American Food Is POISONING Us, Calorie Intake Has Remained Constant But Obesity Has SKYROCKETED

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[@anthonywilliams7052]

He's got a point, many things in our food are banned in the EU because they aren't safe to eat.

[@remc0s]

This is also why there are laws against importing food from the States into Europe. What Americans call white bread has so much sugar it can be considered cake by EU standards 🍞🍰

[@anthonywilliams7052]

@@remc0s I noticed when I stopped eating bread my muscle craps in legs stopped and I felt better. No doctor ever mentioned that. I wish we could get food from Europe.

[@SoakintheSchadenfreude]

​@@remc0sits considered cake even by our standards. At least fast food bread.

[@briansearle6868]

Well that's cause the EU has socialized healthcare. So anything that could possibly cause anything they will ban cause the taxes are paying for the healthcare so they can control what you eat and how you live. They have banned many things that are utterly ridiculous because of the possible health effects, yet everything has a possible health effect. Soon the EU will ban meat consumption. Will you think that's good too?

[@davesomeone4059]

​@anthonywilliams7052 I've seriously lost all trust in any experts, including doctors, recently. Have stomach problems yourwhole life and not one Doctor thought, Hey maybe it's this disgusting diet? At some point common sense is more useful than these people's degrees.

[@bryancoxson7856]

Drove a truck recently from the 60s that had no power steering. Drove it for 3 days I found muscles I forgot I had!!!

[@user-cw3gw3ms3l]

Like the truck in the film Duel

[@cutepuppy2422]

Must be seriously weak.

[@drx1xym154]

@@cutepuppy2422 -- use it or lose it!

[@Rareplymouth]

😂 I had manual steering in an old 69 plymouth. My cuda has power steering but a clutch that can destroy a leg in rush hour traffic. Still that's like nothing compared to a big truck. I love my challenger. I didn't even realize they had cruise control in manuals at the time. It's already 14 years old. Still seems like a new car to me. It's a lot like driving the old cars with 2 extra gears, but without the leg breaking stiff clutch. Still nothings worse than power steering that's not working 😂 when the car won't start. That's a real workout.

[@crocodilegrundee4514]

I have driven big trucks for 30 years. Back in the early 1990s it was pretty regular to drive a semi from the 70s or so. They have massive steering wheels to give you leverage, and if you were lucky you could find one with a set of sticks. A 6 speed transmission with an auxiliary 4 speed. 24 forward gears and 4 reverse. Between the steering wheel and the twin shifters you got a hell of a workout in town!😁

[@LogiTech-qi2ug]

"High fructose corn syrup must be banned, just like it already is in other countries."

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

Nah that's gay.

[@Nick-ij5nt]

@@MilwaukeeF40C Banning something that's harming millions of people is gay?

[@NTJedi]

Nabisco uses High fructose corn syrup in most of its foods... need to avoid Nabisco.

[@trentvlak]

As if an extra 5% makes difference. You fats will make any excuse for your laziness.

[@stevendee6800]

I agree with that

[@jamesavery9584]

I have lost nearly 100 lbs in a year simply by changing my diet. No sugar, no carbs, healthy animal proteins and fat. You can do it, you should do it. You are worth it. God bless.

[@mustangracer5124]

Good food gives you the energy to go out and do things.. hence, the weight loss.

[@granitemoss1451]

Wonderful job!

[@randysalsman6992]

I lost about 250lbs recently, broke up with my girlfriend. Best diet regiment ever.

[@twobitsandpepper8235]

I'm trying the same, basically like the keto or paleo diet. But just as natural as possible, no more processed crap. Cutting sweets and carbs.

[@nicbennett6085]

That’s genuinely awesome! 👏👏👏

[@chrisfrench9257]

Its definitely a combination of toxic food and lack of exercise.

[@BP-1972]

I went low carb carnivore diet and lost my extra 30 pounds without exercise. Diet is 95% of it.

[@chrisfrench9257]

@BP-1972 It's been 4 days, so I don't recall exactly what my comment was referring to from the video. Judging by the title, it had to do with what was said on the topic. As a disabled individual, I am living proof of your claim. I don't disagree with you, but I also don't believe my comment was stating that one couldn't lose weight without exercise. Also, low carb means you aren't eating a SAD, which leads me to believe we aren't on the same page.

[@BP-1972]

@@chrisfrench9257 i’m just stating that you don’t need exercise to lose weight. I’m a 6 foot male and at my heaviest was 220 pounds. I got off the standard American diet went low-carb. I lost 30 pounds just by changing what I was eating. People are not overweight because the lack of exercise.

[@pmpiper1]

My dad was a logger, and passed in 1970. If he suddenly appeared today I think the two hardest things to explain to him would be: #1. Buying bottled water when it comes out of the tap #2. People going to the gym after work because they haven't had any exercise today

[@danduerkop1370]

tap water can be poison.

[@martareitmajer]

Good luck drinking water out of the tap. It’s full of pesticides, lead, etc. Your body and mind will be fighting just to stay alive lol

[@NoobTamer]

​@danduerkop1370 Bottled water is way more often than not, just tap water.

[@danduerkop1370]

@NoobTamer do enough research. I drink tap but their putting in stuff to make you dumb and docile

[@danduerkop1370]

@@NoobTamer also where I live is the best tap water in the country.

[@reaperbot5226]

boils down to greed because there is often far more profit to be made from treatments which help regulate an issue than there is from a true cure for the issue.

[@THall-vi8cp]

Yep. In the US we have a medical _industry_ that works to turn a profit. Healthy people are not profitable.

[@familhagaudir8561]

The greed of wanting to eat too much food that taistes good.

[@bubbajones4522]

@@THall-vi8cp And big pharma that needs their Ozempic money.

[@angelasmith1016]

Yes! And greed of big food companies to sell shelf stable items that are bad for you…i.e. 90% of the grocery!

[@ricoyola]

Why is no one is talking about the drastic chemicals that are being injected into almost all edible products.

[@daveblackman816]

It’s not even food, it’s mainly chemicals. Especially McDonald’s and fast food

[@penderic3415]

Plastic dust, pesticides, fungicides....... and more toxic seed oils in everything now!

[@jaredcowan7698]

Everything is chemicals friend, literally everything. Even though I get what you mean. I like to say noxious or toxic chemicals in reference to the garbage food we eat so often. As I write this I am eating Chinese Food that was certainly cooked in rapeseed oil (Canola is a brand name)... and it is poisonous if it isn't processed. Seed oils are bad for us, cottonseed oil is trash too, lots of candy has cottonseed oil in it.

