We are fat and getting fatter, in fact…OBESE! But I promise, this posting will NOT be another diet tip or an admonition to push away from the table of an all-you-can-eat buffet. No! Something else is occurring…something seriously insidious (hideous, indeed) and you need to know this.
In many many states, 1 out of 3 people (33%!) fall into the obese category. That is a huge number, no pun intended…this is no joke! With each passing year during this last decade, the collective Body Mass Index has ritually increased at a faster clip than the fickle S & P Index! And here is the issue; at this rate of increase, NO amount of health care reform would be able to withstand the weight (OY!) of this burden. This is a serious national problem. Forget terrorism, this single problem may just be the undoing of this great nation!
If obesity, with all of its unhealthful side issues, is allowed to continue, at this rate our health care system will be completely kaput, finis, wiped-out! The fact is, we are beginning the first ring of the proverbial drain-circling right NOW!! And obesity is the main cause!
To better understand the many levels of this devastating issue (and it is NOT about looks!!) — we need to Sgt. Friday this, and state just the FACTS.
Obesity is the precursor to a whole host of diseases…many, many, many. Included in this lengthy list; heart disease, diabetes, cancer and a host of hormonal ailments (fibroids) are among  those that are the most debilitating and chronic.
Obesity does not only exist merely because people have made the wrong dining choices! Heck no! There are 3 year olds (in large numbers) that are tipping the scales of obesity. Three year olds!! That’s just totally mind-boggling to me.
The further that I dig into the findings regarding BPA and GMO, the more that I am pulled in in quicksand-like fashion…deeper and deeper i am sucked into reading more and more horrible side affects.
For review sake: GMO and BPA are endocrine disruptors (ED.) The endocrine system is the “adjuster” or “thermostat”  and influences every single bodily function including metabolism…aahhaa, the obesity regulator! Sooo, if you are constantly being “disrupted” with endocrine antagonizing products (GMO..BPA) anything  can go wrong with your body’s usual healthy stasis! YIKES!! Why not just avoid BPA and GMO?? Well…
BPA is somewhat easy to avoid (easier) but GMO foods are circulating and creeping into all manner of products. THEY ARE NOT LABELED! Unless you are a health sleuth like I am, you just simply won’t know. Frustrating, for sure!
Monsanto actually lobbied Congress to fight any labeling or disclosure of GMO! Monsanto has a louder voice than you or I, because the “deciders” and Congre$$ people can HEAR better when the poi$onou$ influence-peddling  hook$ them in!! $$ get my drift, snow-flake!? Powerful corporations (ie. Mon$anto) are serving us food, and NOT being honest with the contents OR their origins. GMO!! They fought, and won, to keep YOU out of the knowledge loop! The meals that you eat are ALTERED with a host of GMO and other ED organisms. They ju$t don’t care!
Monsanto is the #1 seed distributor, with 90% of of these nuggets-of-nature being manufactured in Frankenstein-fashion! And, by gosh, THEY don’t have to tell YOU!! This endocrine disrupting food = OBESITY!! See the relationship?  GMO started 13 years ago, obesity (and other chronic, awful diseases) has been on the increase for, oh…13 years!!
We need to demand labeling, so that at the very least, WE have a fighting chance…a CHOICE!! A business can not be allowed to knowingly poi$on us! Choice in product purchasing is all we are asking.
Obesity and how best to bring the number on the scales down to a normal and a sustainable amount, is up for discussion. In my “perfect world”, everyone (yes everyone) would be under an umbrella-of-protection ~~ a single payer health care system!!!!!!
We would all have primary health care practitioners (they would have time to educate their patients, not just prescribe drugs!)
Our health care system would include PRO-ACTIVE care and education that would begin with children.
Schools would take part in this PRO-ACTIVE education from kindergarten ~~ integrating healthy eating and play (movement) and NOT ridding recess, forsooth!
Mandatory labeling of ALL BPA, GMO, Hormones, and Antibiotics that are incorporated in our food sources. Honesty is the best policy! (hey, did you know that there are 28 plus allowable name uses for MSG!! Why not just call it, oh I don’t know…MSG!!)
Just as free education uplifts and enlightens a progressive society, and lays a great foundation for a GREAT nation, so too would a free healthcare system ~~ with the focus on an integrative pro-active approach to good health!
Unless, we get serious about OBESITY and its unhealthy effects on the individual, as well as, on our collective society, WE will surely bankrupt our healthcare system in just a few short years. Demand labeling of these ED poi$onous products, and lets BEGIN to help the obese…that would be helping us ALL!!!!!