"We don't eat food anymore. We are eating food-like products." We are now eating foods that have been modified to have a longer shelf life and to give the human body a "high". Food is now made to look better, to smell better, and to taste better.
But.
It doesn't actually taste better. Your brain only THINKS it tastes good because the chemicals added to these foods are addictive. And very dangerous to the human body.
In "Hungry for Change", a documentary on Netflix (one I recommend everyone go watch), they gave an interesting statistic regarding the fructose (extracted sugar from corn) we take in EACH DAY!:
1900's: the average person had 15g of fructose
Present: the average person takes in 70-80g of fructose! EACH DAY!
And in some cases, primarily in teenagers, 120-150g are being added to our diets every day.
Can you believe that?! Our sugar intake is literally 10X what it was a century ago. The following analogy was made between jet fuel and high fructose corn syrup: If you were to pour jet fuel into your cars engine, it would ruin your engine. That is exactly what this high fructose corn syrup does with our bodies. Jet fuel isn't meant for a car engine..
Problem:
High fructose corn syrup is in almost anything you can buy; soda, "100% real fruit juice", salad dressing, bread, pizza sauce. Everything. Avoid the "isolates" and especially the high fructose corn syrup. Stay away from anything that is unnatural in the sense that it came partially from a plant, not wholly from the plant, which is how it was meant to be used.
Another interesting tidbit of information I found alarming/ good to know, is what labels like "1/3 less fat" or "fat free" mean. When a container has a label like that, it usually means its loaded with sugar- more than usual. So it may not contain fat, but it has so much sugar in it that your body is going to store that sugar in your fat reserves for later, but there is no later; it's just stored as fat. No fat= more sugar= more fat. It's an oxymoron.
The 0 calorie label also does something similar, but instead what it's lacking in calories, you make up for (and then some) in your craving of carbs. Interesting how that works, isn't it? Gotta love the food industry! The fluffy carbs you eat are almost immediately translated into sugar once you eat it. You may not be eating the crystallized sugar, but you are eating sugar.
So how do you get rid of all this sugar? Get rid of the breads, pasta, pancakes, cereal, waffles, basically anything you eat for breakfast and go natural. Grab an apple, an orange, have a grapefruit (but don't add that sugar substitute, it's not saving your sugar intake, it's only going to add fat. Try salting it. Or better yet, tough out the sour).
Per year/ per person:
79lbs of HFCS (high fructose corn syrup)
150lbs of sugar
22 tablespoons/day X 365 days
That's just gross. And there's nothing moderate about it. The more sugar we intake, the more prone to disease we become. Sugar is a drug just like alcohol is, just like cigarettes, and just like cocaine.
We can't avoid sugar. We just can't. So instead of cutting all of this sugar out, add in the healthy stuff. Cut out some of the sugar and the processed food, but the most important thing is to ADD IN. pretty soon the good will out weigh the bad.
So. When I'm offered a candy bar or a cinnamon roll, there's a reason I'm so hesitant. Not only is it clearly not good for me, but it also has a lot of hidden side effects that I don't even want to think about.
Seriously. Go watch Hungry for Change. It's amazing. And a lot more uplifting towards the end ;)
Thanks for listening to my rantings
Chloe
xx
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