We're Eating More

Food has become more abundant and reasonably priced than before because the farming industry has been mechanically changed. There's more fish and vegetables yet the total calories from fat that people eat are still the highest. So not only do we eat more, we also eat the wrong food.

It is not a bad thing to have an oversupply of food, but the trouble is we suffer from overnutrition. That means we put on more calories than we spend in physical activities. And to make matter worse we don't have to work to obtain the food we eat, meaning we do not have to plant, to hunt for them, build a fire to cook, chop the wood for the fire, carry water from the well that we have to pump ourselves, churn butter and so on. The list is endless.

Not only that, most of the food we eat have been super-sized. Just look at the evolution of the hamburger. First, it became a cheeseburger. Then it turned into a double cheeseburger. Then this turned into a double bacon cheeseburger. What will we think of next? Put an egg on top of this, that's what. Serving sizes have increased and we have become addicted to these. No, we demand them. We patronize restaurants that offer us larger sizes. And buffets? Forget it for we flock to them like bees to honey.

So is it any wonder that we have become vulnerable to diabetes? Some rationalize and say, "Oh, it's because of aging and overweight." Wait a minute. Diabetes and metabolic syndrome affect 25% of the population and only 2.3% is severely obese and only 3.3% is older than eighty years old. So wake up and smell the roses for if we continue to deny this, we will have one huge nightmare.

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