Written by Linda Mains
When I was a kid, I don't remember ever seeing, as many over-weight Americans, as I do now. Why are Americans, becoming overweight? Well I have a few views on this deep thought moment. The first reason might be because...so many of us, are staying up, later and later at night. A lot of peoples metabolism, slow down at night. At least thats what I was told. It was told to me by my dietitian. She also told me; that if you don't get at least 8 hours of sleep, every night. You're going to start gaining a lot of weight. My second reason, is kids are starting to eat a lot more junk food, right out of the starting gate in America. Now my mother is from Central America. She didn't want me to get fat when I was a child. So she hid the Ding-Dong's from me. But...ha,ha...I always found them.
Here's the statistics for you, about how many Americans in this country, are morbidly Obese.
OK, so now that I've started, this really touchy subject. Obese people, don't like being reminded, of even being over weight. I've personally been touched by this subject. A subject, which has followed me, for most of my life. My father was morbidly obese, when I was a young-child. It was dramatic for me...watching people; laughing and making fun of my father. Plus...I personally have had issues, with my own weight. Especially after the birth of my only child. I just put on the pounds! Also a porn star I once knew, was himself morbidly obese, at one time in his life. Of course, that was year's before, he became a Porn Star. He then went on to become a sex-symbol, after losing all that weight. OK, my 3rd reason, for people becoming obese is, because...of emotional-eating. My father and I both have done this. Maybe you've done this yourself? I know I have! It's when you'll find the most comfort coming from eating. I personally have known a lot of people who eat this way. My 4th reason that I believe, people put on all those extra pounds. Is simply because of all that late night eating they're doing...but, "who hasn't done it?"
This is the list of statistics, about what types of diseases, people get from being obese.
Those where just a few of the diseases that people can get from being obese. Why? Because...our government is Allowing greedy corporations, to pump hormones and cheap feed into corporately-farm raised, beef, poultry, and pork! It's just not right party people! I've been told,it's been said, that we are what we eat. We're becoming like our herds...obese! I also understand that company's need to make a profit, but...at what cost? Why are these corporations financial-margins, more important than America's health? Those animals on those corporate-farms, are unhealthy, simply because...of all the cheap crap that they're eating. Or...are being injected with, those injections are called hormones and antibiotics, and they're effecting America's overall health in a really bad way.
I'm glad that Mrs. Obama is making childhood obesity, one of her main goals in attempting to change. No child should ever have to go threw the heartbreak, bullying or...name-calling, which happens because of obesity. Obesity is a disease, that's just as destructive as any addiction or...any cancer, and should be treated as such. Plus...obese children, die earlier than their piers. Does anyone remember in the movie Bad-Santa; when Willie told the kid he lived with, after some street kids gave him the beat down, to be a man? The only reason, that the Kid received that beat down and bullying in the first place, was because...he was fat. America's kids and adults are becoming fatter. How is our society treating the obese? Our society is becoming less compassionate towards them.
Here's the dialog from Bad Santa;
(C)Willie: Jesus, kid. When I was your age, I didn't need no f-ing gorilla. And I wasn't as big as one of your legs. Four kids beat me up one time and I went crying home to my daddy. You know what he did?
(C)Kid: He made it all better?
(C)Willie: No, he kicked my ass. You know why?
(C)Kid: Because you went to the bathroom on mommy's dishes?
Willie: What the F***? No!
(C)Kid: He tried to teach you not to cry and be a man?
(C)Willie: No. It's because he was a mean, drunk, son of a bitch! And when he wasn't busy busting my ass, he was putting cigarettes out on my neck. The world ain't fair kid. You've gotta take what you need, when you can get it. You've gotta learn to stand up for yourself. You have to stop being a pussy and kick these kids in the balls or something.
[the kid stares at Santa]
(C)Willie: Or don't. Shit. I don't care. Just leave me the hell out of it.
Kid: Okay. Thanks Santa.
Now here's whats really going on when cows, chickens, and pigs are fed cheap food. It's just cruel to those animals, and to ourselves and to humanity. To treat our life-stock in America cruelly. By keeping them crushed together in pens that are too small. Or...by feeding them things which they can't digest.
Here's some more info for you, about our heard animals.