[@brianmanuel1202]

McDonald's has been around for decades. It's because people are on their ass too much. Video games, tik tok, and watching timcast 😆 🤣

[@thomasfholland]

Come on man!! Do the research. Refined sugar is the largest poison in the US fabricated “foods”. Even a professor at UCLA did a huge exposure on the sugar industry. It’s just as bad for your body as heroin ☠️

[@Mrbfgray]

The solution is readily available and simple. Avoid highly processed foods, seed oils and refined sugars primarily, plus exercise, every little bit counts. As trite as it sounds, use the stairs, mow the lawn, walk jog run, even if only across the street.

[@Optimization_Coach]

Our commercial food is absolutely influencing our poor health. They talk about movement and that's true, but many of the folks in the 20's and 30's WERE NOT super active, yet when you see older video and movies they were all THIN. Our food is sprayed, genetically modified and the soils are not yielding the minerals they use to. True and proven multiple times.

[@bubbajones4522]

Does anyone want to buy into the conspiracy theory that it's the pharma companies who want to sell the fat drugs like Ozempic who are behind this? Let's ask Alex Jones.

[@brotbrotsen1100]

I had a roommate in university who came from the USA. She came here, to Germany and ate quite normal meals, like everyone else really, she lost 15kg in 7 months without any sports or anything, wasn't even hungry a single day. We just fought she overcame some sickness or something lol never thought about the possibility that the food she had before might just be terrible food.

[@beathumble2]

Thats so true. Theres a family farm I get home deliveries from that was founded by people formerly who worked in the medical field for this reason. They came together because of how sick people are because of what goes into their bodies.

[@ricasso777]

I’m very active and eat only meat , eggs , fruit & potato’s . & black coffee. I don’t drink any alcohol or smoke cigarettes & literally feel superhuman . If you treat your body right it’ll treat you right.

[@JonO387]

Most "food" in any grocery store isn't food at all. It's all human-chow that are little nuggets of sugar and seed oils.

[@j.joseph5353]

Correct.

[@mlong1958]

This is why I went carnivore a year ago. No more high blood pressure. No more gout. Dropped 70 lbs., so far. No more hyperinsulinemia / insulin resistance. No more joint pain. No more brain fog. No more dizziness. etc.

[@kathleenhensley5951]

That is what I'm trying. If I go to the doctor, she will just give me a 1000 calorie diet that will put more weight on... my health is ultimately my responsibility.

[@mlong1958]

@@kathleenhensley5951 I eat beef, butter, bacon, eggs, salt and water. Occasionally sausage. Plants are decoration, seasoning and medicine. Eat till you're comfortably stuffed then quit. Repeat when you get hungry. Easiest way of eating ever.

[@ecebear3]

⁠@@kathleenhensley5951 Rather than going straight carnivore, try Keto and intermittent fasting first. I’ve been watching Dr. Eric Berg, Dr. Jason Fung, and Dr. Eric Westman videos and they helped me a lot. I try (though I sometimes cheat) to limit carbs to 40g/day - technically not keto - but I did experience ketosis and now feel a lot better. I’ve been losing weight without feeling hungry and I snack very little. Very happy with my progress.

[@jeremybrocknblue5593]

I went carnivore recently …….. I feel healthier than I have in 15 years

[@vaginagas]

Right on! Me too!!!

[@juangonzalez9848]

I seriously doubt that caloric intake hasn’t increased.

[@swinuyasha]

As a kid i was active like crazy. Martial arts. Hiking, outdoors stuff. And yet i was incredibly overweight. I ate a lot though. As an adult im significantly less active and yet maintain a better weight than when i was active. The difference is the amounts i eat. Obesity issues come from an addiction to food. Producers have addictivity departments that try to find ways to make their food more addictive.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

Addiction comes from the individual. Largely genetics. Producers just want to make it as tasty as possible.

[@Texasfishingfamily]

Since I went carnivore I have almost doubled my caloric intake and have lost 20 pounds. I not longer have the inflammation, arthritis and tinnitus in my that I did. I sleep better and my blood pressure is lower than it has been in 10 years. I eat two time a day in an 8 hour window and eat until I'm completely full. Cutting out seed oils, processed foods and most carbs has changed my life for the better. I also don't need much caffeine and my brain fog is gone. Millions of others have seen these and more positive results. Beef, butter, bacon and eggs for the win. I also do not get tired during the day or feel the need to take a nap like I used to.

[@CW0123]

I’m not doubting but does your doctor know? It’d be interesting if no but they tell you to keep doing what you’re doing. Also based on your pic I see you’re a fisherman. I know a good chunk don’t harvest fish but do you still eat fish too?

[@devonsteve2347]

I’ve been carnivore for a few weeks, feeling loads better, im 63, when people start to say but,but,but, my answer is- we invented spears before we invented spades :)

[@studhunt7]

Absolutely no way you doubled your caloric intake while only eating meat, that's like a retard level claim, that would be like a 10x in volume of food at least lmao

[@ChristopherGwinn]

Yep, same for me.

[@Texasfishingfamily]

@@CW0123 I do eat fish too but only about once a month. I haven't been to a doctor in 20 years but I do get a physical and blood work every 2 years.

[@PepeToTheMooon]

People sitting around all day and not moving, not even going for a walk.

[@stabakoder]

And sadly a lot of people lost their will to do anything.

[@gifthorse3675]

Got to have a reason to get up and move, a lot of people don’t.

[@xelthiavice4276]

shush dont say that it will upset jeff

[@indepthmike5578]

Unfortunately for a lot of people sitting around for long periods of time like at work, school or in traffic can be difficult to avoid so the only thing I can do at least is consumer fewer calories by eating smaller meals, because if I eat too much than just sit around I feel more bloated and that can also cause weight gain too after awhile.

[@mustang607]

Obesity is Healthy, so say the woked.

[@wednesdayaddams-nw3nx]

And oh so sexy! 🙄

[@A_Jeff]

You literally complain about inflation and the cost of food every single day and can't connect that to why (less expensive) junk food is selling.

[@Attmay]

@@A_Jeff your degenerate side enabled this by demonizing red meat

[@MeatMechArchitect]

Because it’s cheap and ads target kids and addicts.

[@xelthiavice4276]

@@A_Jeff You literally complain every single day yeah we all know you do jeff. you are a loser :) cant wait for your copypaste reply :D

[@maiziedancing8946]

You are forgetting that allowing your kids to play outside is considered child neglect and abuse.

[@sheend]

Calories in calories out. The population has got lazier and lazier, the food has got progressively more synthetic and "processed", sugar intake is high as hell.

[@spddiesel]

0:45 obesity started at 31% and increased to 43%. That's an increase of 12 percentage points. 12% is 38.7% of 31%, so it's actually increased almost 40%.

[@spddiesel]

To make it easier, say you had 31 apples and bought 12 more, so now you have 43 apples. 12/31=0.387, so you've increased your apples holdings by 38.7%.

[@A_Jeff]

"12% is 38.7% of 31%, so it's actually increased almost 40%." lol.

