressure and heart attack
have been contradictory and inconclusive.
Recently, a study in the March 8, 2006
issue of the Journal of the American
Medical Association (JAMA) presented
a new twist on the question of coffee's
risk, which may help explain the contradictions
seen in the past. Apparently, the way
that caffeine is handled in the body differs
significantly between individuals, depending
on their genetic makeup. Whether or not
coffee harms your heart, the researchers
conclude, depends on your DNA.
Milk from a higher
source
There
is a new milk source on the horizon that
is has 10 times the iron and a high vitamin
B content, and is lower in saturated fats
than cows milk, not to mention enzymes
that could be beneficial in fighting diseases
such as Alzheimers, Cancer and Hepatitis
B. The downside is that it is more expensive
and has an acquired taste.
This
milk source is from camels. Anyone for
camelburt
cheese?
In
The News: Camels'
milk could hit UK shelves (from BBCNews)
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