Physics teaches us that matter can be neither created nor
destroyed. If it's on your body, it came in through your
mouth. Accept responsibility. Excess fat increases risks of
most diseases.
Most people behave as if their bodies are merely apartments
they are renting, and don't think of the long term results of
poor maintenance. Then they seek a handyman for
emergency repairs that are costly and short of complete
restoration.
Most information available on diet and health is delusion and
lies, for someone to make a quick buck from lazy minded
people. The truth is easy to find on the internet. It all boils
down to sensible diet and moderate exercise to prevent or
delay most scary diseases. Most pills are NOT needed.
"Low carb" is "high dumb", but so are "high beef" and
"high pork". Four ounces (113.4 gms) of lean ground beef
has enough animal protein for 24 hours. Sensible
vegetarians are proof that animal flesh is not essential to
health. Asian countries are proof that traditional soy foods
in place of most meats are good for health.
The average USA consumption of refined sugars and
artificial sweeteners is now about 25 times the per capita
consumption of the early 1900's, and the percentage of
fat-folk continues to rise. Foods do not require sugar, high
fructose syrup, NutraSweet, etc. Some foods are naturally
sweet, such as fresh baby carrots and most fruits. Sugar can
cause Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Salt is necessary for health, but most of us consume
enough to be dangerous.
A candy bar has as many calories as a stomach full of
carrots, apples, peaches, melon, etc. Good diet does NOT
require hunger or calory counting.
Potatoes and pasta are good foods, unless weighted down
with butter, margarine, sour cream, cheese, oil, and so forth.
One tablespoon of an unsaturated butter substitute has
100 calories. 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons, so nearly the
recommended total of 2000 calories in a day.
One of the highest calorie concentrations for many dieters is
salad dressing. One cup of typical vinegar and oil dressing
has about 1100 calories, from fat. A cup of vegetable oil
has almost the full 2000 calories recommended per day.
Until recently, the U.S.A. was "the only country where
even poor people are fat."
Even moderate exercise stimulates the body to tune itself.
Walking a mere 10 miles per week, or 30 to 60 minutes on
5 days out of seven, controls flab and builds resistance to
heart disease, various cancers, and so much more. For
this, more is better.
Charles Atlas started as a poor undersized kid with no gym
equipment. He converted himself from a "97 pound
weakling" to "the world's most perfectly developed man" by
pitting muscle against muscle, against gravity, against
stationary objects.
Army calisthenics have physically conditioned millions of
people without equipment being mandatory. Start a day with
15 push-ups, 10 pull-ups, some knee bends, some leg lifts,
for exercise beyond walking. You can simulate weight lifting
by standing on the middle of a jump rope and pulling up on
the ends, or pull on both ends of a rope section. Add
routines for more body building, as feels comfortable. Not
only will you feel good, but your resistance to diseases will
be increased.
Extra benefit: exercise can decrease hunger.
If you want to be healthy as a senior, practice sensible diet
and exercise as a junior and middie, and beyond. Limit
alcohol, avoid tobacco and other smokes.
It's your body. Use it or lose it.
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