I used to say “It’s not that important, a few kilos … ” but I know that it is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. A 40% INCREASE in Heart Disease is forecast in the next decade, and one in three (1 : 3) people who suffer a heart attack DO NOT GET A SECOND CHANCE!
Aging and health care are certainly two of the BIGGEST concerns to individuals and governments alike. Individuals generally want to stay feeling as young as they can, for as long as they can and governments are having to find more and more money for aged care and hospitals. Part of the problem is that the majority of people simply don’t know how to stay healthy and vital. If they actually knew HOW SIMPLY IT ACTUALLY IS they would scream!
I think you know the obvious answer … NO you can’t. What I find alarming is that ignorant people in powerful positions are able to receive funding for seemingly worthwhile projects (and I know that much assistance and funding support is needed is certain areas of mental illness) which have either been caused by or allowed to develop by a very blatant and greedy economic stimulus … in this case, not from the tobacco industry but the sugar industry.
How much sugar do you consume each day? Is it ten teaspoons (one can of soda or two glasses of fruit juice) or more?
Australian Weightloss has a great article with reference to a NEW book by Australian author and solicitor David Gillespie.
If you don’t read it for yourself, at least read it for your children …