Why Our Diet Is Killing Our Digestive Health
Have you ever wondered why today, after all our technological advancements there is now more sickness, more new diseases, and 80% of Americans are fat and obese as opposed to under 10% around the middle of the last century? It's interesting when you think about it.
When our ancestors from a century or two ago were here, there was no obesity and virtually no fat people, and many of our diseases were not even known to them, not because they couldn't be identified, but because they didn't get them.
People didn't sit at home or in an office most of the day and they either grew, killed or got their food from a farmer's bushel as opposed to a supermarket shelf.
Technology was put to use in the food packaging industry starting sometime in the 1940's.
Food was processed in such a way that it could be shipped and stored safely and for long periods of time.
What a great idea! No.
That idea has created more problems and is why our diet is negatively affecting our digestive health.
How can processed food cause so much harm? It's the man-made substances and chemicals used for making the food look, taste, and last longer.
Our body is not made to digest chemicals and toxins.
Every chemical and toxin we ingest creates a potential health risk for us, and we ingest some every day.
Not just in the food but in the air we breathe.
Two of the worse things you eat
Man-made refined sugar products such as white and brown sugar, dextrose, malt dextrose, corn syrup, along with the list of artificial sweeteners, are causing havoc on our digestive systems by having a big negative affect on the immune system, which basically lies dormant after you eat even the smallest amount of sugar.
Sugar also destroys our minerals which are needed for many of the body's functions, specifically nutrient absorption.
If your body does not absorb enough nutrients it will develop deficiencies that will lead to sickness, disorders and even disease.
Trans fats The hydrogenated oils that food companies use in packaged foods contain dangerous amounts of fats that harden our arteries, clog our livers and deteriorate our heart health.
These dangers have been proven over and over but there are no government agencies that are doing much about it.
The bottom line is that this is the cheapest way that food companies have to prepare their food products and will continue to do so.
When our ancestors from a century or two ago were here, there was no obesity and virtually no fat people, and many of our diseases were not even known to them, not because they couldn't be identified, but because they didn't get them.
People didn't sit at home or in an office most of the day and they either grew, killed or got their food from a farmer's bushel as opposed to a supermarket shelf.
Technology was put to use in the food packaging industry starting sometime in the 1940's.
Food was processed in such a way that it could be shipped and stored safely and for long periods of time.
What a great idea! No.
That idea has created more problems and is why our diet is negatively affecting our digestive health.
How can processed food cause so much harm? It's the man-made substances and chemicals used for making the food look, taste, and last longer.
Our body is not made to digest chemicals and toxins.
Every chemical and toxin we ingest creates a potential health risk for us, and we ingest some every day.
Not just in the food but in the air we breathe.
Two of the worse things you eat
- sugar
- trans fats
Man-made refined sugar products such as white and brown sugar, dextrose, malt dextrose, corn syrup, along with the list of artificial sweeteners, are causing havoc on our digestive systems by having a big negative affect on the immune system, which basically lies dormant after you eat even the smallest amount of sugar.
Sugar also destroys our minerals which are needed for many of the body's functions, specifically nutrient absorption.
If your body does not absorb enough nutrients it will develop deficiencies that will lead to sickness, disorders and even disease.
Trans fats The hydrogenated oils that food companies use in packaged foods contain dangerous amounts of fats that harden our arteries, clog our livers and deteriorate our heart health.
These dangers have been proven over and over but there are no government agencies that are doing much about it.
The bottom line is that this is the cheapest way that food companies have to prepare their food products and will continue to do so.
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