(B)"Farm animals, like humans, are healthiest when they eat certain foods. Cows, have stomachs that are designed to digest grass. Pigs can digest grass, corn, grains, soy and other plants. Chickens and turkeys can eat plants as well as bugs and worms found on the pasture. When animals are fed conventional (or industrial) feed, which can include animal products, antibiotics, and other unnatural substances such as chewing gum and chicken manure, their health is put in jeopardy. And when an animal is unhealthy, the meat and other products made from it will also be less healthy.
(B)Because factory farms are profit-driven, these operations use the cheapest feed available to fatten up their animals, with no regard to animal health or the health of humans who eat their products. Some of the unwholesome products that can be found in farm animal feed are meat from animals of other or the same species, meat from diseased animals, bits of feathers, hair, skin, hooves, blood, manure and other animal waste, plastics, antibiotics and unhealthy amounts of grain.
(B)When industrial animal factories force cows, chickens and pigs to live on grain, garbage and by-products, they threaten our food supply by creating constant and unnecessary sickness in their herds. But rather than provide these animals with more sanitary living conditions or a proper diet, these operations simply feed their cows a steady stream of antibiotics.
(B)This gigantic waste recycling program which turns garbage and grain into meat and dairy products saves corporations money which they then “pass on to consumers” in the form of low prices. In the long run, they are also passing on a host of medical, economic and environmental threats, which we pay for with our health, our taxes and our quality of life."
Look, I understand that America, needs cheap food! But does this have to cost millions of people their health and lives? I've already lost a couple of friends to obesity. I really don't feel like losing any more. So if you feel the same way. Please party people, try modifying your diet, and try eating free-ranged farm animals. Along with there milk, and milk by products. You'll probably live a lot longer if you do! Peace out...
(A)http://www.annecollins.com/obesity/statistics-obesity.htm
(B)http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/feed/
(C)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307987/quotes
When I was a kid, I don't remember ever seeing, as many over-weight Americans, as I do now. Why are Americans, becoming overweight? Well I have a few views on this deep thought moment. The first reason might be because...so many of us, are staying up, later and later at night. A lot of peoples metabolism, slow down at night. At least thats what I was told. It was told to me by my dietitian. She also told me; that if you don't get at least 8 hours of sleep, every night. You're going to start gaining a lot of weight. My second reason, is kids are starting to eat a lot more junk food, right out of the starting gate in America. Now my mother is from Central America. She didn't want me to get fat when I was a child. So she hid the Ding-Dong's from me. But...ha,ha...I always found them.
Here's the statistics for you, about how many Americans in this country, are morbidly Obese.
- (A)"58 Million Overweight; 40 Million Obese; 3 Million morbidly Obese. Eight out of 10 over 25's Overweight
- (A)78% of Americans not meeting basic activity level recommendations
- (A)25% completely Sedentary
- (A)76% increase in Type II diabetes in adults 30-40 yrs old since 1990
OK, so now that I've started, this really touchy subject. Obese people, don't like being reminded, of even being over weight. I've personally been touched by this subject. A subject, which has followed me, for most of my life. My father was morbidly obese, when I was a young-child. It was dramatic for me...watching people; laughing and making fun of my father. Plus...I personally have had issues, with my own weight. Especially after the birth of my only child. I just put on the pounds! Also a porn star I once knew, was himself morbidly obese, at one time in his life. Of course, that was year's before, he became a Porn Star. He then went on to become a sex-symbol, after losing all that weight. OK, my 3rd reason, for people becoming obese is, because...of emotional-eating. My father and I both have done this. Maybe you've done this yourself? I know I have! It's when you'll find the most comfort coming from eating. I personally have known a lot of people who eat this way. My 4th reason that I believe, people put on all those extra pounds. Is simply because of all that late night eating they're doing...but, "who hasn't done it?"
This is the list of statistics, about what types of diseases, people get from being obese.
- (A)80% of type II diabetes related to obesity
- (A)70% of Cardiovascular disease related to obesity
- (A)42% breast and colon cancer diagnosed among obese individuals
- (A)30% of gall bladder surgery related to obesity
- (A)26% of obese people having high blood pressure
- (A)Between 8% - 45% of newly diagnosed cases of childhood diabetes are type II, associated with obesity."
