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Are we fat and listless because we eat processed sugars? Are we daft and feeble in old age because of trans fats?

In both cases our normal cellular metabolism is disrupted by industrial pollutants.

Processed sugars (sucrose and fructose) cause changes in the production of cellular enzymes that interfere with the normal enzymes that process glucose. Result: You crave more energy, but you don't process it efficiently, so you feel tired all the time. Welcome to America!

Meanwhile, hydrolyzed fats, or trans fats (margarine, other foods), disrupt proteins that process lipids, causing them to produce toxins that eventually cause plaque buildup up in the body or brain, later seen as multiple sclerosis or atherosclerosis, depending where the scarring gets bad enough.

http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20111128002156data_trunc_sys.shtml

How many other chronic diseases are caused by unnatural chemicals in our food? Makes you wish there was some sort of Food and Drug Administration to protect American citizens. Sigh, too bad.

It comes down to a food industry that maximizes profits in the short run by poisoning the public. The only answer is to eat natural food. Get away from cans, burgers, and other processed crap. It's making you fat, dumb and prone to heart attacks.

jimbo

I agree with your post , we are led down the highway to illness and along the way we see road signs that lead off the illness highway and onto the many roads to health.

the trouble is there are no exit ramps or stop signs that allow us to make a safe exit.

the FDA is geared to protect the medical industry more than the citizens.

but that has got to change given the extremely high cost of standard medical care.

care that could cost medicare and medicaid hundreds of dollars vs hundreds of thousands of dollars.

otherwise eventually it will only be the medical professionals who can afford to be treated at standard medical facilities due to their extremely high prices for treatment , those remaining citizens who work part time at wallmart cant afford the insurance nor can the government afford to keep paying the extremely high prices that medical facilities charge for treatment.