The fight against obesity is something I'm very passionate about. And it might be easy to fix. I don't understand why we haven't implemented nutrition courses in free public middle school. Especially in the remedial classes i.e. The people who have failed and are in the stupid classes.
I also don't understand why we no longer have cooking courses and the like. Most of the fats arguments against us come from a place of uneducation and ignorance. For example, "healthy food is too expensive". We all know it isn't because we have a high enough IQ to look it up and do math. These courses could show adolescents the proper amount of nutrition they need to be their best, how to cook satisfying easy meals that aren't McDonald's, and how much all of it costs. To grade the course the students would have to keep a food journal and their body progress would be tracked throughout the year. If there were slip ups the teacher would meet with them and explain how exercise plays a role, how metabolisms work, and how continuing the lifestyle will have negative effects.
We have sex Ed. We used to have D.A.R.E. Why don't we have something like this?
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[–] Visitresss 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago (edited ago)
It's a great idea. The schools are filled with ABSOLUTE lies that cause problems.
You must eat four portions of cereals-complex carbohydrates daily (bread, pasta, rice... you can eat those in moderation, but NOT if you are trying to lose weight! EDIT: and bread is still not the best option).
You MUST have breakfast, it's the most important meal of the day. LIE! Created by Kellogg's to sell sugar + cereals, the WORST possible combination!
You MUST eat five times a day, small meals. Great! So you need to spend HOURS in the goddamned kitchen preparing healthy food, and eating 300 calories a day. A wonderful way of feeling constant hunger (if this one works for you, congratulations, but for many of us, one meal a day and intermittent fasting provides much better results).
Your metabolism slows down if you don't eat. Yeah, you bastards... An 8% after 36-48 hours of fasting! And the growth hormone spikes up!
You can eat everything in moderation. If you're on your ideal weight, yes. If you're trying to lose a lot of weight, then NO, YOU CAN'T. Sugar and complex carbs are ADDICTIVE. They are designed to be addictive. No one in her right mind eats 8 lumps of sugar at once, they drink 8 lumps of sugar in a cola can, because the cola can is designed to be addictive. You have to go cold turkey, and the easiest way for many people to do so is... yes, fasting. When people need to lose more than 30 pounds, they are beginning to be addicted. And for an addict, it's easier to not eat anything all day and then enjoy one meal, than to cook healthily for 5 daily meals. And you save money.
But I still see people trying to convince others that fasting is dangerous, that they should eat FIVE times a day, and that if they spend 3 hours without food, they will balloon eating broccoli. This is not helping anyone. You cannot tell an alcoholic to only drink two spoonfuls of beer 5 times a day in order to recover. That would be stupid. The 5 meals a day nonsense has to go, at least for addicts. And let's face it: most people who get planet-sized are not merely lazy: they are addicts, and are trying to solve the problem without addressing it as an addiction. Trying to give up something you're addicted to as if it was just "I'm stopping collecting stamps" is doomed to failure.
And that will hardly get to schools, because the food industry makes millions.
It should be taught at schools, though.
[–] SaneGoatiSwear 2 points -1 points 1 point (+1|-2) ago
are you saying "eating carbs in moderation is ok but not if trying to lose weight"? or that that's a lie?
[–] Visitresss 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
I don't know if I wrote it correctly, but... yes. If you're a healthy weight, fit and on healthy food, a sugar-loaded homemade muffin, or your mom's lemon pie is not going to hurt you. If you're trying to lose weight, you should stay the hell away from complex carbs such as flour, pasta, and especially sugar. The only thing more demonic than sugar are trans fats, and normally they go hand in hand in industrial bakery. If a person has gotten to +30 pounds and unable to cut the gaining of weight, they are addicted to that type of food. Eating a bit is not a good idea. Best go cold turkey until ideal weight is achieved and maintained for at least three months.