75 Percent of the U.S. Population Will be Overweight by 2015

re: 75 Percent of the U.S. Population Will be Overweight by 2015

Health 1 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:12:56 GMT

It might be wise to get underneath the existing and contributing factors of obesity, in order to help to address the steady increase of the many who suffer of prolonged weight gain and are unable to manitain healthy biochemical individual weight, energy levels and cognitive function. We are indeed mushrooming out, undernourished and miserable without realizing that our temple physilogically, psychologically/emtionally and spiritually depends on proper nourishment. We, many times, treat our cars and pets better than our bodies, which are to sustain us in every endeavor. This of course does not speak for everyone. I do however absolutely ache for the obese and afflicted I see at our clinic and for the ones I observe walking down the street inwardly crying to be thin and yet are controlled into thinking and feeling inadequate due to many and various states of physiological/psychological problems/reasons.

We truly are what we eat and without doubt should eat to live. That is why Dr. Mercolas's site is invaluable as is your input. I am very much and sincerely enjoying most...if not all... of what you offer and share. Many thanks to all of you.

Blessings

Dr. Trudy

re: 75 Percent of the U.S. Population Will be Overweight by 2015

curious7 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:37:32 GMT

Factory food, farm fresh food. Step on your scale and reveal which you have choosen. Meanwhile the factory food people, and "Big Pharma" are laughing all the way to the bank.

re: 75 Percent of the U.S. Population Will be Overweight by 2015

samurai — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:13:40 GMT

The other night, I was watching an old "SOUL TRAIN" program from the early 1980's.

NOT ONE PERSON WAS OVERWEIGHT!!!!! EVERYONE WAS SLIM AND TRIM WITH NICE PHYSIQUES!!!!

Chemicals, and more chemicals like High Fructose Corn syrup are killing us.

Such a shame.

re: 75 Percent of the U.S. Population Will be Overweight by 2015

Barb2000 — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:37:25 GMT

Here in Canada, I have noticed some of the WORST obese people in buffet style restaurants. Sad, but true...

Barb

re: 75 Percent of the U.S. Population Will be Overweight by 2015

Jonathan B — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:14:47 GMT

I think the focus on obesity is masking several other underlying problems, which seem to show themselves if you watch the immigrant community from Asia, and other countries where dairy, red meat, and corn are not staples in the diet.

First, I noticed that the newborn children of first generation asian immigrants seemed to grow far taller and develop faster than those children that moved here when they were in their teens.

I think that the hormones and growth factors put in American cattle, sheep, and pigs was having an effect on the children consuming the meats of those animals.

Next, I noticed that high fructose corn syrup is not just a major ingredient in soda and energy drinks that kids consume, but is a major factor in juice boxes, cereal, chocolate, and drink mixes that kids consume in large amounts.

Children who come from countries where this is not available seem to be smaller, and less obese than the children who grow from childhood on this substance.

Finally, I have noticed that children that come as teens from asian and other countries that do not share the american diet seem to have less adult build and characteristics than children born of immigrant families who are raised on the American diet.

This fast maturity, height and muscle gain seems to underly a lot of the giant and overweight children that make up the youngest class of United States obese citizens.

It is as if the American diet was giving the children similar characteristics of a fatten calf or feeder steer, or pig prepared for market.

Are we so certain that the efforts to make money by bringing an animal to market faster for slaughter is not leaving residues in the meat that could be harming the youngest of us?

re: 75 Percent of the U.S. Population Will be Overweight by 2015

12PStreet — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:22:09 GMT

Consuming grains and sugars, and even properly soaked nuts and seeds to some extent, set me up to overeat them. Although I am gluten sensitive, It doesn't matter if the grains contain gluten or not, my body reacts to grains just like it does to sugar in any form - I can never eat enough of it to satisfy whatever is inside me wanting more. This is how my body has reacted from childhood. I have struggled for years to eliminate foods and add them back in to see if I still react; followed advice to eat it in this form and that form, etc. but I am finally getting that my body is not wired to handle these foods. While I know it doesn't work this way for everyone, I know it does for plenty of us. Deep down people know something is terribly wrong with the way they are eating and it's just a really difficult thing to come into acceptance about. Many well meaning health practitioners will say "you need to eat some of this or some of that or not eating carbs is not good for you" but this just isn't true for everyone. There are certain groups of Overeaters Anonymous that have known this for years. I was fortunate enough to be one of the folks that the Atkin's diet works for and had some success with it over the last 10 years but lost control each time I came off the induction phase and tried to add back in carb foods (even in small amounts). I spent a lot of time reading the Mercola newsletters and thinking I knew what he was talking about when he said "protein type" but I didn't get results until I made a decision to participate in the program and really learn what foods worked for me and which ones don't. The program costs about as much as a months worth of quality multi-vitamins and will likely do you a lot more good. If you want change, skip the vitamins and try his program. Many thanks to Dr. Mercola for providing this to people at an affordable price.

