On Tue, 23 Jan 2007, Christoph Reuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My preference would be that a portion of profits from sales go to >> research for a cure. Perhaps some do that.
>There is no need for "research for a cure" because the cause of the >diabetes (type 2) epidemic is already known: Nutrient deficiencies >from junk food. That's why adolescents already get "adult-onset" >diabetes (i.e. type 2). You can ingest all the nutrients you want, but if you have the "efficient" genetic disposition, eating lots of sugar and starch and not getting any exercise will give you typeII. Only genotypes from areas long accustomed to grain diet can cope with the high carbohydrate precentage of typical mass market processed foods. Processed foods have always had extra sugar and starch, because it's cheap content, the buzz it gives is equivalent to addictive, bringing the customer back. But what has really driven the spike in type II is the hype about fat content in food leading to obesity. This was really bad science, and it led to the onslaught of "low-fat" foods, where the absence of the pleasant taste of the fat was remedied by boosting the sugar and starch content. As it was really the sugar and starch that was creating the body fat in the first place (converting food fat to body fat requires more energy, so it's a less fat-creating process, by weight of food input), this had the opposite effect to its supposed intent. How many of the promulgators of these "low-fat" foods were genuinely ignorant of the true situation, and how many were using the "low-fat" label with cynical disregard to its effects?. In fact, foods with a greater percentage of fats, comprised of healthy essential fatty acids, will stimulate the metabolism to burn more calories and keep your weight lower. However, it cannot overcome persistent overindulgence in sugar and starch, ie donuts, pasta, pancakes with syrup, packaged breakfast cereal, all the components of the typical middle-american white-bread diet. Add to that the car-culture, where strolling down small town main street shopping district has been replaced by driving to the mall, and the metabolism-activating effects of even moderate low-exertion exercise are removed, exacerbating the situation. The american obesity epidemic could probably be wiped out in a year by placing all high carbohydrate food points of sale at the top of fifteen flights of stairs. -Pete _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
