Perhaps that’s a provocative title there. The simple fact is that in the vast majority of cases that’s what is happening. We are destroying our most precious resources, our children. We don’t do this consciously. Instead, we have been mislead by massive food corporations that really don’t give a damn about us or our kids. They care about money, and making more of it. The sooner you accept this reality, the sooner you can stop it from happening to you and your family.
Sorry for the grim topic, but the simple fact is that this country is in an all out state of emergency. What? Emergency? Roughly 2/3rds of American’s are obese! Tell me that’s not reason to sound the alarm. What’s worse, is that we are conditioning our children to fall victim to the same fate. As a result, the next generation may have a shorter lifespan than ours. Think about that for a moment. It is simply an unacceptable situation.
I believe this is happening because people have been mislead. I refuse to believe that anyone would knowingly pump harmful chemicals into the bodies of their children. McDonald’s is on TV now telling you to go “eat like an Olympian”. Do you honestly believe that any Olympian eats at McDonald’s? These sports are so competitive that I would wager even the snowboarders eat well.
Don’t scrape the surface. Dig down deep into nutrition and take the time to understand it. There are so many excellent resources on the internet, like Marks Daily Apple that the excuses for understanding nutrition are really going by the wayside. I highly recommend Mark Sisson’s book The Primal Blueprint. Even if you don’t subscribe to his theories regarding “primal” eating, the book lays out the various metabolic principles in such a simple and easy to understand way that you can’t help but make changes in your nutrition.
The video below is from a speech given by Jamie Oliver. If you don’t believe me, perhaps you’ll believe him. Thanks to Richard and Heather Dubay for sending me this video.
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One of the female snowboards was being interviewed and she credited a organic diet for a lot of her energy and stamina. Pretty sure McDonald’s hasn’t gone Organic! Pretty sure she is not a spokeswoman for them.