If you are reading this, there is a huge chance that you are fat. (No pun intended). If it’s any consolation, over two thirds of adult Americans are overweight or clinically obese. Welcome to the club, the snacks are over there.
One of the strangest things in modern history is that the more developed and well off a country gets, the fatter it’s people become. Most people in most of the developed nations today have a few extra pounds on them, to say the least.
Before we start figuring out what to do about it, we should figure out why so many people are so fat. Certainly people a hundred years ago weren’t fat, so what happened?
For starters, we don’t need to put in too much physical labor to earn a living. Unless you are a lumberjack or something, and chop down trees for a living, you probably sit at a desk. And when was the last time you did fifty sit ups first thing in the morning? It’s no secret that people don’t get enough exercise.
Another obvious, or maybe not so obvious reason, is the stuff we put in our mouths every day. Most of it is processed, filled with chemicals and mass produced. Which makes sense. Lots of the food we eat comes from all over the world. If they didn’t put all those preservatives in there, it wouldn’t last as long, and it would be much more expensive.
And supposing you head outside for a bite to eat, which is more common, fresh fruit and vegetable stands everywhere, or the golden arches? Yep. And these places are filled with the least nutritious, most fatty foods you can imagine.
And if you are ever hungry, and you go shopping, where are you more likely to head, the cucumber section, or the frozen food microwave section? Or that section of most supermarkets today where they have food that is just as bad as fast food, but smells so good?
Another reason, one that isn’t talked about too much is that all those big companies that make all this processed food may actually want you to stay fat. The more we eat that junk, the harder it is to resist. And the more money they make.
There is a growing suspicion that this whole mess we live in was carefully designed by those that want to take advantage of our natural tendency to eat delicious food, just so they could make a profit. I don’t know if that’s true, but they sure are making a profit.
So what do we do? Try and exercise. Try and stay away from fast and processed food. Turn off your TV. Go for a walk. It might be difficult at first, but when you realize your life depends on it, it gets easier.
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