How America Became So Fat
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- Опубликовано: 29 май 2024
- Imagine a country where everything is big: the cars, the fast-food meals, and even the grocery store aisles are filled with jumbo-sized snacks and sodas.
Yes, we're talking about America, a land where the path to healthy living is buried under a mountain of fast food wrappers and jumbo-sized soda cups.
So, how did we get here? How did America turn into a place where choosing a salad over a burger is seen as almost revolutionary?
First up, history. When the Industrial Revolution rolled around, it moved people from farms into cities, and fresh, home-grown meals turned into canned food and quick bites. Then came inventions like the microwave and TV dinners, which traded nutrition for convenience.
Flash forward to now, and fast food is the king of meals. It's quick, it's easy, and let's face it, it tastes good. But it's also packed with sugar, salt, and bad fats. The problem is, a burger and fries cost less than a healthy, organic meal, making fast food the go-to option for many.
Today, fast food isn't just a convenience; it's a way of life, offering a smorgasbord of sugary, salty, and fatty delights that our ancestors wouldn't even recognize as food.
It's not just about what we're eating but how we're living. Our car-centric culture has us zipping from one drive-thru to the next, with the only exercise being our foot moving from the gas to the brake pedal. The average American's idea of a workout often involves running...out of chips during a Netflix marathon.
Portion sizes are another big issue. What used to be large is now medium. when did a single meal start needing its own zip code? Today's "medium" was yesterday's "are you sure you can eat all that?" We've normalized gargantuan portions to the point where a family of four could comfortably dine on what's served to one person - and still have leftovers.
Let's not forget the seductive powers of marketing. Food ads have convinced us that happiness comes wrapped in foil or stuffed inside a sugary bun. It's as if the food pyramid was redesigned by a committee of clowns, with the base made up of pizza and the top adorned with a cherry (because, you know, fruit). These ads make unhealthy foods seem essential, fun, and delicious. This not only influences what kids want to eat but can set them on a path to poor health from a young age.
Many people don't learn about healthy eating in school, leaving them unprepared to make good food choices. "Whole grain" sounds healthy, but so does "whole bag of cookies," apparently. This lack of nutritional knowledge has given rise to diet trends that come and go faster than our resolve to stick to them. Today, it's keto; tomorrow, who knows? Maybe we'll just eat foods that start with the letter "P" and call it a day.
wow, I was really surprised when I realized how few subscribers you have. Keep up the amazing work!
Thanks, will do!
fast food being affordable is no longer true, anyone who spends money can tell you that.
Keeping peasants poor is government and banking systems purpose.
Nice quality on such a small channel hope you blow up soon good video
fast food is more expensive than ever. it's definitely not cheaper than cooking at home as you stated
keep it up bro
Always
I live in Europe where 90% of supermarket foods are healthy, while I am technically chubby it's way easier to get all the nutrients. If you need a quick health fix and you don't like dieting go to any European country we don't like shelf-stable products and our portion sizes are like 1950's America. Hope you like my advice. I don't like Facebook moms either telling me what to do and what not..
Good content
You got a new Subscriber Dude 👍🏻
Means a lot!
good vid gang
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whats with the weird ai photos
My father grew up on a dairy farm with his three siblings. He left home in 1979 to go to college. He said as a kid they would have soda once a year for Easter - specifically ice cream 7-Up floats. They would get A&W once or twice a year. Nobody was in the least bit overweight. Even the kids in town weren't fat, the ones with Doctor Dad's, because they worked out in the fields part-time. The advent of the Internet combined with easy access to high calorie food changed all that. Now we are sedentary and consume 600 calories for breakfast without ever using those calories. It is ironic though that the pendulum swings and fast food has become unaffordable again, however. Maybe in 30 years being fat will be an oddity again.
The average adult uses over 1000 calories just living (without any exercise at all!) in a day (the actual number varies based on your weight, genetics, sex, etc.), but basal metabolic rate aside...
I wonder... or we'll keep seeing obesity aming poor folks because of the expensiveness of healthy food in the U.S. versus calorue dense but nutritionaly deficient non perisgable food they can buy in bulk.
Farmer's markers area great option for those with access to them: fresh produce for cheak and taste so much better!!
Did he just say chips instead of fries? Video is invalidated
Says who? You? Yea right, lol
Nice video man, time to go exercise!
This was an amazing video!! I’ve subscribed!
Thanks for your encouraging words
Good job!
Things I learned when I turned 40 were: 1. Sugar tastes amazing but is horrendous for your metabolism and health. 2. refined starchy carbs aren't much better 3. we eat way too much food. 1-2 meals a day is all you need after puberty. If you continued to eat like you're 17 into your 30's and 40's, you're going to be obese unless you've got some amazing genes.
I'd like to add that the other culprit along with sugar are vegetable and seed oils such as canola, corn, soy, cotton seed and the like. These are not really natural and have only been available for less than a century. Palm oil and Avocado oil are new, but because they are partly saturated fats, they tend to be okay. Much better off with olive oil or animal fats and butter or ghee, instead. Coconut oil is fine too as long as you're not on a high carb diet.
Inability to read food labels and calorie count is more of a condemnation of our education system than anything else.
Also pretty much every yogurt I see is single serve. Many smaller containers will also add up the container's total for you.
great video! i legit thought you had like millions of subs and were one of those stickman channels ahahah
If there were more grocery stores instead of 'dollar' stores and convenience stores in this country people might buy some protein instead of cheetos and a soda. I have to drive 5 miles to get to a good grocery, but I could stop at 10-15 convenience stores along the way.
Should “healthier” food options be subsidized, with money generated by taxing “unhealthier” foods? How can we as a society shape our environment to guide consumer behavior towards a favored outcome?
i just watched this video and i when i subscribed like everyone should, I thought you should have about 1 Million and not 100 Subscribers. Keep it up my man!
Thanks for your encouraging words, means a lot!
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10 McDonald's for street does that
Did you know we’re not as obese as we were 15 years ago? And we’re not even in the top 10 most obese countries anymore?
Keep telling yourself that. After awhile you might believe yourself
@@bluu_ice6554 no that’s a fact
@@fkurfeelings6938would be nice to have data to support your opinion...
Seed oils
^ Exactly
If the food industry tells you something is "healthy", it probably isn't.
No one is allowed to make judgements of others lifestyles. Except if they’re too thin.
Oh, we are allowed. You don't like that fact?...well too bad for you.
dont tell me how to live my life
hit the gym
@@theonlybigsmoke Gym never did nothing to me
he didnt, he just told you facts like the name of his channel indicates.
@@emilianozapata9921yea I'm sure you never hit the gym. Stay weak bro, seems like you enjoy being weak .
Don't demand I subsidize your health care.
If there were more grocery stores instead of 'dollar' stores and convenience stores in this country people might buy some protein instead of cheetos and a soda. I have to drive 5 miles to get to a good grocery, but I could stop at 10-15 convenience stores along the way.