[kach22i]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Hey kach, sometimes you're really good for a laugh man! It's not our sedentary lifestyle or horrendous eating habits, it's all because of Roundup and glyphosate! What, you didn't find a way to blame contrails too?

I did not say "all".

Originally Posted by kach22i

So you are saying that you know why so many people are fat, and it is their own fault because it is a lifestyle choice, correct?

My opinion, you are half right at best............

Part of the problem is the all or nothing attitude our society breeds, everything is taken to it's extremes and dialed up to 10. I said half at best, not all.

Going back 35-40 years ago before Round-Up was in all of our grains and high fructose corn syrup was the standard sweetener people in America looked much different.

This was basically the pre-PC computer era, we had to get off our butts to socialize and physical labor was looked on with pride, and president Reagan called us heroes for it.

https://earthsky.org/human-world/a-brief-history-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup

In 1980, Coca-Cola began using HFCS in its beverages, and by the mid 80s most other soft drink companies had followed suit.

I hear people say all the time but I don't drink booze, don't drink sodas, don't make a lot of poor food choices, I'm moderately active (golf regularly) so on and so forth, yet I'm a miserable slob (in not so many words). I have seen these people try exercise, but it's like squeezing a sponge, it just returns to it's former size once pressure is released.

Go ahead look at photos of people from 30-40 years ago. Then list all of the changes in diet, herbicide use and yes our physical activity levels. It is indeed "ALL OF THE ABOVE".

Several people in this thread have lamented about the young women never enjoying a period of optimum physical attractiveness as they carry extra poundage and muffin tops in their late teens and early 20's.

What about the young men?

I know several 25 year old men that are fat, almost effeminate their testosterone levels are so low.

Age 25 is when T-levels start dropping, and it's all downhill from there. When they get to my age (late 50's) they will not be able to look back and remissness about the old days when they were in their prime and a real stud.

They may not have the drive to get back into shape to recapture some of their youth because they never really had one, they were born middle-aged.

I made big changes in my life about eight years ago, cutting down drastically on wheat consumption (the most heavily contaminated grain) and increasing my physical activity. I've only lost 20 lbs on the scale but lost 6-inches on my waist and have more muscle now than at any time in my life.

Reversing the clock is not easy, but it is possible if you are aware of what might be holding you back.

Throw out all of your cereal boxes and granola for a start, then cut out the bread and pasta. Then read up all you can and find your own path, what works for me might be different for you.

You can think of inflammation as a food allergy reaction, when I went gluten free eight years ago I lost 20 lbs in the first six weeks but it looked like I lost 40 lbs because the inflammation in my gut went down.

Once you get immediate results like that it's all the inspiration you will even need to start looking at your diet more closely.

Yes you need to exercise, most of my physical transformation did not happen until 3-1/2 years ago when I started exercising nearly everyday.

Say what you will, but the weight problems in our population are widespread, no escaping the fact that starting about 35 years ago things started going wrong, very wrong.