[@benjaminp9628]

I came down here immediately to write this comment. Thank you for understanding math

[@mhammer3186]

@@A_Jeffto make it simpler to understand stand the math you can rewrite it at 12 is 38.7% of 31. But what he wrote is correct, as the statistic was already a percent and he was calculating the percentage change.

[@A_Jeff]

@@mhammer3186 yeah, just remove the part where it's a percentage already.

[@brucewestoby]

Most people eat 2-3 times what they need. Dinner is a big factor....you do not need a big dinner.

[@ENOCH9MM-vl2bm]

This reminds me of the propaganda that they fed us all our lives. Balanced diet and all the food groups. You have to eat a square meal three times a day. Nobody needs that much food. You’re better off eating less of that junk and living on the verge of starvation.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

Alright I just made a 1.3lb pork tenderloin, bundle of those cardboard looking jap noodles, and whole package of sauces green beans. I thought I could eat the whole thing but I just wrapped up half of it. But I had to poop the whole time so that might be part of it and I just took a biggun. Maybe I will get hungry later.

[@user-nl3fh3rx2n]

The grocery stores of the 50s and early 60s were like Whole Foods today. Since then the relative cost of food has decreased because its quality has decreased due to the agribusiness system that has squeezed the nutritional content of foods, even from the field, due to an over mechanized and chemicaled horticulture strategy that depletes the soil. Depleted soil produces relative empty nutrient produce inputs, which are then manufactured into packaged products with added chemicals and sugars to restore some taste and add shelf life.

[@teddyvetter5256]

The food is poisoned. My activity level has increased quite a bit since the 90’s…. But my weight has increased.(I’m taking 24 miles of biking several times a week) Going on extended business overseas, and 20-30 pounds comes off within weeks with almost NO activity!!! I also would point to the decreased sex drive/lack of sex teens are engaging in. Something is seriously wrong with our food

[@sunnyromano6862]

Ukraine is the bread basket of Europe where GMO is not allowed and alot of the chemicals used in foods here are also not allowed there but Monsanto has the contract for after the war so things will be changing there soon enough.

[@THall-vi8cp]

@sunnyromano6862 That sucks. The horrible part about GMO isn't necessarily the plants themselves, but all of the nasty chemicals sprayed on the plants that end up in the food.

[@familhagaudir8561]

The food isn't poisoned, you consume too many calories. I eat processed shit, mesure it, and weight went to the predictable direction based on caloric intake and activity level. Objectively mesure your food intake and adjust the amounts down untill the weight decrease. Less food means saved cash and time.

[@chessapk5034]

Same experience as you. 100% the problem is the food supply, meds, possibly even the environment (chemicals, sprays, etc). Exercise has nothing to do with it for a lot of us.

[@theperfectbeing]

If you follow a basic paleo styled guideline for food you can drastically improve the output. The food industries in NA cannot be trusted, eat organic raised meats, eggs, fish and fresh produce. Make all your own baked goods from scratch. It's not an end all solution but it's the best we can do until they regulate the industries better.

[@Deltic-ce1hk]

Not just the food but a complete lack of exercise and physical activity. I rarely see new faces at the gym I go to.

[@Dyonivan]

I'm disabled and can't work out. But I'm also not fat because I know how to portion control and consciously restrict my diet compared to people around me. People need to stop gorging themselves with high calorie foods, drinks, and alcohols.

[@vicc6790]

if that's the case, why is only America having this issue?

[@davesomeone4059]

​@vicc6790 no shit right? Did they stop drinking in Germany? Lol no

[@thevolatilitywhisperer7616]

Bc gyms suck. Work out at home, be a man. Avoid cameras and boils

[@phobos54]

I also think it’s because a lot of our jobs are very seditary, people work in offices and don’t do physical work, so you are not moving and burning any calories. I work a job that is physical, never have a weight problem. It’s partially the society we live in now. The food sucks too.

[@Ligmajohnson1989]

For everyone talking about how the EU bans all the bad stuff the EU has just as high of cancer and disease rates. The Netherlands is number 1 in the world for certain cancers

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

People live longer which just increases the chance of getting something eventually, plus diagnosis is more thorough whereas people used to just up and died.

[@RememberNineEleven]

... but are they weight challenged?

[@dj__grizzly]

i live in the netherlands, most food from usa is banned over here NOT because it can caus cancer but because it has to many hormones, or because it is chlorine-washed, or it has to many dangerous chemicals, much is GMO so banned also, it can contain artificial food dyes that have been linked to hyperactivity and other health issues or it has brominated vegetable oil (which can cause neurological and developmental problems) arsenic in poultry food etc etc. Also Europe is not alone., most other nations have similar practices (Japan, Australia, Canada etc.) so you could say : food from usa is only allowed in usa

[@chrisr.6638]

Seed oils

[@Ligmajohnson1989]

@@dj__grizzly yet again no country that bans all of this stuff is any healthier than the US. Also EU countries are the top users in the world for anti depressants

[@summerp7811]

Really young people (10 and below) should not be on social media and if they had decent parents, they would be playing sports, learning teamwork and being active. City and school leagues are still thriving here in middle TN, thankfully.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

Or mow the damn lawn.

[@tonysjourney1161]

People who don't get how working out is beneficial to your own health kinda irritate me. I'm a disabled guy who is technically a quadriplegic. I've been working out since I was 13 years old. I've taken a couple long vacations from it but ultimately I always come back to working out because it helps me so much. I wasn't a jock in high school but I knew a lot of people. I play hockey and I powerlift. I'm getting into hunting, I fish, I go shooting, I even play airsoft with friends. I have a couple videos on my channel on playing airsoft in my chair. Airsoft has also put me in a couple of magazines and a few articles about me have been made. So when people tell me I can't, I call bs.

[@stevendee6800]

Great quote in my gym, make time for your health or you’ll be forced to make time for your health

[@Anne_Onymous]

America uses a different type of wheat than everyone else. Another staple is GMO corn, which leads to a lot of high fructose corn syrup.

[@A_Jeff]

I wonder which states grow all the corn.

[@Attmay]

@@A_Jeff," said the classist bigot

[@A_Jeff]

@@Attmay I wonder if those states being wholly reliant on that crop has anything to do with it being in all the food.

[@thomasfholland]

@@Attmay Don’t feed the troll

[@sunnyromano6862]

Ukraine is the bread basket of Europe where GMO is not allowed. Monsanto has the contract for after the war where GMO will be introduced and spread across Europe; much chronic illness and pharmaceuticals to follow.

[@crame4xc663]

I’m a marathon runner and a 48 resting heart rate is low Tim. That’s actually a elite athlete in their 20s

[@edlo8099]

I'm 53 and never ran or did much cardio only weights and calisthenics and my resting heart rate is 49.

