I am going to go a little bit political here to make a
point. If the government were truly
concerned about our health, they would actually promote better food labeling,
accurate food nutritional guidelines and provide incentives (not taxes) to
promote better health. However the
government wants to call school lunch pizza’s a vegetable, incentivize the
farmers to grow more corn to make high fructose corn syrup cheaper and allow
food stamp programs to buy fast food.
The biggest drain on our healthcare system is caused by improper nutrition. Cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and most chronic
illnesses can mostly be traced back to diet.
Yes, there are some genetics in play here but it is usually less than
5%.
In addition, how about those TV commercials? How many sugary cereal commercials do our
kids see every day? How about those Big
Mac commercials! How about our government
funded school food programs. Let us not
forget that the poorest of Americans typically have to choose to eat cheaper food
and it is usually the worst nutritious food to eat. Where is the concern for the obesity here? For me this is all “feel good” legislation that
just adds to the problem.
Follow the money my friends!
Big food, the Beef and Dairy industry and many of the large farming
groups have the attention of the politicians with their donations and political
appointments. This is true for many of
the issues that plague our country today, but the challenge with the food
industry are leading us down a path of obesity, illness and ultimately early death!
If you cannot go after the people who fund Washington then
maybe we should institute a Fat Tax!
Every American would have to weigh in at their local health clinic and
report it on their income tax return. We
can pay by the pound for obesity, this would be a great way for the government
to raise revenues and curb obesity just like we stopped people from smoking
from all the extra taxes added to cigarettes!
Oh wait, that did not happen either.
My obesity statement is to make a point, let’s not all jump on the bandwagon
to go after the evil products because there are a LOT of so called evil
products in the market place. I do not
trust government to make those decisions for us and they really cannot collectively
agree on anything.
If you have read my previous blogs then you will understand
that our problem is not food, it is our ignorance of what make us fat, our addiction
to sugar and other foods that are low in nutritional value and our government perpetuating
the problem by misinforming the public.
If we truly want to change the obesity path that America is
headed down then we must start by educating the public on what real food is,
providing incentives for the real food and quit allowing the industry to
influence public policy on food.
I know right now this is only a dream, but as more and more
Americans truly understand how to look at food, we will see change in the
marketplace. Using our dollars to make
good choices in our food will be the best option for now to defend our own
health!
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