This is a continuation of a previously started post called “Hungry for Change“. It’s essentially a summary of a documentary film I recently watched, and I felt that it was important enough to spread the word about it. Picking up where my previous post left off, we’ll start with the Federal Drug Administration.
The FDA does NOT have their own scientists to conduct research. Yes, that’s right, the FDA, which is a regulatory agency, funds it’s studies with money provided by the manufacturing companies that want their products approved by the FDA. If that’s not a conflict of interest, I don’t know what is.
Take breakfast cereal as an example. You may think that you’re making a healthy choice by consuming Total Blueberry Pomegranite by General Mills. Would you be surprised to learn that it actually contains no blueberries and no pomegranites? Propylene glycol makes the bits taste like blueberries. Propylene glycol is also used to winterize RVs and clean out colons before a colonoscopy.
Process foods, like the one mentioned above, are some of the most unhealthy things you can put into your body. Unhealthy fats like soybean, canola, and corn oil are often used to flavor these foods. These partially hydrogenated fats are readily found in things like cookies, crackers, and margarines. Healthy fats, on the other hand, are things like avocados, salmon, and nuts.
High fructose corn syrup is another one to watch out for and is found in soft drinks and many beverages. It could be compared to putting jet fuel into your car – it’ll burn up your engine, as it will your body. While high fructose corn syrup comes from corn, a healthy vegetable, it’s so refined that it’s no longer good for you. An analogy could be made with coca leaves. Used medicinally, tea made from coca leaves (consumed by people in certain parts of the world) is perfectly healthy for you. But once the natural coca leaf is processed into cocaine, it’s obviously no longer good for you.
68% of U.S. adults are overweight or obese. Let’s focus on fat-free products for a minute and you will have a better understanding of why. Fat-free means loaded with sugar. What does this mean to the body? When large quantities of sugar are ingested, the pancreas must secrete insulin to break the sugar down. What’s so bad about this you’re thinking? Well, any excess insulin not used by the body ultimately ends up being stored as fat. So it’s not fat that makes you fat, it’s sugar. Check back soon for the final part of this ongoing series.
Your friendly health & fitness expert,
Melissa
OptimumCondition.com
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