[@gifthorse3675]

Running is for psychopaths, walk like a normal person.

[@ColonelBragg]

@@gifthorse3675 Once you get that first runners high its amazing.

[@briansearle6868]

Genetics plays a major role in heart rate as well.... Take me for example I was obese in high school, well, technically obese. But I was also an elite athlete even at that weight. And my resting heart rate was the lowest in the entire high school at 34. Some people just genetically have a lower heart rate than others. My father was the same as me and so was his father and none of us were runners. I was a soccer Goalie.

[@Skitdora2010]

It is not just being an athlete but right type of training. Even elevation can change your rbc count and require less beats to exchange same amount of oxygen. Low oxygenation causes more beats. You want a strong heart for more efficient pumping, less fat to need your blood to need to pump out to feed, clear blood vessels free of covid blood clots growing (or atherosclerosis) and plenty of red blood cells to carry that oxygen.

[@Mhike177]

I’m an obese person but I started carnivore diet 40 days ago. Already lost 14 lbs. My swollen feet gone in 9 days, I haven’t taken my GERD medication since day 1, my plantar fasciitis pains are gone after a couple days, my energy is constant without crashes that I actually went back into exercising to release some of those energy, and I feel lighter than before that I can now play chase with my dog as my second form of exercise. This carnivore diet is something and it does make you believe that the government department food recommendations were made to kill people to control the population or rely on doctors and medications that makes them money. We know they all have shares in that market to make themselves rich. To someone who doesn’t want to do carnivore, I would at least recommend REMOVING carbs, sugar (processed or natural), processed meat and plant based foods. It’s still much better than the “healthy diet” that we are told we should eat.

[@ChadThundercook]

This is the way

[@ClassicJukeboxBand]

Keep up the good work...nearly 5 years carnivore for me.

[@anthonyjoseph618]

What was your experience with foot swelling? Was it constant or was it triggered by sitting or standing too much or something else? How long did you experience swelling? What did your doctor say about it?

[@Mhike177]

@@anthonyjoseph618 I had the feet and ankle swelling for over 3 years. My wife was worried because the way it looked like was what a diabetic person would have. She pressed my ankles and it remained dented and didn’t return to its shape immediately. Another sign of a diabetic person from high blood sugar that allow fluids to pool on feet and ankles. So I had my A1C tested and sure enough I’m prediabetic with 6.7%. The test was a year ago and I haven’t heard of carnivore then. When I did start the diet on March 26th this year, I first noticed immediately I wasn’t getting GERD anymore. It wasn’t until the 9th day that my wife and I noticed my feet and ankle swelling has disappeared. When my ankles were pressed that it immediately returned to its shape. I decided to start a baseline blood test again so I can compare later on. I noticed my A1c had gone down to 6.1%, but it’s still on prediabetic range. My next test, first comparison to baseline, isn’t until October so I’m hoping to see improvements on that. I didn’t get my swollen feet and ankles checked by any doctors, but I truly believe that it is tied to my prediabetic condition. The reason for this belief is not only due to the pressed skin test, but my swollen feet looked almost exactly as my mother’s, who actually has diabetes. It unfortunately runs in the family. A month and a half in with the carnivore diet and I still haven’t had GERD or any form of acid reflux, feet and ankles remains normal, knee joint and lower back pains are gone, my plantar fasciitis pains are gone, my wife noticed my snoring due to sleep apnea had drastically decreased, and I’m still slowly losing weight as I weigh myself weekly. The only diet that had helped improve all of my ailments quickly, and I’m hoping my A1C levels will be back to normal range when I get retested in October.

[@anthonyjoseph618]

@@Mhike177 I had feet swelling too, for over three years and counting, I lost a bit of weight, quit alcohol, never any tobacco, never any drugs, no more coffee or soda at all. I’m considering going vegetarian. I think with enough effort, you and I will be okay. Thank you for sharing, I’m glad to know I’m not the only one . We got this friend!

[@kathleenhensley5951]

I'm in my 70s... I've fought the fat battle my entire life. Nearly everyone in my family were obese by the time they reached 45-50 including me, I always blamed it on my very Italian genes.. but that isn't the entirety of the story. Lately, I was getting to the point I couldn't walk, I'd fall, my back was hurting constantly... this week I just got beyond frustrated with what I was going through. Lately, I've tried fasting and eating nearly nothing, so I still have my old self discipline, but I couldn't lose weight, in fact I was gaining it. I'm trying the old keto diet, that always seemed to help- eating fat and meats etc..and far less carbohydrates. I'm taking more vitamins. I've lost 3-4 lbs in just a few days. It's working. If I lose weight, I feel better, I will feel like walking more, and that will help dispel the awful weakness, so I'll feel better. I have hypothyroidism and have had since my 30s, I've researched that more, recently. I'm well into my menopausal years. (Menopause, for me, was in 2000!! I agree we all need to move around more.. but something else is going on, and it's not just my advanced age. I am older so I remember how much I moved around as a teenager in the 1960s, yes, a bit more but if my metabolism has slowed (and I went down to 700 calories in April) something else is wrong. Chemicals in our diet of processed food, especially, processed carbohydrates? I don't know but I do know It's not laziness, alone.

[@glockdude5472]

I started out doing just an evening walk each day until I had the energy to do more exercises like weight lifting. You’ll also crave less sugar and food once you start losing the weight. I couldn’t believe how much more I ate when I was just sitting around. That good feeling you get from walking is worth it too. Best of luck

[@BridgetMayAljasser]

I remember the debate in 1992 when they started messing with our milk supply. I can't remember if it was antibiotics or GMO, but weight has increased ever since.

[@CW0123]

I remember hearing there was so much artificial growth hormones in milk girls were starting puberty early. That was early 2000s tho

[@sunnyromano6862]

I remember when Hillary was on the board of Monsanto when it first became a corporation; she was not trust worthy from back than.

[@CW0123]

@@sunnyromano6862and Obama appointed a former Monsanto head as director of the FDA

[@wtk6069]

Avoid restaurants in general. Eat a low carb, perhaps wholly carnivore diet (but that's up to you), and you'll be fine.

[@red56dragon61]

I'm 68, I was skinny when I was preteen, then went heavy. Like Tim, I worked at family restaurant at 12 for money. In Jr. High & High School I played football & wrestled. After first yr. of H.S. I was head lifeguard at the city pool. I went to work 10 hrs. in tin metal building, over 100 in summer & wearing insulated underwear, coveralls, & coat where it snowed thru holes in the walls in the winter. During hay harvest season, after day job went to coworker's to eat, then go haul hay bails till midnight m-f & all day Sat. & Sun.. I am still big, but I walk at the park track & lift at the gym. Workout with 1.5 in. Dia. steel nunchucks I made as I was a machinist, still workout with them, when I go to wood ones they are so light they whistle!

