For the physical activity part, I can’t do much. I’m not a licensed physician or anything like that, so I can’t tell you what you should be doing.
Same thing for the diet part, I’m not a nutritionist, and I can’t help you with what you should and shouldn’t eat. However, there is one thing that is super easy to do, and since it is a logical, but overlooked thing to do, I can and will tell you about it:
No soda. No more soda. Cut out the soda from your life. Drink water to quench your thirst (Even bottled water is better than soda). Switch to diet soda (be careful though, diet soda has its own problems) instead of soda. Soda is full of empty calories. It has no nutritional value whatsoever. You will not help your body one bit by drinking soda.
The only thing that drinking soda does is it adds 250 calories (that’s how many calories a bottle of soda has) to your caloric intake. And since there are 3,500 calories in a pound of fat, all it takes is two weeks of drinking one soda a day to get a pound heavier. Unfortunately, it isn’t as easy to lose a pound of fat, as it is to gain a pound of fat. Cutting out the soda in your, your brother’s, your sister’s, your dad’s, your mom’s, your future son’s, your future daughter’s, and anybody else’s life will be one step towards preventing their obesity.
I like learning about nutrition. I like learning about what foods are good for me and what foods I should avoid. I like reading those nutrition articles put out by msn.com, such as 8 Foods You Should Eat Every Day. I know some (or all) of you are thinking “BORING!!!”, but I find this stuff truly interesting. If you are like me, then you might find this informative (I especially liked watching the program).
2 comments:
I don't analyze nutrition as in depth as you do, but I understand what you mean. I'm not a big fan of eating junk food and drinking soda because I know how bad it can be for the body. I think the bottom line is, however, balancing everything out: exercise regularly, eat a little of everything and avoid consuming more of the sugary and fatty stuff. It makes sense that Americans are overweight because, although many of us are avid sports fans, we have too many things to do (or being lazy at home on the couch) and we tend to avoid physically work ourselves to keep our bodies healthy.
I'm not an expert in these fields, either, but here are two ways to accomplish both of these things: 1) plant a couple vegetables (even if you only have a tiny space of earth to put them in, you'd be amazed how much good food plants can produce!)—and 2) walk or bike places rather than drive a car. Your post is articulate and informative, and I like how you focus your argument on soda—that is certainly a worthy target.
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