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According to the Wall Street Journal, researchers (who have probably underestimated the figures) have found that men, on average, consumed 216 more calories in the mid-1990s than they did in the late 1970s. For women, it was an additional 112 calories per day. A man who weighs about 175 pounds who consumes an extra 216 calories per day without getting additional exercise will gain about 22 pounds over the course of a year. This amounts to about half of a large order of MacDonald's french fries. For a woman weighing about 140 lbs., adding 112 additional calories would add about eleven pounds per year. |
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In 1994, a paper published by Dr. Unger in Dallas showed that Type 2 Diabetes is related to fatty acids crowding into cells responsible for making insulin. These fatty acids result from overeating which results in an overflow which is taken up and trapped by the nonfat cells. A 2000 paper showed that an excess of fatty acids helps destroy heart-muscle cells in laboratory rats. |
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Over the past 50 years, annual consumption of added sugars has increased by 45 lbs. or 150 lbs. per person--equivalent to 53 extra teaspoons daily of the sweet stuff. Eighty percent of the refined and processed sugars produced today go towards the food and beverage industry. In the 1950s, most of it went to home baking and cooking. Sugar is now considered the number one food additive and is used in pizza, bread, hot dogs, soup, crackers, yogurt, mayonnaise, canned vegetables, and, of course, soda. |
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In 1945 Americans consumed four times more milk than soda. They now consume 2.5 times more soda than milk. Benjamin Caballero, professor of human nutrition at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health calls soda "our primary drink." |
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Carbohydrate consumption has risen from 45 lbs. annually during the 1950s to 200 lbs. per person today. And, most of that amount is made up of foods which have almost no nutritional value. Most of these additional carbs are consumed in the form of snacks and sweets. Just because something is low fat does not mean it is low calorie. |
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Regular exercise helps stave off depression and lower risks of diabietes, colon cancer, heart disease, and breast and prostate cancers. |
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"Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapoers, videos, and recorded music--combined!" -- Fast Food Nation |
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"The fast food companies purchase frozen fries for about 30 cents a pound, reheat them in oil, and sell them for about $6 a pound," -- Fast Food Nation |
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"In May of 2000, three teenage employees were arrested for puttingh spit, urine, and cleaning products such as Easy-Off Oven Cleaner and Comet with Bleach into the food. They had allegedly tampered with the Burger King food for eight months, and it was served to throusands of consumers, until a fellow employee informed the management. -- Fast Food Nation |
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"Today about 44 million Americans are obese. An additional 6 million are "super-obese'; they weigh about a hundred pounds more than they should." -- Fast Food Nation |
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