[@RealBrianDeclan]

I blame a large amount of it on the willful lack of regulating seed oils in the US. My family owns an olive oil store and I cannot tell you how many people we have seen lose 50-60 lbs simply by changing to a good oil. It's crazy.

[@cubicleinvestor2553]

BiG difference between clean calories and junk food calories, especially how effectively your body can break them down, or stores them.

[@DK-wp2rk]

Everything is soybean oil filler.

[@sunnyromano6862]

I looked at the ingredients in mayonnaise recently and the first ingredient is soybean oil; in all of the big brands. There is a version that states on the front label, made with olive oil but when you turn it around and read the ingredients the first ingredient is still soybean oil and a few ingredients later olive oil is listed. The same thing with salad dressing, they all have soybean oil and the one I saw that said made with olive oil on the front labe,l when you read the ingredients it still has soybean oil listed and a few ingredients down is listed olive oil; they don't even have to say how much; it's criminal.

[@DK-wp2rk]

@@sunnyromano6862 yep, they only have to list it proportionally from most to least. Most of the time soybean is top billing in the oddest places.

[@Botoburst]

@@sunnyromano6862 If they used olive oil, the real stuff the mayo would be between 20 and 30 bucks. Tried making homemade but it's difficult to get the right consistency, ends up being a liquid.

[@rabbit32073]

I've lost 75lbs. since 2020, when I first heard the term "comorbidity". All I did was start eating only one big meal per day, waiting until about 5pm. I still drink a lot of coffee, which I need to work on. I've learned that it's nearly impossible to lose lots of weight without feeling like crap. Embrace the SUCK.

[@JamesDaniel217]

Its insane, at this point nothing will wake Americans up or make them mad, we are toast

[@pamelapostle8236]

What's really sad is kids get no exercise and then get diagnosed with ADHD 😢

[@danphillips4590]

During covid u could play all the sports u wanted, only sheeple stayed inside.

[@mdocod]

Sugar Alcohols, Nitrates, Preservatives, Colorings... Stick to the perimeter of the grocery store, avoid the poison.

[@alhubele654]

It's mainly the increased use of seed oils and high fructose corn syrup in everything that are highly inflammatory and cause weight gain. Eat less carbs and sugars and more protein.

[@julianfrachtman5866]

Same foods in Europe are void of SO many insane additives, preservatives, etc - US food is not allowed over there 😅

[@rebeccacarraway480]

Their cities and towns are so much older as well and are laid out to induce/promote walking or biking.

[@CW0123]

I’m not a fan of big gov but yeah at least theirs looks out for their citizens and gives them healthcare. That kind of thinking will never come to the US cause one side wants to get rich off it and the other side would just use it to seize more power.

[@indepthmike5578]

The fact is that companies have the politicians bought and paid for in America and that probably allows them to keep adding the additivies and preservatives to the food.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

Fck urop and it's paternalism. Tell me specific good reasons they had for something or shut up. That place has no less regulatory capture than the U.S.

[@briansearle6868]

Calorie intake has remained constant but the amount we exercise has dropped off significantly. So the claim that they are poisoning us is utter nonsense, this is mostly due to people being lazier than in the past. Sitting at computers for 8 hours a day instead of working on the family farm. Notice how it starts increasing near the popularity of Personal Computers in the early 2000's and more of an increase after the invent of the smartphone.

[@j.joseph5353]

Well, no. I get that computers are easy to blame, but adults before '99 lived just as sedentary a lifestyle as they do now. Work in a cubicle/office -> TV -> bed. Replace TV with computer and you have the current thing. Exercise/physical activity is not some cure-all. You cannot outrun a poor diet. Most food in a supermarket should not be eaten by any human being.

[@zottv1500]

We are literally being poisoned by our food and no one is doing anything

[@baron6271]

Big Pharma needs never-ending customers.

[@laurakillian4758]

Ok. I was a stay at home mom. Quit smoking. I was able to keep my weight in line without crazy diet or excess exercising. I cooked all of our meals at home. 30 min of split cardio/strength training 4 days a week. Beverages @ tea, koolaid, soda, beer at will. No beer or soda at home in the fridge. When my children wemt to school I took a job in food service. I ran drive through 10 hours a day with a 30 min break - having ice water with lime and a small yogurt or 2 chicken strips. My clothes started getting tight, so i took out the food. Then i was promoted. Still running 10-12 hours a day but no regular break and some night shifts added. Any food in my mouth caused weight gain. Enter diet soda. No longer eating from scratch meals, i tried to choose as closely as possible the types of foods i would have cooked. Got rid of diet soda. Nothing worked. I tried every diet known to man. It was no use. I couldn't drop the weight. I was down to 400 calories a day to maintain my level of fatness. I started learming about fungus in our food supply. I cut processed foods and sugar. At about 2 weeks i shrunk. Litterly. I did not lose weight. I had shrunk. On studying I learned that when people are sensituve to allergens or toxins, their body will trap those things in the fat layers for protection. Fluid builds and you look fat. But its not excess fat. Its the toxins that the fat is trying to protect you from. We have to start producing our food closer to home. Regional food systems - when you know who"s going to eat what youre making, youre going to care about that. When you know who's producing your food, youll know who to avoid if theres a problem. Minerals. Theyre stripped from our water which is then killed dead. Get a multimineral suppliment naturally derived. It cured the Fibromialga that i was told was incurable. Pharmaceutical companies....hell. Big corporations dont care about people. If theres no person standing for the product then theres a problem.

[@Blaze2435]

Yep.

[@charinabottae]

Look into seed oils. Those chicken strips, and any processed food is full of seed oils, which are highly inflammatory and metabolic disruptors.

[@jeremyr7147]

I agree with fat trapping toxins.. been a believer in that for more than a decade. With evidence, I see it in people & in myself when I get exposed to toxins, even in the air. Like paint fumes painting a house, I have to wear a mask to block the poisons.. flew on a plane one time & could small fumes like benzene while we were waiting a long time on the runway. I gained about 20 lb in a week or 2 after that.. Not all people have ability to trap toxins in their fats, then that's when you get illnesses like ms, fibromyalgia, cancer, ect. Toxins can go into bones & other tissues that will be damaged.

[@laurakillian4758]

Processed food is loaded with fungus. They test grain for animal feed for fungus, but not the grain used for our bread. If you're allergic - it's a problem. The seed oils are an irritant. Inflammation. The good oils litterly feel so good on my lips and mouth. So soothing. Olive oil. Avocado oil. Coconut. I'm sure there are many but these are what I use now.