Lisa

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xquisit_waters — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:33:20 GMT

I am feeling a bit of superiority from those posting such harsh comments against obese people. Please remember that we all have our vices and struggles in this life, so perhaps we could be a little kinder to those human beings who aren't as perfect as we perhaps think we are. Their hearts, souls and spirits are no different than anyone elses and that truly is where are humanity lies.

re: 75 Percent of Our Population Will be Overweight by 2015

lukehit — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:49:30 GMT

Fatter the better I say, the fatter you are, the better and more in shape I look. I encourage these fat pigs to keep on eating. At least I will always have job security with such unhealthy people. What is ironic is that some of these fat people will out live the health fanatics that post on these boards, life is short, eat up. Eat till your sleepy, sleep till your hungry.

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Rogway — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:27:50 GMT

The missing link--

This is 2007 folks, if they can land on mars within a few hundred feet of where they originally planned, then they can't fool me when they say I don't know anything about what causes obesety.

Look how the body reacts to poison ivy-bee stings and other substances wheather from plant, animal or man made. It is also true that the body reacts to certain things that make the cells and glands not able to function properly nor get rid of all the crud buildup because it is trying to fight off these chemicals, therefore making us swell up like a baloon from the allergic reaction from it-forcing our body into obesety.

I just cannot believe they spend billions and billions of dollars for health research and the only answer they have to show for it is-I don't know. They know folks, they know exactly what causes ailments and through the billions of dollars of research is how they find them and how to force these ailments on us. Are they just spending all of these billions and investing all of their time on health research just for the hell of it. Absolutly not, if they wasn't profiting from it in one way or the other, then they would move on to something else for better profit.

Think about it. How can they possibly find a cure for anything if all they have on their mind is how to develope a disease. Simple, there is no money in staying healthy, but we see the heavy profits in treeting and causing diseases.

Why is it some of us can sleep in poison ivy, or get a bee sting and never be affected, yet others only have to think about it and break out in a terrible rash. The same with obesety, thin eats the same things as plump, some stay thin, others become obese. They know how and why the body reacts. Do you see much preaching to the thin people on how not to become obese (no money in it). All we see is preaching to the obese on how to become thin. They know!

re: 75 Percent of Our Population Will be Overweight by 2015

Debrah — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:19:26 GMT

my daughter and her 3 kids just moved in with us from another state --I am so glad she is here where I can help her as she has been through a very difficult time(her now ex is in prison). It has been quite an adjustment for all of us and getting them to eat healthy is quite a challenge. Society does not make it easy to raise kids these days. When my girls were little there was a lot of junk of course but the proliferation of it now is so scary. I took my 5 yr old grand son with me to grocery store and all the stuff I don't even notice before is all at his eye level marketed with colorful cartoon or movie characters. And as if the fake, over packaged(bad for the planet also)foods were not bad enough even those that look healthy are not. I could not find even one kid friendly, whole wheat bread that did not have HFCS in it! Then the ice cream truck comes down our block 2 - 3 times a day and the kids are wanting that--and of course all the neighbor kids they play with are getting fake ice cream or are drinking pop or eating junk in front of them every single day!!! I have fruit juice popcicles and organic ice cream for occasional treats and unlimited real fruit and other healthy foods for treats but it is never enough. And of course because they have been in such an abusive, chaotic situation it is so hard to say no to them allt he time. They are all thin and active. this might sound really terrible but I was so frustrated one day when they were begging for more treats as the neighbor boy got junk and they did not that I told them they would end up fat like that boy if they wanted to eat like he does! Later I sat them down and explained that while what I said was true(he is fat!) they were not to call the boy fat(which I had heard them do) and it is not his fault that his parents don't care enough about his health to feed him right. One bright spot --they love going to the farmers market with us and picking out fresh stuff!

re: 75 Percent of Population Predicted to be Overweight by 2015

Rogway — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:19:48 GMT

Could this be possible--by 2015 skinny will be classified as a disease and will have weight gaining diets and medication to help us gain weight to get to the norm, (not being sarcastic) but if you know who sees an opportunity for profit--well!

In my own investigation of certian health issues, the one thing I have found is--you don't mess with peoples food--especially their pop. That is the fast way to get rejected and angered at.

re: 75 Percent of Population Predicted to be Overweight by 2015

jennifer howard — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:15:05 GMT

I would expect the percentage to be a bit higher actually. In any case, I am disgusted to watch people's habits and see what they do to their children so early. Babies with juice or soda in their bottles, kids shoveling cheetos into their mouths, adolescents eating like football players and sucking down caffeine milkshakes from Starbucks. I am also noticing more and more thin parents with overweight children.

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jeremyroos — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:55:27 GMT

Most of them are confused and lost, if they are interested in their health there is tons of dis-info out there..

I think Dr Mercolas no grain diet and his health plan can buck this trend.

Stopping all intake of grains and sugars combined with moderate exercise is the best and safest way to loose weight as efficiently as possible.

No Grains and No Sugars.. this is the main staple of their diets people.. and when they understand what is really healthy for them and what causes them to get fat... then they can take control of their life and body!

Also no PHO's, HFCS, MSG's, and fast foods/ fried foods.. get off the diet foods and drinks they are a scam!!! Low fat on a label means high carb in the form of HFCS usually.. pure sugar!~

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Alaskadude — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:43:52 GMT

My brother- in -law just moved to France and lost 12 lbs. in six weeks. The only difference is that he doesn't have a car and walks everywhere.

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annapavlova42 — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:27:07 GMT

It is not that people don't hear or know, they will not listen and use the sound advise of those that really care, and want to help them.

Even those in the medical industry have terrible weight problems.