Those where just a few of the diseases that people can get from being obese. Why? Because...our government is Allowing greedy corporations, to pump hormones and cheap feed into corporately-farm raised, beef, poultry, and pork! It's just not right party people! I've been told,it's been said, that we are what we eat. We're becoming like our herds...obese! I also understand that company's need to make a profit, but...at what cost? Why are these corporations financial-margins, more important than America's health? Those animals on those corporate-farms, are unhealthy, simply because...of all the cheap crap that they're eating. Or...are being injected with, those injections are called hormones and antibiotics, and they're effecting America's overall health in a really bad way.
I'm glad that Mrs. Obama is making childhood obesity, one of her main goals in attempting to change. No child should ever have to go threw the heartbreak, bullying or...name-calling, which happens because of obesity. Obesity is a disease, that's just as destructive as any addiction or...any cancer, and should be treated as such. Plus...obese children, die earlier than their piers. Does anyone remember in the movie Bad-Santa; when Willie told the kid he lived with, after some street kids gave him the beat down, to be a man? The only reason, that the Kid received that beat down and bullying in the first place, was because...he was fat. America's kids and adults are becoming fatter. How is our society treating the obese? Our society is becoming less compassionate towards them.
Here's the dialog from Bad Santa;
(C)Willie: Jesus, kid. When I was your age, I didn't need no f-ing gorilla. And I wasn't as big as one of your legs. Four kids beat me up one time and I went crying home to my daddy. You know what he did?
(C)Kid: He made it all better?
(C)Willie: No, he kicked my ass. You know why?
(C)Kid: Because you went to the bathroom on mommy's dishes?
Willie: What the F***? No!
(C)Kid: He tried to teach you not to cry and be a man?
(C)Willie: No. It's because he was a mean, drunk, son of a bitch! And when he wasn't busy busting my ass, he was putting cigarettes out on my neck. The world ain't fair kid. You've gotta take what you need, when you can get it. You've gotta learn to stand up for yourself. You have to stop being a pussy and kick these kids in the balls or something.
[the kid stares at Santa]
(C)Willie: Or don't. Shit. I don't care. Just leave me the hell out of it.
Kid: Okay. Thanks Santa.
Now here's whats really going on when cows, chickens, and pigs are fed cheap food. It's just cruel to those animals, and to ourselves and to humanity. To treat our life-stock in America cruelly. By keeping them crushed together in pens that are too small. Or...by feeding them things which they can't digest.
Here's some more info for you, about our heard animals.
(B)"Farm animals, like humans, are healthiest when they eat certain foods. Cows, have stomachs that are designed to digest grass. Pigs can digest grass, corn, grains, soy and other plants. Chickens and turkeys can eat plants as well as bugs and worms found on the pasture. When animals are fed conventional (or industrial) feed, which can include animal products, antibiotics, and other unnatural substances such as chewing gum and chicken manure, their health is put in jeopardy. And when an animal is unhealthy, the meat and other products made from it will also be less healthy.
(B)Because factory farms are profit-driven, these operations use the cheapest feed available to fatten up their animals, with no regard to animal health or the health of humans who eat their products. Some of the unwholesome products that can be found in farm animal feed are meat from animals of other or the same species, meat from diseased animals, bits of feathers, hair, skin, hooves, blood, manure and other animal waste, plastics, antibiotics and unhealthy amounts of grain.
(B)When industrial animal factories force cows, chickens and pigs to live on grain, garbage and by-products, they threaten our food supply by creating constant and unnecessary sickness in their herds. But rather than provide these animals with more sanitary living conditions or a proper diet, these operations simply feed their cows a steady stream of antibiotics.
(B)This gigantic waste recycling program which turns garbage and grain into meat and dairy products saves corporations money which they then “pass on to consumers” in the form of low prices. In the long run, they are also passing on a host of medical, economic and environmental threats, which we pay for with our health, our taxes and our quality of life."
Look, I understand that America, needs cheap food! But does this have to cost millions of people their health and lives? I've already lost a couple of friends to obesity. I really don't feel like losing any more. So if you feel the same way. Please party people, try modifying your diet, and try eating free-ranged farm animals. Along with there milk, and milk by products. You'll probably live a lot longer if you do! Peace out...
(A)http://www.annecollins.com/obesity/statistics-obesity.htm
(B)http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/feed/
(C)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307987/quotes
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Very nice article... I have to agree..
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