[@jeremyr7147]

@@laurakillian4758 I used to use olive oil, much better than antifreeze they put in store stuff, but nothing beats lard or animal fats. Real saturated fat exactly the same as epidermis. Try sometime. I even use bacon grease 😁

[@RobMathMiller]

I am from generation X and I notice that my generation and above are not as obese. I notice so much more obesity in younger people, especially in the millennial generation. Which probably means their lifestyle is way too sedentary!

[@rmondave]

Sedentary true, but also surrounded by soda and junk food, culturally accepted and adopted like the kiss of early death and/or pain and suffering.

[@lmlm_]

The good news is we can all change this starting today. No one forces you to eat junk food. Go outside, walk more, workout, get active, meet friends in real life.

[@danduerkop1370]

you dont understand the video. Its not what you are doing every day. When the food supply is slowing your digestion down on purpose and making you feel bad about yourself.

[@lmlm_]

@@danduerkop1370 As I said, no one forces you to eat the junk food supply. Eat better food and you won’t be slowed down. Health is about diet and exercise. What didn’t I understand, dipstick?

[@lmlm_]

@@danduerkop1370 As I said, no one forces you to consume shit food. Processed food may be slowing down your digestion, natural meat and greens aren’t.

[@notoriousj_]

Food, water supply, everything is poisoned

[@taylorcronin955]

Is it American Food Or American companies. Amish Americans Consistently GROW to 100 +. Dying at 80 happens but is not normal.

[@sunnyromano6862]

Across the nation the government is shutting down Amish and small regenerative farmers; that should tell us all something.

[@Tesmond256]

Person 1: Amish 5'10" eats 2200 calories per day Person 2: City dweller 5'10" eats 2200 calories per day Person 1: walks 15,000 steps per day and maintains their weight across their lifetime. Person 2: walks 5,000 steps per day and is ~400 calories in surplus The 400 calorie surplus means that person 2 gains around 1lbs of weigh every 9 days. This will slow overtime as the increased weight requires more calories to maintain, but they will potentially be obese in 2 years despite eating the same food and starting from the exact same point.

[@davesomeone4059]

​@@Tesmond256it's also that yes. Being healthy while NOT ever working a factory job probably helps.

[@theperfectbeing]

@@sunnyromano6862 They're also proposing making people register their gardens and intend on taxing them for their impacts of fertilizers. Shit is straight up sinister

[@Cool2023FtwNoice]

​@@theperfectbeing AGREE 😡😡

[@minusCEE]

People are less active if calories intake the same. Simple thermal dynamics

[@theoriginalOSOK]

I'm 63 and I walk my old rescue dog a mile twice a day and sometimes another shorter walk at night - every day. People need to go to the shelter and get a pup that needs a good home and then start walking them - it won't take three days and they will start to pester and remind you when it's time to walk. We go before work and after work every day. I work from home like many today and sit at a desk so this is very important for me and my friend too. Like you say, people just aren't moving around as much so they need to focus on it.

[@themasculinismmovement]

Not all calories are equal, and people don't exercise anymore

[@SG-js2qn]

Cut your carbs to basically nothing, and eat more animal protein and fat. Exercise. That is the simplest solution. Earlier obesity was due to high fructose corn syrup, most likely. Modern obesity is more due to smartphones and computer games. The two add together.

[@Surtr_Cinders]

I found that eating less processed carbs helped me years ago, its full of sugars and other additives. I started making bread (sourdough starter) during the pandemic and found its so much better than store bought bread.

[@AlwaysRight1111]

It’s the kind of calories, not the amount. High fructose corn syrup, refined sugars, etc. destroy your liver’s ability to work and it will make you fat over time.

[@mickeyhead9770]

I’m 70. You cannot compare the foods we ate years ago to the crap that people eat today. Portions were smaller, meat and vegetables were farm to table, a snack was a seldom eaten treat, we did not go out to eat except on special occasions, and we MOVED our bodies everyday. No sitting at computers all day, kids had gym classes and played outside during recess and after school, people walked everywhere. No remote controls for the television (if you even had a tv). “We get in a car to drive to the gym to walk on a treadmill.” I read that years ago and it has always stuck we me how true the statement is.

[@fozzy7199]

Time at ~0:40 'obesity didn't go up 30%, that's wrong.'. It went from 31 to 43 percent. 12 divided by 31 = 38.7% increase. Math is hard.

[@thedeathcake]

Calories in has remained the same. Really? Because that violates a fundamental law of physics.

[@ferretapocalypse]

No it doesn’t. 2000 calories of protein is not the same as 2000. Calories of fat

[@delacruzva]

This is so true I am a plumber and I have multiple plumbers that have their own business. And we are all over 45 years old and there are no young bucks coming up to take our places.

[@justsomeguy404]

It doesn't help that most stuff their face , then have to relax or worse yet take a nap.

[@bornagainbuddhist1969]

It's all by design, just one more sign of the times we are living in...

[@podemous]

48 BPM? danger... it's like you're asleep

[@ChantalleStott]

They want us lazy. Lazy = unhealthy = compliant 😢😑

[@Tommysimonsen]

Water is wet

[@reaperbot5226]

partly because companies have been adding various things to the food supply for decades. which the human body can't always break down so it often gets stored as extra mass instead. often resulting in more illnesses and side effects developing overtime. however they are also genetically modifying various crops which both humans and animals eat which can cause some these side effects.

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

And why do they do that? Because federal regulators like those at the USDA impose nutritional mandates that, if followed in letter and spirit, would mean nothing but bland but nutrient-rich slop would be allowed to be sold. All those not-so-wholesome ingredients are ersatz fats and sugars created to avoid trouble with the regulators that would result from using real fat and sugar.

[@tb41406]

​@@ladymacbethofmtensk896what are you on about?

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

@@tb41406 A very important piece of the American obesity puzzle, a culture that moralizes suffering and makes pleasure a source of guilt and shame. America is a culture that treats mealtime as an inconvenient chore that should be a torturous endurance test. Such was the principle pushed by such diet reformers as Sylvester Graham and John Harvey Kellogg, and much of their diet philosophy informed Ansel Keys' anti-fat crusade and the creation of federal diet guidelines, which the producers of our food supply immediately began to subvert. The fact is that notion that food must only sustain life without enhancing it has been part of American food culture since the original Yankee settlements in New England and should have been abandoned long ago.

[@tb41406]

@ladymacbethofmtensk896 Are you American? Many Americans see mealtime as a time of enjoyment and gorge themselves on food. Americans are one of the only people to eat 2000 calorie meals every meal, every day. If we thought food was a chore and only exists to sustain life, we wouldn't be one of the fattest countries. I'd argue the opposite is true and too many people indulge in eating habits that aren't healthy, and they do it because they have an unhealthy relationship with the food. The food which has been modified to give us more pleasure with less nutrients

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

@@tb41406 I read foreign accounts of Americans gobbling down their meals as quickly as possible, as though they were trying to get mealtime over with, dating back to the 1820's, along with speculation that the gobbling habit was based on Puritan anti-pleasure ethics. The truth is that when you wolf down your meals quickly, you are not enjoying a single bite. And it really does not help that the American meal is often informed by that saying that if it didn't taste bad, it would not be good for you, which gives a healthy diet a bad image.

