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Are fast foods and many of the chips we eat more healthy now? They all seem to use non trans fat oils now.
I am starting to realize that nothing that is PROCESSED is "healthy". If it comes in a box.... it is filled with junk that is bad for you. Corn syrup, preservatives, etc....
"I'm unhealthy and overweight because there are no laws telling me what and how to eat?"
If you stop eating crap (McDonald's, twinkies, potato chips) you'll stop feeling and looking like crap, plain and simple.
Nutritional information is easily accessible. If people would take responsibility for their own health and well being and stop expecting their big brother the federal government to take care of them, they would all be healthier and happier.
For people that won't read a label, read or listen to any of the milllions of articles on nutrition, are too lazy to cook...or learn how to cook... nutriously... as well as just simply shutting their mouths when they've had 'enough' to eat, I'd suggest an additive to all prepared and fast food that will cause infertility so at least they can't 'harm' any progeny.
What are the health effects of too much sugar? I've been buying more low fat foods lately myself.
Sugar and carbohydrates, in any amount, require insulin for the body to process them. Excess consumption of sugars/carbs will cause the body's insulin receptors to "wear out", and require more insulin to make them do their job. Over time, this will lead to diabetes, which happens when the body's insulin-producing cells can no longer produce enough insulin to enable the body to process sugars.
Too much insulin floating around can also be a problem for blood vessels, according to a study I read that was conducted on dogs. They injected a tiny amount of insulin into a dog's leg artery, and an equivalent amount of saline in the same dog's other leg artery. The artery that received the insulin began to develop plaque. Interesting, isn't it? I haven't looked for more studies, but should. I would like to see how this proves out in humans.
If you are going to eat a lot of carbohydrate, I would highly suggest that you supplement with chromium.
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