I think I have posted this video before - but it really deserves a second showing.
The 8th Annual Edition of "F as in Fat" report came out last month, and not one State had a decline in its obesity rates, while 16 states climbed even higher. In 7 States, the obesity rate has DOUBLED since 1995. In 10 other states, the obesity rates increased by 90% since '95! And 22 states saw increases of 80% ! What in the heck is going on. Why are we allowing ourselves to get so FAT?
And it's not just our waistlines that are increasing, it's also our rates of Diabetes, Heart Disease, Stroke, and Cancer. And the sicker we become, the higher our health care costs get. It has got to stop! We literally cannot afford to get sick!
Look around you. I bet you can name quite a few friends or family members who are either 1) sick or 2) so large it's only a matter of time before they get sick.
I have relatives who have Atherosclerosis, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Colon Cancer, and Diverticulitis. I have friends at work who have already had several heart attacks (and they're younger than I am). I used to be amazed at one Asian friend of mine who seemed to be able to eat anything he wanted - and stay so skinny! - until I found out his total cholesterol is over 400. My birth mother died from Cancer. My adopted mother died of Dementia. Every where I look I see Colon Cancer, Melanoma, Kidney Stones, Gall Stones, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Diabetes.............the list goes on and on. Just speaking with my bank rep the other day I find out her husband just had Chemo for Cancer.
You say these are hereditary diseases. Or it's just common now days - heck, we all get disease. It's a fact of growing old.
I say that is a belief. And a very false belief at that.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE DISEASES ARE CAUSED BY DIET!
Case in point - I am - for the most part Vegan. It is HARD being Vegan surrounded by work friends and relatives who are not. It is very, very easy to fall off the wagon - especially when your buddies constantly bring back Arbys, Carls Jr, or Burger King and you are addicted to junk food hamburgers like I am.
So about a month ago - both my wife and I fell off the wagon. Hard this time. We grilled cheeseburgers, and smoked sausage. We had Sirloins at Applebees (hey - 2 for $20!). Cheese Pizzas from Godfathers and Taco Bell once a week........
And we both gained at LEAST 10lbs in less than a month. Bam! Just like that. We felt horrible, not that we fell off the wagon - no I mean we literally FELT horribly bad! Our bodies were so messed up. We have since gone back to the Veggies - and I must say the plumbing is working just fine now thank you very much. The mandatory 2-3hr afternoon naps are gone. Our energy levels have skyrocketed. It's good to feel GOOD again! We never really noticed it before - but go off and come back on and you will. It is literally night and day different.
So Lo-Fat Vegan means - NO meat, NO dairy, NO oil (not even EVOO), NO processed crap foods.............just fruit, veggies, whole grains, and beans. But I will tell you, especially after last night - it is SO important to read those food labels. Here's why:
We were sitting down to a nice, homemade Vegan Lasagna last night, and I reached for a slice of bread. I've been buying this particular brand of bread for months and months now, because it is 100% whole wheat, and has no high fructose corn syrup in it. And it's fairly inexpensive. As I was reading the label, I ran across an ingredient I had never heard of before.............
Azodicarbonamide? What in the heck was that? And why was it in my bread? Turns out it helps the bread remain "spongy" and it's a flour bleaching agent. It's primary use is in foamed plastics - like those rubber mats we stand on. NICE! And what's more shocking - I found it in my Emergency Response Guidlines Book I got from class last week. It's highly flammable and requires SCBA if it's spilled! And it's in my bread?! And not just MY bread - but also in McDonalds, Burger King, Arbys, and KFC. And yes - your even Eating Fresh Azodicarbonamide at Subway too.
So what's the point of all my blabbering here?
We don't have to be fat people. We really don't.
We don't have to be sick either.
Or take pills, or have expensive hospital bills, or get Chemo, or any of the things that keeps our Medical / Pharmaceutical System one of the most profitable industries in America.