[@EliteTreats]

Yes!!! We are!!! Look at our ingredient labels and compare the SAME product with oversea countries like the EU, Australia, etc and ours is filled with crap!

[@death_dealer_382yt9]

I've been screaming about this for decades

[@karl5404]

It has to be the preservatives. I hit high school and blew up to 220 lbs even though my main source of transportation was my bike and i played sports. Joined the army out of HS and was never able to meat the 180 lbs weight standard for the army, usually 10lbs over and needed to be taped. My lowest weight was deployed to Iraq with PT on top of daily missions. My average weight outside of Iraq was 200 and when I got out I quickly blew up to 260. Now sitting at 280 on a weight management program. I was actually told I was not eating enough and my body was in starvation mode and hoarding fat.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

Genetics.

[@karl5404]

@MilwaukeeF40C I think that also plays a role but not in my family. My parents are a healthy weight but me and 3 brothers are over weight.

[@trentvlak]

Tim is right on this one - lack of activity. Asian countries eat a lot of rice, which has a high glycemic index, and didn't have weight gain problems until recently. Insulin resistance due to lack of activity is the problem here, not what people are eating.

[@optimumperformance]

When was the last time you were in Asia? I’ve lived throughout Asia and there are a very high percentage of fat asians.

[@A_Jeff]

It's diet. Junk food is less expensive. (Also, you prevent walk-able cities)

[@_Delta_P_]

Their rice isn’t laced with chemicals

[@Attmay]

@@A_Jeff this is all the fault of the left with its anti-meat smear campaign.

[@Gengh13]

Until recently they didn't consume seed oils, that's the culprit.

[@robertpaulson9868]

High sugar content in EVERYTHING!!!!!

[@Desu-Desu-Chan-San]

Calorie intake is one thing, carb intake is another... A lot of what people are eating is carbs on top of carbs on top of carbs. Once you lower that casarb intake you shed pounds, I lost 150 pounds myself and all I did was limit myself to 50-80 carbs a day.

[@TRC19999]

I DK how people can eat fast food. So terrible for you.

[@CW0123]

As someone who eats fast food it’s cause we genuinely hate ourselves.

[@kevinmorbidthelostcronin1984]

I started researching cosmetic genetics for a truly silly reason. I drew thousands of divergent pieces of data using my decades of collegiate research and software development. Naturally, I found a correlation between the darkness of skin and the latitude, but I found much more interesting data. 1} The red pigments in skin/hair correlate with the cloudiness of the area. (green pigments in eyes). 2} Mobility of the population causes an introduction of cosmetics that does not offer the best suitability for the environment. The body takes decades to acquire the correct level of self-protection, but generations to make permanent alterations. As such, effects of colonization (British, Chinese, or others) can still be seen in local populations several hundred years later. 3} The body uses Fat as a sunscreen protection while it darkens the pigments. 4} The use of Sunscreen confuses the body, preventing the acquisition of darker pigmentation, but not the initial fat acquisition. 5} Tanning beds drive the skin crazy as it determines the correct latitude and cloudiness, then is exposed to outlier data it must respond to. This constant back and forth shift is what leaves the body open to Cancer. The body is so confused, it just waves Skin Cancer on through. 6} modern lighting is interpreted by the body as "Cloudy but Lit". None of this was ever part of my initial hypothesis. My silly reason was a desire to have appropriately colored people in my Fantasy novel series. I have been working on it intermittently since 2000 (1993 actually, but it was just a nerdy thought then), including lots of study with college science professors. This was extremely surprising, but supported over and over again as I got more data. Regular exposure to the outside, in your latitude, without sunscreen, will cause a 3 to 6 month rise in fat, but then a reduction. Most obesity is caused by being office/house bound, because the body is stuck in the "cloudy cycle". Our obesity epidemic is the result of: 1} Not getting outside enough. 2} The use of sunscreen. 3} Mobility as a nation. That is why the usual culprits of "food" and "exercise" are having studies showing them as non-factors. While food and exercise can effect it, modern medicine is wrong. These are not the primary culprits. And doctors are regularly presented with that fact, but discount it and victim blame. It is similar to someone saying "What I see is not a Full Moon, because if a Full Moon was a thing, someone would have reported it before now." With each person deciding not to report their apparent hallucination so they did not get laughed at. As long as we keep moving big distances for jobs or communities, obesity will be an American problem. This is part of the reason it is seen less in areas where the local population has remained fixed to a hundred or so mile area for generations. Their skin coloration has already adapted over hundreds of years. This is not poisoning or chemicals.

[@1999TransAmWS6]

Very true. I was a kid in the 80s and highschool early 90s. I had Nintendo, Sega, etc. but my friends and I were always outside doing something. I remember playing tag football for hours, then we'd walk about a mile to the school and use the tennis for a few more hours. As soon as the sun went down we'd all be playing jail break outside. Basketball, baseball, we would play it all. Now a days, i only see the local kids outside the first few warm days after winter. Give it a couple weeks and they all go back inside to play games, Facebook...who knows for the rest of summer and fall. I'm in a mainly young family subdivision and come late May/early June its a ghost town. I barely see anybody outside. That goes for kids and parents. It's pretty sad.

[@DDIAZ-we4dz]

I imagine also it's because we lead an increasingly sedentary lifestyle. Especially with the rise of remote work and car centric city planning. Same calories but we move less equals fat. Another is the increased role heavily processed foods take in our diet. On my trip to italy what surprised me was just how simple the food was. No I don't mean it was just a slice of bread and ham. But it was whole ingredients. It's something that with skill I could have easily put together in my kitchen. And every shop was like this. And the lack of car centricity plays a huge role. If I was hungry I could just walk around the corner and have a sandwich and a coffee for like 8 euro. This had the added benefit of making me walk. Even a small amount of exercise is better than no exercise. And I felt I could do it safely and quickly enough that it wasn't an inconvenience. Meanwhile in the states I have a ton of shops about around but they are all about a mile away and through many high speed intersections making walking to them not only inconvenient but also dangerous. So I drive and get 0 exercise. We need a drastic cultural shift towards more whole foods and lowering our reliance on automobiles

[@rebeccacarraway480]

Stupidity and bad information doesn’t help either. As long as people believe dumb stuff like “you need carbs for energy” it’ll never change.

[@Attmay]

Boomers bought into that hook, line, and sinker because they were indoctrinated with it on television practically from birth.

[@Codemeister1105]

Spoken like a dunce that doesn't know what carbohydrates actually are. You deserve an encyclopedia of insults told to you and are lucky YT won't let me. Go back to staring off into space that's obviously what you're good at.

