I just read a post by Mark Hyman, MD that I found so compelling I just have to promote the link and encourage everyone to read it.

The post is called "Skinny Fat People: Why Being Skinny Doesn’t Protect Us Against Diabetes and Death"

Here's the link:

Being Skinny Doesn't Protect Us from Diabetes, Death

And in case you're short on time, here's a couple of pithy paragraphs from the post:

Quote:
A surgeon friend of mine recently told me that even in people of normal weight, he found belly’s full of fat – caked around their colon, liver, kidneys, and draped over all their organs. This is caused by our industrial diet full of high fructose corn syrup, added sugars, trans-fats, flour and processed food.

The average American eats 29 pounds of French fries, 23 pounds of pizza, 24 pounds of ice cream and consumes 53 gallons of soda, 24 pounds of artificial sweeteners, 2.736 pounds of salt and 90,700 mg of caffeine per year. Do we really think we can create health in that toxic environment?

That is why we need to “unjunk” our food, and particularly our children’s food. Yes, it is horrible that in less than a decade we have gone from one in ten kids to almost one in four kids with pre-diabetes or diabetes. Even the skinny kids are affected because of the toxic industrial food-like substances that provide too much energy and not enough good information.


I'm just starting to hear about this new HBO Program - "The Weight of the Nation" - designed to educate our nation about the pressing problem of obesity.

You don't need to have HBO to see the four programs. They are available at that online link.
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