reply to post by BlaznRob
The facts are simple and in front of our faces: Americans have increasingly become more and more sedentary. Our working lives are now spent either in
front of a computer, behind a desk, or behind a counter. A very, very large portion of the population only gets a 30 minute lunch break, and they go
for FAST so that they actually have time to eat.
This is true. But this only goes to prove that the individual choices have become undermined by conditions beyond our control. No individual chooses
how the nation's economy develops and what jobs are available. These choices and decisions are made at the top. The people who run the government and
the corporations decide the value of the dollar, the cost of food, and what jobs Americans will be provided with. The very same people who profit from
the ill-health of Americans, and from the foods that Americans eat.
What makes matters worse, is that most people leave their sedentary jobs, and go home to sit in front of a TV or computer to enjoy their leisure time
even more sedentarily.
This is true, but again I see the answer why. Is it just me, or does everyone feel tired all the time, or hear people complaining about being tired
all the time. Is it not possible that this is a chemically induced lack of energy that keeps up siting in front of the tube? Combined with the social
expectations of keeping up with the latest TV series, and the sorts of recreational materials that are so cunningly marketed to us? I am not saying
that we are completely powerless,
yet, but I
am trying to reveal the truth before it is too late. By all means, exercise free choice and
exercise your body. Go for a walk. Shovel the driveway instead of calling the snow plow. But just because some free will remains, does not mean there
is not a very serious problem here, being intentionally visited upon us. We are frogs on a stove folks, and I say it's getting hot in here!
Corporations make money off of this because Americans are WILLING to buy from them, not because they’re tricking us into fattening ourselves up.
There is more psychology behind this than just the commercials, and there is more to profiteering than just exploiting the will. If they are
intentionally stripping food of nutrients in favor of higher yields, then this has become a much larger problem. We need to eat, wether we want to or
not. And if even the most basic foods are no longer providing sufficient nutrition, then our will and our choice is irrelevant.
And good foods? Yes, they can be bought at any grocery store you’re willing to shop at.
There is certain truth to this, and you paragraph that followed is good advice indeed. I am not saying that there are not still more healthy choices
being offered. What I am saying is that those choices are beyond the means of so many people for various reasons. And furthermore, those healthy
choices are now being stripped of nutrients as well.
I know... it’s probably easier to believe that there is some evil mastermind out there behind the weight problems in America. But until Americans
stop sitting around 24/7, and treating nutrition as secondary (we eat around our schedules, not schedule around our nutritional needs), then we’ll
continue to plump up, as a result of OUR OWN actions, not the deeds of a nefarious third party.
Nutrition has become a secondary out of necessity, not choice. I agree that we should be scheduling around nutrition and not the other way around, but
how do you expect a single mother working two jobs with three kids be able to pull this off effectively? Again it comes down to the economic structure
of our society, which is not under the control of the individual, but the perpetrators of this deadly profiteering.
The Magic Diet Pill industry illustrates the sedentary lifestyle Americans are used to, and is a perfect example of how we expect to lose and maintain
weight. Time invested in hard work, exercise, and proper diet? Screw that, give me a double-decker cheese-burger, with bacon, and a bottle of pills
that’ll keep me skinny!
And obviously the majic pill doesn't work anyway, so this just goes to show how nasty these corporations really are. They make you fat, then sell you
a pill to make you skinny, that doesn't even work. "When is a diet pill worth a thousand dollars? When we tell you it really works. Then we will
tell you it is clinically proven." And even worse is the entire field of medicine has fallen down this hole. People are falling ill with all sort of
diseases that are caused by lack of nutrition, but instead the doctors will sell you all sorts of pills that will probably give you even worse side
effects than whatever condition you were already suffering.
The Majic Fat pills are the worst slap in the face you can imagine. People don't want to be fat. I have seen people go to the gym for a whole year
and bust their butts to lose weight, and never lost a pound. It's so obvious. This is being done to Americans intentionally, and the perpetrators are
sitting there laughing about it with every new majic pill commercial.
