The Answer to America’s Health Problem is Very Simple – Move More and Eat Real Food

I've been writing a lot of late about food, and how horrible most of it that is sold in stores can be for our health.

The food system is upside down. There is no doubt about that. But it certainly isn't hopeless. It's far from hopeless.

We are in a situation where the majority of food on the shelves in typical stores is bad for us. Take my corner convenience store, for example. Since I've decided not to get my fuel from sugar and corn syrup, and I'm trying to avoid genetically altered products, I can buy about three of the hundreds of things they sell there. Those three things are coffee, bananas and sunflower seeds (and I'm not even sure if the sunflower seeds are non-GMO).

We are in a situation where most people don't look at labels or don't know how to read them, so they don't realize that even the seemingly healthy things in the store, like orange juice or yogurt, are so packed with sugar that they are actually really bad for us.

The government subsidizes farmers that raise a product that is meant only for baby cows, and sells it as the healthiest thing you can drink.

It's kind of depressing, but we are in a state where we are poisoning ourselves and our environment with our food.

It might be time to consider going into crisis mode. However, there could be light at the end of the tunnel.

The modern world is made for progress. The thing about a good message is that it won't go away. People want to talk about the good message, the good word. They seek to spread it, share it, engage with it and see it grow.

That was true before the Internet. Now, we have the Internet, and a strong ally it will be. Something is causing rampant sickness in America, and there are a few culprits. Once we identify them, we will be able to spread the news quickly and easily.

I don't want to be a 'don't do that' kind of content creator. That said, I'm not going to shy away from pointing things out that seem to be harmful. I hope that there will always be a solution, though, another source of a similar product or service, a different means to the same end.

When it comes to food, the need is for us to be nourished. I think it is nice when the source of nourishment is also delicious. Are you with me? Good.

Now, at this point, food in America just tastes too good. The richness, the perfection, the apples with no spots, too much of it is fake. The agents of fakeness, perfect shapes and looks, and preservation that make it all possible are some of the things that are really bad for us.

Corn syrup, flame retardants, preservatives and other incredibly advanced food technologies have made it so we can have food that looks, feels, and tastes however we want it to. Plus, it can last forever on the shelf.

But it's not good for our health.

My case in point is cereal. Some of them are like toys. They look like a boat load of fun, and deliver little or no nutritional value. But somehow, it makes sense in a lot of households to start our kids' days with it because, since it's in the store, it can't be that bad, right?

Since no one has died from it, it can't be that bad, right?

But that's not true. People have died from it, it just takes longer, and is called cancer instead of 'death by cereal' or 'death by a lifeteime of poor diet'.  I'm not trying to villify just sugary cereals (though I am trying to villify them). I'm including the entire mess of food that we eat, day in and day out for years that turn into decades that turns into a lifetime. Then at 50, we are diagnosed with cancer and we can't imagine where it came from because we don't smoke and don't have a family history.

The increase in ill health is probably coming from the change in our diets. The new food technologies aren't designed to nourish us, but rather to improve the profitability of the product. They make the food last longer, cheaper to produce, easier to ship, and easier to sell.

They don't make it more nutritious.

People have always been stressed. People have always been depressed and have yearned for more. These two are big factors that can harm our health, but they have been around in some form or another since humanity has been around.

People have never eaten the way we eat. They have never eaten a diet so chock full of preservatives, pesticides, fake flavors, syrups and food profit technologies, and I think this is why the best fed country in the world is also one of the unhealthiest.

However, here is the really good news. The answer to this massive problem that is affecting humanity on a worldwide scale can be as simple to solve as 'Move more and eat much healthier food'.

Move more, and just eat real food.

How do we start? Well, start as slowly as you need to. Dr. Weil, at 6:40 in the video above, makes a suggestion that is a small start but could make a significant difference.

Or, call me. Let's chat. I'd love to help you make a bit of a start toward a real diet, and real health.