God gave us these amazing bodies that we need to take care of so we can do His will and work on the earth. Without good health, its hard to keep a positive attitude and show the love of Jesus Christ to others, to keep a clear, focused, and right mind, and to have sufficient energy to help others in need.
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What can we do as Americans to break our addiction to processed & fast foods? What can we do as a country to stop the food companies from putting addictive additives and poisons into our foods like MSG, Aspartame, and "Artifical & natural flavor"?
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1 Taxidermied Atheati $ // Jul 13, 2008
Actually Australia just passed America by leaps and bounds for the fattest country award
2 Master Sarcasto // Jul 13, 2008
We're like dogs. We eat whatever comes our way. If we get an opportunity to be lazy, we sit our fat asses in front of a TV and have the picture-tube do the thinking for us. That's how most Americans form their opinions, which would be funny if it weren't the disgusting tragic truth. We are the ultimate consumers, and we have an incredible ability to ignore the obvious problems our lifestyle causes on our bodies.
I'm skinny, but that's just because I have a killer metabolism.
3 creepypope // Jul 13, 2008
It would help us all immensely if we learned critical thinking in general. It would help us to examine our diet without assuming that "if they sell it, it must be okay." To accomplish this, we need to stop ruining the minds of our children with indoctrination into fantastical religions. Yes, they are handicapped permenantly by Sunday school, and it ultimately leads to heart disease through fast food poisoning.
4 sam // Jul 13, 2008
Learn the phrase EVERYTHING IN MODERATION!
5 D.L. Miller // Jul 13, 2008
It's not just our diets; it's reliance on technology. We don't get a lot of the exercize that our ancestors did because we have computers and automated machines doing almost everything that used to require physical labor. Technology has made us lazy and that is the main reason that there is such a problem with obesity lately
6 Kevin S // Jul 13, 2008
You're right.
I blame fundamentalist Christians for this problem.
7 lvb2555 // Jul 13, 2008
I think that the rise of depression is because of the way industrialized society manifested itself, and because of the way capitalism works.
Before industrialization, people worked for themselves. Coopers, Woodworkers, Metalsmiths, weavers, farmers, innkeepers. If there was a product there was a profession that involved making it. They worked at a craft, and they enjoyed what they did.
People don't have that satisfaction much anymore. You always work for the benefit of others now. The elite class controls the working class. Factories, where you spend all day doing one small task 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. There's no satisfaction. Wake up, Work, Home, Eat, Sleep. Wake up, Work, Home, Eat Sleep. Over and over. Very few people manage small businesses or find a career they are truly happy in, and usually only after a college education, which costs so much many people are in debt for 20 years after they finish.
It's a requirement of society that the majority must shove aside any personal goals just to survive. Who else would work the sewers? Or do the hard manual labor? If everyone acheived their dreams, without these people forced to do unpleasant jobs that make civilized life possible, the economic structure of the country would collapse.
Obesity is indeed because of fast food. And that's due to conveinance, and price. It's cheap and quick, and people can quickly return to the hussle and bustle of modern society, so it's a common alternative. Why slave over a stove for an hour or two when you can get a meal in 5 minutes or less?. It's a horrible way to live, and I often find myself thinking, Yes, technology is nice, enjoyable, entertaining, but I can't help but feel that pre-industrialized society, while being harder, might be more satisfying way of life.
8 momosix // Jul 13, 2008
Healthy food is much more expensive than unhealthy food.
Fruits, vegetables, organic foods, vegetarian foods are much more expensive than junk food and processed meat. We like to eat healthy, my one daughter is a vegetarian - I'm considering it - but being below poverty level - buying all of the healthiest choices would mean that we wouldn't have enough food to last the month…(unless we live on pasta…)
The nation needs to put health first above everything. If you don't have healthy citizens, then you have people who can't be educated to their fullest potential and a poor military, etc. etc. Health must come first.
Maybe off topic, but I think there is too much political influence in the governments definition of healthy food.
Our addiction is based on convenience and cost. I love our country, but capitalism is pretty much based on greed. Making money is the name of the game…and likely at the expense of others..
Then there's freedom of choice - not everyone feels it's the same priority and that certain additives are that harmful..most are only harmful if used in extreme - not harmful if used lightly or in moderation.
Many additives are necessary to preserve foods too…
I'd say educating consumers is important…but I think our "education" if often one-sided or politically or commercially influenced.
Hmm that's all I can think of for now.
Once we put people before money maybe we'll do a better job.