Is Good Health Simpler Than We Thought?

It seems that the health of the United States has decreased quite dramatically over this last decade. This decline has likely been going on longer than that, however, we have slipped into a lousy way of taking care of ourselves properly. Our society is consumed with eating, almost as if it has become an overwhelming addiction. I suppose that eating is an addiction, because we regularly do consume food and drinks, however, it has fast become a huge issue. Every time I visit a restaurant, I am amazed at how big the serving sizes have become. How have we become so gluttonous as a species? While many parts of the world are still trying to find enough food to thrive? The priorities of our human population have certainly become misaligned. Overeating has never truly been viewed as a bad habit, especially if you compare it to drug and alcohol use; in essence, this indulgence with consumption of food has gone under the radar because of all the other major issues across the nation and the globe.

Other major problems with our food chain have recently come to light and has been adding to the addiction of consumption. Food companies have basically changed much of our food supply by tinkering with the genetics of food growth and adding ingredients that create an addiction to certain items. The biggest additives have been sugar and artificial sweeteners, which, are very addictive. The sad…