Basically he is saying we are wasting billions of dollars on treating overeating related diseases need to eat better and not get so fat. In fact he states that, “One recent study estimated that 30 percent of the increase in health care spending over the past 20 years could be attributed to the soaring rate of obesity, a condition that now accounts for nearly a tenth of all spending on health care.”
This applies in the whole world. Probably even more in developing countries and the big corporations fatten up the growing middle classes.
He talks about how we got where we are and that we need to escape from the western diet which we all know has it troubles.
So he dedicates pages to defining food. giving some rules of thumb including:
don’t eat anything your great grandmother wouldn’t recognize a food
avoid food products containing ingredients that are
unfamiliar
unpronounceable
more than five in number
include high fructose corn syrup
avoid products that make health claims
And how to do this he adds
shop the periphery of the supermarket and stay out of th middle
get out of the supermarket whenever possible (such as farmer’s markets)
Then he gives advice on what to eat
mostly plants of course, and especially leaves
you are what you eat eats too. What is the animals you are eating eating.
eat well grown foods from healthy soils, in other words there is more in soil that plants need than synthetic fertilizers
eat wild foods if you can
take supplements, in moderation a multivitamin and mineral pill maybe some fish oil supplement
Basically he advises that we eat traditional cultural foods, tried and tested over generations. What I found interesting is his comments on soy products. We’ve industrialized them rather with textured soy protein etc rather than relying on the traditional soy products such as tofu.
Along these lines he advises us to
regard traditional foods with skepticism
don’t look for a magic bullet in the traditional diet
Then more on what too eat
not too much
pay more for less, of higher quality
eat meals
do all your eating at a table (a desk is not a table)
don’t’ get your fuel from he same place your car does
try not to eat alone
consult your gut. It takes 20 minutes for us to feel full so don’t just eat by visual clues
that is, eat slowly
cook and if you can plant a garden
I couldn’t help noticing on the following photograph of the Apollo 11 launch day breakfast of steak and eggs that the steak is not massive like we now consider a steak — particularly in Texas!
OK that is enough plagiarism of his book. Just read it!
On arrival in Kuwait you are given a card on the plane that you must take to a clinic within 72 hours to get checked if you have any symptoms. I went there with our Mandoup and they asked if I feel anything and I said no. They took the form and that was that. That was what I had to do as I arrived on Saturday. Sometimes they take the card at the airport while stamping your passport at the immigration desk and you don’t need to go to a clinic as happened to someone I know today.
If you are wondering where the clinic is click here to see it on a Google map.
Overeating, It’s not about willpower, it’s about our conditioned behavior. Which is played with by the food industry, fat, sugar and salt. We need to cool down the stimulus.
So says David Kessler, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration
She went first to the International Clinic which we are familiar with but they don’t do stitches. Then she went home. The next choice was to go to Ahmadi Hospital as it is covered and there is no up front payment to get reimbursed by insurance. But we figured enough time had gone by so the nearest hospital only five minutes away is London Hospital and they are a full hospital. So she went there but they are not set up for this kind of thing! She had it arrange but ended up going into the operating theatre for this minor repair!
This was from using an old broom with a metal handle covered in plastic. The metal was rusted under the plastic coating and broke exposing the jagged edge and making the cut. Fortunately the cut sewed together well. And, yes, she’s up to date with her tetanus shot.
In a 2-week study, getting a little less sleep — under 7 hours instead of 8 or more — made people three times more likely to get sick after exposure to a cold virus. Now that's something to sleep on.
Via Say Nite-Nite to Colds – RealAge Tip of the Day.
from Here There and Everywhere http://intlxpatr.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/more-sleep-fewer-colds/
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