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One-third of American diet is junk food and soft drinks: we're malnourished and obese at the same time
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An alarming new study published in the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis reveals that Americans are getting nearly one-third of their calories from junk foods: soft drinks, sweets, desserts, alcoholic beverages, and salty snacks. It explains why obesity is rampant, diabetes is epidemic, and chronic disease is skyrocketing: we are a nation of people who are simultaneously overfed and malnourished. In other words, we're getting plenty of calories, but very little nutrition.
Shockingly, the average American gets over seven percent of their calories from soft drinks alone -- a situation that most certainly accelerates both obesity and diabetes. As with soft drinks, the other junk foods consumed by Americans are so-called "empty calorie" foods, meaning they're devoid of nutritional value. And yet people keep turning to these foods with alarming frequency because they taste good. [link to www.naturalnews.com]
Why don't people get it? soda, diet soda, pop tarts, potatoes chips.. Could you make any of that crap in your kitchen? Its processed by scientists and factory workers out of the cheapest, least nutritional resources available.
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