And Americans are actually eating fewer calories: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/calorie-intake-decreasing-consume-fewer-obesity_n_2824771.html
Sleep deprivation article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2291676/A-lack-sleep-make-fat--new-research-suggests-people-snack-sleep-deprived.html Also: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/10/daylight-saving-time-cost-financial-lost-sleep_n_2813799.html Let's get rid of DST. On 03/12/2013 04:30 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > Back at the beginning of the century when the US went on a "low fat" > craze companies added carbs to things to replace fats. That low fat > cream cheese you have with your bagel has cornstarch to give it body. > Then we have the problem with HFCS which gets broken down too fast and > stored as fat. It also makes people hungrier. It isn't fat that is > making people fat it's the carbs! And it's not that everyone needs to > go on a low carb diet either because some people tolerate carbs better > than others. It's mainly the processed carb$. > > I mentioned the other day that DST makes people fat. My reason was that > people's eating cycles get messed up due to it. But I also heard a > researcher interviewed who said that the sleep deprivation caused by the > DST changeover can contribute to obesity. > > There are lots of reasons for obesity in the US and much of it due > profiteering by big agra. Some people if they try to diet can do their > job right either. Doctors get one quarter or semester of nutrition and > so are lousy at it. > > The popular "tastes" in the US are sweet, salty and unctuous (fat). > Those are grounding. People don't go much for astringent and bitter. > > On 03/12/2013 03:33 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: >> I am not surprised - I am not a small person, and yet rarely finish my meal >> at a restaurant, due to the amount of food served. My wife has a pretty good >> theory, tying the amount of food served to the corporate profit margin >> needed per restaurant, vs. what makes sense for the body. >> >> Also saw something today about the mislabeling of food, particularly >> seafood, in the US. Stay away from the Calimari appetizer - Some of it is >> actually sliced, and deep fried, pig rectum. I wish I was joking. >> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: >>>> Real unemployment in the US is about 23% if you count those >>>> who have given up looking (must be a helluva underground >>>> economy out there). The Chinese think that all Americans >>>> are fat and if they start to get fat will say something >>>> like "I don't want to be fat like an American!" >>>> (Source: the Chinese documentary "Last Train Home.") >>> The Chinese are correct. America has the highest percentage >>> of obese people of any country in the world. According to a >>> JAMA study and the CDC, 39.5% of Americans are obese. *Not* >>> overweight, obese. >>> >>> An *additional* 33.3% on top of that are overweight. >>> >> >
