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I finally got around to watching the documentary "Fed Up" today. It was recommended by a friend quite some time ago. I was intrigued and horrified at what I saw. My curiosity is definitely piqued. I did think it was pretty good and knowledgeable.
For those of you who have not sen the documentary, you can see the trailer on their website, but since I'd like this to remain a roadside discussion I am not embedding the link to it.
http://fedupmovie.com/#/page/home
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381335/
For those that have, please weigh in with your thoughts and views.
To sum it up, basically it was trying to get to the point that America has seen a drastic increase in obesity and Type 2 diabetes over the last 30 years.
Talking points
These talking points all come from the video or the website and these are just some of them, but not all of them. These will barely even crack the surface.
The past year has been pretty eye opening for me in terms of health and my future. I quit drinking caffeinated soda in March. I do buy a 12 pack of Mugs Up Caffeine free root beer about once every 2 months and it lasts that entire period of time. I drink sprite when I'm sick, but for the most part, I drink water and nothing but water, and a few mike's hard lemonades on my days off. I used to drink gatorade, welch's grape juice and lemonade, but I've cut those out because they were all entirely too sugary or had aspartame in them.
My sugar intake has been drastically reduced. I don't buy snack cakes, cookies, or anything high in sugar content. I still grab a candy bar or two every now and then. But the more I learn about the poison that is sugar, the less I am desiring these things. I check every label for sugar content, if it says sugar free I see if aspartame or other artificial sweeteners are in there, and if they are, I don't buy them. I've even been cutting out my beloved ice cream and snickers ice creams bars little by little. I don't know as much as I'd like to and I'm learning slowly. I try to buy fresh fruits and vegetables weekly. I try to avoid boxed meals (like hamburger helper), shells and cheese, and such and I try to make home cooked meals from scratch. Vegetable soup, romaine salads with fresh cucumbers, homemade chili, meatloaf, spaghetti, cheeseburger casserole, tuna noodle casserole, and I'm sure even some of that isn't good for me either.
With all the things going on in our society, it's amazing this isn't being talked about more than it is. It's amazing this country isn't in an uproar. Somehow this is quietly festering on the back burner.
http://time.com/4087775/sugar-is-definitely-toxic-a-new-study-says/
One on side the government is subsidizing obesity, diabetes as well as the sugar companies, and in their nutrition campaigns, they are encouraging healthier eating and reducing sugar and fat intake. seems contradictory to me.
and since this is somewhat related as artificial sugars are a form of sugar that are just as dangerous, I'll link to an older thread on here about aspartame that I found when running a search to make sure this hadn't already been talked about, because this is just as relevant to this discussion.
http://www.svtperformance.com/forum...al-sweetners-you-must-read!!!&highlight=Sugar
For 50 years the tobacco companies lied and hid the deadly effects of smoking cigarettes from the general public, denied there was any health and cancer risks, and then in the end, they were exposed and forked out BILLIONS of dollars in lawsuits, education of the public, and contributing to campaigns to help people to stop smoking and they were forbidden from advertising on billboards, at sports events, on television, in magazines and the like.
I honestly see the same thing happening with sugar/junk food/soda/candy in the next 20-30 years. I know no one wants to the government to interfere with their personal lives and decisions, but at what point does it really become enough? All the sugar supporters come out with the same lines...
Government doesn't need to be in everyone's life
Government doesn't need to control this or that
The sugar/candy/soda companies can police themselves
Parents needs to be more responsible (yes, I agree, but many out there don't know what they need to know to make the right decisions for their children).
Unfortunately, I think the government does need to do something here. What? I don't know, I don't have all the answers. But the sugar companies aren't in business to care about anyone's health. They're in business to make money and they will do it any way they can, i.e. lobbyists, political connections and favors, bribery, extortion and the like, even if it comes at the risk of the health of their consumers.
If one of the talking points I listed above comes true such as 1 in 3 will be obese by 2050,...think of the repercussions that will affect this nation. That would be approximately 1/3rd of the nation's current population (which will no doubt expand greatly by 2050).
who will be eligible to serve in the military? will there be enough people to fulfill the roles that the military requires?
to be first responders to emergency situations?
