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You see, we people of color don’t have access to Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s. Not because we would loot and rob the place, but because said stores are racist. And this food desert results in people of color only having access to McDonald’s and Taco Bell, if we haven’t burned it down yet.
As far as exercise goes, gyms are racist because they know people of color can’t afford membership fees or the time to go to a gym.
Bottom line: it’s always a white persons fault.
Now, now, now...
We know it's not that. We know it's because blacks are lazy by nature.
Much of the food we eat has been chemically recreated into something that tastes good. High fructose corn syrup and it’s many derivatives are in EVERYTHING. Even our grain is genetically modified.
We eat more of this crap food because our lifestyles are incredibly hectic, and preparing nutritious food is time-consuming.
Crap food also tends to cost far less than fresh healthful choices.
We exercise less and have been convinced that life outside our front door is dangerous for our children, so they no longer roam the neighborhood and burn calories the way they used to.
This isn’t an easy problem to fix, and it won’t be fixed by belittling and shaming people. We’ve been conditioned for many decades now. Change will come slowly as well.
My mum was a native Hawaiian who didn’t consume any dairy. She shopped the outer walls of the grocery store where fresh food is kept. We grew up thin and healthy. Most kids in my era (70’s) were thin. We used to eat at McDonalds maybe once a month, and it was happy time for us. A single cheeseburger, small fries, and an 8 ounce soda. Look at what is now touted as a “meal” from McDonalds.
It’s really startling how large our waists have become. Even Asia is beginning to see chubby teenagers. Crazy.
Much of the food we eat has been chemically recreated into something that tastes good. High fructose corn syrup and it’s many derivatives are in EVERYTHING. Even our grain is genetically modified.
We eat more of this crap food because our lifestyles are incredibly hectic, and preparing nutritious food is time-consuming.
Crap food also tends to cost far less than fresh healthful choices.
We exercise less and have been convinced that life outside our front door is dangerous for our children, so they no longer roam the neighborhood and burn calories the way they used to.
This isn’t an easy problem to fix, and it won’t be fixed by belittling and shaming people. We’ve been conditioned for many decades now. Change will come slowly as well.
My mum was a native Hawaiian who didn’t consume any dairy. She shopped the outer walls of the grocery store where fresh food is kept. We grew up thin and healthy. Most kids in my era (70’s) were thin. We used to eat at McDonalds maybe once a month, and it was happy time for us. A single cheeseburger, small fries, and an 8 ounce soda. Look at what is now touted as a “meal” from McDonalds.
It’s really startling how large our waists have become. Even Asia is beginning to see chubby teenagers. Crazy.
Looking it up, the most obese places in the world now are the south pacific island nations. The "westernization" of their diets has come with great consequence.
I believe among the heaviest people in the USA are the Popago Tribe of Arizona. They basically went from subsistence diet to full on fatty/sugary diet in about three generations and they are plagued with dietary induced illness.
1)Food is cheaper, options more plentiful.
2)Less people cook, and eat out. Restaurants serve high calorie options because it tastes good, and people are happier when full.
3)It's more acceptable to be fat - standards on what is healthy keeps shifting as fatter. Standards on what constitutes gross keeps shifting fatter.
4)People are more sedentary.
Looking it up, the most obese places in the world now are the south pacific island nations. The "westernization" of their diets has come with great consequence.
I believe among the heaviest people in the USA are the Popago Tribe of Arizona. They basically went from subsistence diet to full on fatty/sugary diet in about three generations and they are plagued with dietary induced illness.
That has been true for the last 50 or so years. They were genetically selected for storing mass, as the way they got to those islands was being on a tiny boat for months without a lot of food. When modernization came to those islands, food was cheap, they became fat too.
Looking it up, the most obese places in the world now are the south pacific island nations. The "westernization" of their diets has come with great consequence.
I believe among the heaviest people in the USA are the Popago Tribe of Arizona. They basically went from subsistence diet to full on fatty/sugary diet in about three generations and they are plagued with dietary induced illness.
My people (I’m Hawaiian) like Asians and indigenous Americans, have metabolisms that don’t process dairy well. Asians tend to avoid dairy entirely, but we mack out on it. It makes us faaat. Additionally, starches are way too large a part of the Hawaiian diet (read: rice). Same with native Americans. It causes diabetes. Our bodies just weren’t meant for the diet that we eat.
The point of the article is to show that it's mainly processed fats/oils and excessive calories that cause obesity. Not sugar and carbs.
If that's the case, whoever put that up is absolutely terrible at conveying their ideas.
It's slow today. I may dig into this to see who's behind it, and what their affiliations are. Ten bucks says it's being pushed by someone or some organization which is at odds with the soybean industry for some reason.
A bunch of nonsense. I am a "working mother" and it's called meal planning. With instant pots, slow cookers and air fryers (available at thrift stores) it has never been easier to make a quick healthy meal.
Agree.
My mom usually worked outside the home, and she cooked a healthy meal every single night. She was all about nutrition (back in the 70s and 80s), long before it became more fashionable.
I was a working mother once my kids were a little older, and I cooked dinner most nights. Healthy doesn't have to be elaborate; in fact, it tends to be simpler.
I eat well. If it wasn't for beer I'd look like Vic Tanny.
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