Being fat really stinks. Unless you are one of those rare people that loves to struggle every morning when you button your pants, you know what I’m talking about.
If you are overweight, you are not alone. Two thirds of adults in America are either overweight or obese. It is no secret that this is a growing problem that needs to be addressed.
Have we always been so out of shape? If we take a peek at people’s lives from a hundred years ago, it doesn’t seem to be the case. People used to be thin and healthy.
People who lived a hundred years ago got a lot more exercise. Not because they loved working out every day, but because they had to. If they didn’t, they couldn’t earn any money.
Also, the food that people ate before was much healthier than the junk we eat today. The food they ate before wasn’t massed produced in a factory, or loaded with chemicals and preservatives.
It’s easy to see why they were so much more active than us. Today, most people have some kind of a desk job, and get little, if any exercise.
But why was the food so different? Well, for one thing, most of the food people ate back then was locally made or grown. Nowadays, most food is mass produced, and shipped and sold all over the world. Because of this, they need to fill it with chemicals to make it stay fresher, longer.
This is great if you are a owner of a food processing plant. But what if you just want to get something to eat that doesn’t have as many chemicals as a high school chemistry lab? It’s easy to see that the more you eat processed food, the more your health can suffer.
Getting food that doesn’t have all the chemical and preservatives can be difficult. So can getting enough exercise. But these two things are vitally important to your health.
By being aware of the reasons behind our problems, we can start to figure out ways to solve them. Your health is important, it should be a priority in your life.