LEO's, Firefighters, EMT's?
some of these jobs and careers require health standards, fitness standards and we all know our physical, psychological and emotional health are all tied together.
Think of the financial crisis this epidemic will place upon our Health Care programs (ObamaCare, Medicaid, Medicare, Private Insurance, Employer based Insurance and the like). It used to be 40 and 50 year olds were having surgeries to control their extreme weight game...now we have 12-15 year old children getting these surgeries.
Even now, studies continue to come out supporting that sugar, high fructose corn syrups, dextrose and all these other types of sugars are responsible for many of the cancers we are seeing in today's world.
We truly have the Great American Health Pandemic on our hands.
But honestly, what can we do to eat better and take better care of ourselves? To make better eating and health choices? How do we insure we get the RIGHT information when there's so much misinformation out there?
As a side note, are there knowledgeable people on here who can give advice on where to shop for non-processed foods that don't have sugar added? That don't have alternative sugars or different types of sugars dumped into the foods? Tips to eating better and making healthier food choices when shopping and eating out? I'd like to hear them, and maybe so do some others on here that aren't knowledgeable on these subjects.
For those of you who have not sen the documentary, you can see the trailer on their website, but since I'd like this to remain a roadside discussion I am not embedding the link to it.
http://fedupmovie.com/#/page/home
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381335/
For those that have, please weigh in with your thoughts and views.
To sum it up, basically it was trying to get to the point that America has seen a drastic increase in obesity and Type 2 diabetes over the last 30 years.
Talking points
- 80% of all high school cafeteria's in the USA have contracts with soft drink manufacturers (Coke or Pepsi).
- America extorted the WHO (World Health Organization) into not publishing a report based on withholding $460 million to aid in a global effort to fight obesity.
- The sugar companies intentionally target susceptible children (candy aisles, candy racks at the registers at every store, gas station, movie theatres, even at Office Max, Office Depot, and other such stores. There's always candy and chips and soda available at just about every type of store these days. They also use cartoons, movies and animations (Dora, Tony the Tiger, Captain Crunch, The Flintstones) with in which to target youth audiences.
- Sugar is slowly poisoning our society
- Companies hide sugars under different names (dextrose, high fructose corn syrup, glycose and many many other names).
- Sugar values on the label of each food item do not come with a recommended daily percentage intake value.
- A 20-ounce bottle of soda contains the equivalent of approximately 17 teaspoons of sugar.
- In the United States, it is estimated that 93 Million Americans are affected by obesity.
- One soda a day increases a child’s chance of obesity by 60%
- Individuals who drink one to two sugar-sweetened beverages per day have a 26 percent higher risk for developing type II diabetes.
- Kids watch an average of 4000 food-related ads every year (10/day).
- 98% of food related ads that children view (3920/year) are for products high in fat, sugar, sodium.
- There is overwhelming evidence of the link between obesity and the consumption of sweetened beverages, such as soft drinks, energy drinks, sweet teas, and sports drinks.
- More than 9 Million adolescents (children and teens 6-19 years old) are considered overweight.
- in the 1970's and 1980's 1 in 20 children were obese. Today 1 in 10 children are obese. By 2050, in 1 in 3 children are expected to be obese.
- Americans consume 130-150 "POUNDS" of sugar on a yearly basis. Compared to just 4-5 pounds in the 1700's.
- In the 70's and 80's there was a movement to serve "fat-free foods", however, those foods didn't taste very good and so companies resorted to dumping sugars into those foods to make them taste better and to increase popularity and sales.
- There's over 600,000 different forms of foods in grocery stores nationwide. 80% of those foods...contain sugar in some form or fashion.
- Sugar is 8 times more addictive than cocaine
These talking points all come from the video or the website and these are just some of them, but not all of them. These will barely even crack the surface.
The past year has been pretty eye opening for me in terms of health and my future. I quit drinking caffeinated soda in March. I do buy a 12 pack of Mugs Up Caffeine free root beer about once every 2 months and it lasts that entire period of time. I drink sprite when I'm sick, but for the most part, I drink water and nothing but water, and a few mike's hard lemonades on my days off. I used to drink gatorade, welch's grape juice and lemonade, but I've cut those out because they were all entirely too sugary or had aspartame in them.
