06-15-2009, 09:55 AM
A great part of the problem is the food we eat.
Less people actually make a meal from scratch and fresh ingredients anymore and even less people actually know how to cook.
I see more families eating nearly every meal in a restaurant now than ever before. You should NOT have to wait in line to dine at Olive Garden or any other chain restaurant.
What's worse is those Lunch-ables ready to eat lunches that parents buy for kids to take to school.
It's the content in these 'prepared' foods. The most egregious is partially hydrogenated oils. This stuff never leaves your body... ever.
Most of the food we eat is unpronounceable and in my opinion, if you can't pronounce it, it is not food.
I started my recipe site because of this. Years ago we all could eat whatever we wanted and there were hardly any obese people out there. The chemical content in food was not what it is today too and we ate meals at home and going out was a treat.
Region has loads to do with it too. The south is notorious for fried foods and lots of sweets.
Restaurants serve gigantic portions - I can't tell you how many restaurants here boast a 24 ounce steak!!! Goddamn that's Fred Flintstone size!
Restaurants use hydrogenated oils to cook with too. Animal fats and other cheap things to gain more profit and enable them to store food longer and cheaper, thus the big plate of food.
People eat every bit on their plates most times too.
I also think people in poorer communities tend to eat more out of some type of comfort or compensation for whatever they may be lacking in their lives. Food is cheap and easy to get unlike things such as jewelry or other 'toys'.
Kids are fat more today than ever due to them stagnating at home with lazy parents who thing shutting them up with a cookie and plopping them in front of the boob tube is fine. Computer usage, video games and not going out to play all factor in as well. Fat kids grow up to be fat adults.
People are afraid to let the kids out to play too. Kids are kidnapped more than ever now. I remember going out early in the day and disappearing until dinner time. We all did. We were all safe and knew not to talk to strangers but there are more strangers today in our every growing population.
Less people actually make a meal from scratch and fresh ingredients anymore and even less people actually know how to cook.
I see more families eating nearly every meal in a restaurant now than ever before. You should NOT have to wait in line to dine at Olive Garden or any other chain restaurant.
What's worse is those Lunch-ables ready to eat lunches that parents buy for kids to take to school.
It's the content in these 'prepared' foods. The most egregious is partially hydrogenated oils. This stuff never leaves your body... ever.
Most of the food we eat is unpronounceable and in my opinion, if you can't pronounce it, it is not food.
I started my recipe site because of this. Years ago we all could eat whatever we wanted and there were hardly any obese people out there. The chemical content in food was not what it is today too and we ate meals at home and going out was a treat.
Region has loads to do with it too. The south is notorious for fried foods and lots of sweets.
Restaurants serve gigantic portions - I can't tell you how many restaurants here boast a 24 ounce steak!!! Goddamn that's Fred Flintstone size!
Restaurants use hydrogenated oils to cook with too. Animal fats and other cheap things to gain more profit and enable them to store food longer and cheaper, thus the big plate of food.
People eat every bit on their plates most times too.
I also think people in poorer communities tend to eat more out of some type of comfort or compensation for whatever they may be lacking in their lives. Food is cheap and easy to get unlike things such as jewelry or other 'toys'.
Kids are fat more today than ever due to them stagnating at home with lazy parents who thing shutting them up with a cookie and plopping them in front of the boob tube is fine. Computer usage, video games and not going out to play all factor in as well. Fat kids grow up to be fat adults.
People are afraid to let the kids out to play too. Kids are kidnapped more than ever now. I remember going out early in the day and disappearing until dinner time. We all did. We were all safe and knew not to talk to strangers but there are more strangers today in our every growing population.