We have all noticed you can’t turn on the TV, drive down the road or go to a party without being confronted with America’s hottest obsession: weight. Diets are a billion-dollar industry; companies spend millions and millions luring you to try the latest diet (low carb, high protein, low fat, no fat, you name it) with promises that this will (finally!) be the quick fix you have been looking for. Advertising efforts also deeply affect our children, who develop distorted body images and are often on diets as early as age 9 or 10.
However, the current culture touting the “magic pills†of conveniences, extremes and excesses as a means to finally help us achieve our desired weight has backfired. America’s populace has reached its highest weight in history. About ½ of Americans are overweight; 1/3 are obese. Diets steer us away from our common sense and dip deeply into our pocketbooks, while eliciting few, if any, lasting results.
Diets don’t work because each person is unique with different needs based on gender, age, ancestry and lifestyle; how could one diet be right for everyone? Diets don’t work because of their extreme, restrictive nature. Like physics… read full article>
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