Everyday Systems

As zoolina mentioned we are not scientists and this discussion is limited in that direction. Life threatening experiences (like in Pangelsue post) are speaking for itself.

I try to cut the JUNK carbs. So many people who do go on a low fat diet continue to eat highly processed foods: they switch from processed high-fat to processed low-fat. And when food manufacturers create low fat foods, they tend to replace the fat with junk carbs, which tend to pile on the pounds. ...

Time is a problem to me too. However, books are free in any public library. By the way listed books in my previous post are result of scientific research. (Inside the FDA: The Business and Politics Behind the Drugs We Take and Food We Eat, by Fran Hawthorne, