Any initiatives have to serve business interests, which basically means promoting
consumption of processed foods over breastfeeding and natural, locally - prepared foods.
Not exact matches
Unfortunately
processed foods, synthetic chemicals,
over consumption of antibiotics (including those in the animals we eat), lack
of fibre and high stress lifestyles can all throw out the balance
of good and bad bacteria crucial to our overall health.
Dr. Dwight Lundell, a heart surgeon who has performed
over 5,000 open heart surgeries, states, «Quite simply, they are the overload
of simple, highly
processed carbohydrates (sugar, flour and all the products made from them) and the excess
consumption of Omega - 6 vegetable oils like soybean, corn and sunflower that are found in many
processed foods.»
Weight gain is typically the result
of over consumption and eating a poor diet, which often includes eating a lot
of processed and fast
foods over a period
of time.
Over the past half century, this essential nutrient has been systematically weaned from the vast majority
of leafy greens and vegetables, due to poor soil conditions and the rapid rise in the
consumption of processed foods where any required nutrients have been removed in favor
of added sugars, fats, artificial flavors and coloring, which is why supplemental magnesium may be beneficial.
The ratio
of fat, sugar, and salt in
processed foods cause a near - constant release
of positive chemicals that
over time need more input for the same effect, leading to higher rates
of consumption.
«Forks
Over Knives» is about returning to that level
of simplicity in our
food consumption ~ ~ raw, whole
foods with minimal
processing with no animal product and minimal oil — the good doctors have the science behind the destruction
of the endothelial lining
of our blood vessels and the development
of cancer and vascular disease when these animal products,
processed foods and oils are consumed.
Major contributors are long - term stress; dysbiosis (undigested
food left in the intestinal tract to ferment); environmental toxins; gastrointestinal disease; impaired immune function;
over consumption of alcohol, a clogged liver, and diet: too much sugar, simple carbohydrates,
processed foods.
Research has found that being
over weight is responsible for 216,000 premature deaths each year and the
over consumption of processed foods are a major contributor to the obesity epidemic in the US.
Acid reflux has become one
of the most common conditions due to the
over consumption of cooked
foods,
processed foods, animal products, grains, acid suppressant medications, alkaline water, and dehydration.
Higher fiber content and slower digestion
of these
foods would augment satiety, and their increased
consumption would also displace other, more highly
processed foods in the diet, providing plausible biologic mechanisms whereby persons who eat more fruits, nuts, vegetables, and whole grains would gain less weight
over time.