Do you count yourself among the millions of Americans who have tried everything in regards to losing weight, but continuously find yourself in the same place you started? Ads and movies and magazine covers tell us it is easy to attain a perfect body. Why then is our country’s population more obese than ever before?
We blame ourselves for lack of willpower and discipline, dishing an unhealthy serving of guilt on top our ice-cream in front of the TV. The truth is you can let yourself off the hook a little. You can let yourself off the hook more than a little! The truth is that we live in a society which is designed to promote and encourage obesity and unhealthy choices.
The American food supply is grossly out of sync with the healthy lifestyle we are all trying so hard to attain. The American food supply shoulders most of the blame for the situation our country finds itself in. Our grocery stores are stocked to the ceiling with processed, nutrient barren foods, and drinks full of sugar and chemical additives. Because these unhealthy options contain no real food nor do they offer any real nutrients, they are cheap to make, they are cheap to buy, and healthy foods seem like an extravagance in comparison.
The fast food industry has completely taken over lunch breaks. The work environment often offers us no more time than it takes to swing through a drive-through and eat a value meal in the parking lot before it is time to clock back in. Those mindful of money are forced to go where prices are cheapest, which also leads them straight though a drive-through. For our money, we are receiving little more than high doses of fat in super sized meals which slog us down with more calories than your body could possibly use.
Many of us have been following this routine so long that our stomachs have stretched far past their normal sizes and we must eat more to feel full. The intake of processed foods instead of real whole foods confuses our bodies' natural balance and traps us in fat-storing mode.
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