Foods That Make Us Fat: an Epidemic in the Western World

Author: Alan Winter, European Health & Beauty publishings sunday, january 25, 2009Foods That Make Us Fat: An Epidemic In The Western World.As North Americans and other Western  European  countries continue to struggle with the epidemic of obesity, we must ask ourselves one very important question. Why is 64% of our population obese or overweight? The answer can be resumed in a 4 letter word :food. In North America we have a lifestyle of eating quickly and a lot. But we have also a tradition of eating foods with poor nutritional value, and as long as it tastes great that's what counts. We have unfortunately left control of our food industry to the hands of  lobbies for the promotion of sugar and other substitutes, Lobbies for the freedom of eating what we want, payed by fast food companies to promote their industry. Lobbies for the meat industry...They all encourage the food processing industry to add more and more calories under the cover of marketing strategies such as low fat, low sugar, low salt, cholesterol free... Now almost everybody who needs to lose weight is buying low fat, low sugar, low salt..products. But people are still gaining weight . Sounds like it doesn't make sense. But it actually does. Statistically speaking, when you eat low fat or fat free foods, typically everyone will end up eating ALMOST 30% more calories  than regular full fat foods! Can you believe that? So by eating more of these low fat or fat free foods that are artificially tasty, you're actually eating more calories than you should be and more than eating full fat foods! Wow. But eating full fat foods is not good either so we are caught in the vicious circle of the food industry. The key is to keep all of your health decisions in your hands. Learning all about what's in the food you eat and what is a good source of fat, the amount of good calories you need daily is part of a sensible eating habit. Do you know how much sugar you eat daily? And what about the lipids. The bad one the good ones? Can you reduce your daily intake of carbs?No more bread ,pastas, fries. You might be able to do that for a while. But can you sustain that type of dieting  and calorie checking all the time? That's the ultimate question. If you are discipline enough maybe,but most of us aren't. That's why many of us are overweight and not in a healthy shape. Remember that most fat deposits accumulated are almost all food related. and difficult to eliminate because of  the type of lifestyle we have in the 21Th century. Our bodies are wonderful machines - but they do have a ''biological flaw.'' Whenever we eat these fats, sugars and starches, anything over our immediate needs signals our bodies to store the rest as fat.You see, we're still programmed with our caveman genes - when food was scarce and building fat reserves was the only way for surviving the lean times.Today, food isn't scarce...in fact, just the opposite is true. But our bodies are still reacting with a feast or famine response. What was good for our ice-age relatives is now a huge problem for most of us.So simply put, we gain weight because our fat stores are simply overwhelmed, packing up far too many fat molecules for what is immediately needed.The result is an accumulation of fat all over the body.  That's why if you are serious about losing weight you should not only count on dieting and also explore the market of natural weight loss supplement. Although some diet pill products are sometimes detrimental to the market, there's still serious weight loss products with clinically proven ingredients for those seeking to lose weight effectively.   For more details on how to achieve a healthy weight and control effectively the sources that create excess pounds: visit www.reduslim.com

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