My sugar intake has been drastically reduced. I don't buy snack cakes, cookies, or anything high in sugar content. I still grab a candy bar or two every now and then. But the more I learn about the poison that is sugar, the less I am desiring these things. I check every label for sugar content, if it says sugar free I see if aspartame or other artificial sweeteners are in there, and if they are, I don't buy them. I've even been cutting out my beloved ice cream and snickers ice creams bars little by little. I don't know as much as I'd like to and I'm learning slowly. I try to buy fresh fruits and vegetables weekly. I try to avoid boxed meals (like hamburger helper), shells and cheese, and such and I try to make home cooked meals from scratch. Vegetable soup, romaine salads with fresh cucumbers, homemade chili, meatloaf, spaghetti, cheeseburger casserole, tuna noodle casserole, and I'm sure even some of that isn't good for me either.
With all the things going on in our society, it's amazing this isn't being talked about more than it is. It's amazing this country isn't in an uproar. Somehow this is quietly festering on the back burner.
http://time.com/4087775/sugar-is-definitely-toxic-a-new-study-says/
One on side the government is subsidizing obesity, diabetes as well as the sugar companies, and in their nutrition campaigns, they are encouraging healthier eating and reducing sugar and fat intake. seems contradictory to me.
and since this is somewhat related as artificial sugars are a form of sugar that are just as dangerous, I'll link to an older thread on here about aspartame that I found when running a search to make sure this hadn't already been talked about, because this is just as relevant to this discussion.
http://www.svtperformance.com/forum...al-sweetners-you-must-read!!!&highlight=Sugar
For 50 years the tobacco companies lied and hid the deadly effects of smoking cigarettes from the general public, denied there was any health and cancer risks, and then in the end, they were exposed and forked out BILLIONS of dollars in lawsuits, education of the public, and contributing to campaigns to help people to stop smoking and they were forbidden from advertising on billboards, at sports events, on television, in magazines and the like.
I honestly see the same thing happening with sugar/junk food/soda/candy in the next 20-30 years. I know no one wants to the government to interfere with their personal lives and decisions, but at what point does it really become enough? All the sugar supporters come out with the same lines...
Government doesn't need to be in everyone's life
Government doesn't need to control this or that
The sugar/candy/soda companies can police themselves
Parents needs to be more responsible (yes, I agree, but many out there don't know what they need to know to make the right decisions for their children).
Unfortunately, I think the government does need to do something here. What? I don't know, I don't have all the answers. But the sugar companies aren't in business to care about anyone's health. They're in business to make money and they will do it any way they can, i.e. lobbyists, political connections and favors, bribery, extortion and the like, even if it comes at the risk of the health of their consumers.
If one of the talking points I listed above comes true such as 1 in 3 will be obese by 2050,...think of the repercussions that will affect this nation. That would be approximately 1/3rd of the nation's current population (which will no doubt expand greatly by 2050).
who will be eligible to serve in the military? will there be enough people to fulfill the roles that the military requires?
to be first responders to emergency situations?
LEO's, Firefighters, EMT's?
some of these jobs and careers require health standards, fitness standards and we all know our physical, psychological and emotional health are all tied together.
Think of the financial crisis this epidemic will place upon our Health Care programs (ObamaCare, Medicaid, Medicare, Private Insurance, Employer based Insurance and the like). It used to be 40 and 50 year olds were having surgeries to control their extreme weight game...now we have 12-15 year old children getting these surgeries.
Even now, studies continue to come out supporting that sugar, high fructose corn syrups, dextrose and all these other types of sugars are responsible for many of the cancers we are seeing in today's world.
We truly have the Great American Health Pandemic on our hands.
But honestly, what can we do to eat better and take better care of ourselves? To make better eating and health choices? How do we insure we get the RIGHT information when there's so much misinformation out there?
As a side note, are there knowledgeable people on here who can give advice on where to shop for non-processed foods that don't have sugar added? That don't have alternative sugars or different types of sugars dumped into the foods? Tips to eating better and making healthier food choices when shopping and eating out? I'd like to hear them, and maybe so do some others on here that aren't knowledgeable on these subjects.