[@closeenough1343]

Carbs are the primary energy source your body uses first. You absolutely need carbs, just not at the levels and quality that people ingest every day.

[@methylmania]

Yeah. Weird. I haven't had a carb in 4 years. Still here. Still thriving.

[@closeenough1343]

@methylmania NOT saying it's impossible, it's just not recommended. Even the hardest Carnivore had to back off and ingest carbs through fruit and honey to maintain his health. His name is Paul Saladino. I'd take his work considering he's an M.D and provided his blood results to back it up. 🤷

[@davidtucker9498]

Calories in vs calories out. If intake is the same, people aren't using as much energy.

[@Leonnie13]

The food is poison. Processed food is poison. I stopped eating it because it was making me so sick.

[@Attmay]

It's more than just that. Carbs do make the difference and they are in so many foods that it is next to impossible to avoid them while eating in a restaurant.

[@Tesmond256]

Your statement is true, however, there is at least a little nuance in the way nutrition can impact body composition over time and so the link between calories in and out is less obvious for the consumer. For example consider protein synthesis. For every 1g of egg protein you need to eat 2g of peanut protein for the same level of protein absorption. If two people are eating the same amount, but one diet the protein has a higher absorption rate, you could find that one of the individuals retains muscle better. Over time even if they have the same activity levels and total calories the more muscular person will have a higher base resting rate of calorie consumption. Over years of the same eating habit it would be possible for one of these two to slowly become obese where as the more muscular one just retains their size.

[@TV-xv1le]

​@@Attmaycarbs make a zeeero difference. If that was the case every athlete would be obese.

[@Alex-vl7ji]

This has been debunked on so many levels...

[@realShadowKat]

I'd say it's been even before 1999. All one has to look back to is the introduction of HFCS and how it's infiltrated nearly ever processed food chain. Someone needs to do an honest study. Manufacturers know it now by advertising clearly "no HFCS." They wouldn't do that if they couldn't gain customers because of it. And, as someone with a fructose allergy, it made eating very difficult until I visited overseas countries where it isn't used and felt 100% better without gastro-illnesses.

[@BlackbeardsRevenge]

When I was a kid the worst punishment my parents could give was not no tv, no video games but not allowed to go outside to play. Knowing that I was always on my best behavior. Being stuck inside was the worst.

[@Condre3000]

Car centric society. It's the entire reason. Food of course doesn't help, but we structured our towns and neighborhoods so poorly that people drive a car to move 200 ft. Cars are great, but exclusively favoring them for transportation for nearly a century has destroyed our society

[@A_Jeff]

Yes, all of this. And don't forget that any time a subway or train is introduced as an option the first people to deny it are the people you voted for.

[@raventoxicity3508]

@@A_Jeff bruh thats the same problem.

[@A_Jeff]

@@raventoxicity3508 "we structured our towns and neighborhoods so poorly that people drive a car to move 200 ft" The people who are structuring it that way are the people you enable into office....

[@CW0123]

Uh oh you’re on the wrong side if Canadian diddler Jeff L agrees with you 😳🤣👌

[@A_Jeff]

@@raventoxicity3508 yeah, you're ignoring your part in enabling that then lamenting it later

[@wingy200]

I work in a bulk club store decorating cakes. The amount of people I see who are too heavy to walk and riding scooters loading up on corn syrup is disheartening.

[@EdgarClay]

Carbs abundant and sugar rampant. Trim em back and suddenly I feel so much better

[@Kacee2]

This has been going on for decades . In Europe they don't even allow the crap that we eat .

[@neilduncan5117]

Inactivity is a bigger part.

[@markraftis]

Yes it is so many chemicals in our food. In Europe the food is much better more natural and real. What is the poison? We Americans do sit too much.

[@Timithos]

Calcium proprionate in our baked goods is one poison. High fructose corn syrup is another poison. A lot of other countries, like some in Europe, ban this stuff.

[@blaynequann2155]

I'm in my 40's just took my daughter on a 2 hour bike ride it was awesome we loved it.

[@CoopCooper.]

When I was a kid going outside was a must. After breakfast you were gone and didn't have to come back until dark.

[@chrispatterson4083]

It's called an lack of energy expenditure with our current forms of entertainment

[@thewackywabbit5080]

In addition to all of this, American city design is horrendous, forcing people to drive everywhere, instead of walking, or biking, or even going to bus stations. Kids are forced to stay at home or wait for parents to drive them to everywhere (adding psychological issues to all of that).

[@cococali6589]

One of coolest things I had ever seen was when my family moved to Mission Veijo, CA in 1989 and I noticed groups of f kids as young as 10 waiting for the city bus at 7am to the beach. Surf and boogie boards at hand, smiles and with pure ambition to hit the waves. No parentals just some older siblings and friends. Just so free. Make kids smart and independent again! Stop the coddling and eating their whole life away

[@giovannigiorgio831]

A few years ago, I started noticing that I felt like garbage whenever I ate a bunch of junk food. I felt sick all the time. I could barely take a walk without sweating up a storm. There would be days where I wouldn’t do anything because I was just going back and forth to the bathroom all day. And I hated how I looked in the mirror. So, one day, I started making the effort to go to the gym, get in shape and listen to my body more. Now, I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been, not at my goal yet, but I’m getting there. Still have junk some days, but I have a much more balanced diet now, and I’m in a much better place mentally.

[@bradypatterson1891]

"The candy store". Holy crap, I haven't though about that for like, over a decade hahaha. Building forts in the woods (my town was small). Ziplines, BMX, exploring. Sheesh, we had it good didn't we?

[@juanb7527]

I stopped drinking all soda or sugary drinks and eating any sugary treats and only eat between 12pm and 7 pm. I give my body a break outside that window and i feel like I am finally starting to detox from the crappy food all around me. first 2 weeks no change at all, but week 3 and 4 I have sustained about a half pound per day of weight loss. There is sugar in everything you buy! I feel like a crack addict! I have the most insane sugar cravings. No real changes to my diet outside the no sugary treats and no sweet drinks. I eat pizza, bacon, bread. I'm not doing keto. I just think our food is toxic and if you are gonna eat western food, you need to fast 18 hours a day to let your body detox from your crappy food.

[@marciray9204]

I remember playing outside for hours as a kid just roaming the neighborhood, not a care in the world. We were all skinny but living on bologna sandwiches, and koolaid or PB&J. Something definitely up with the food supply, so many women with PCOS/infertility and men with low testosterone. Women growing facial hair and men never getting any…what is happening…?

[@thelastninja4825]

The worst food quality in the world, literally the at last place of all countries.

[@ExplorationRandomDestination]

FDA needs to be completely overhauled and the companies selling this shit should be banned from the country all together.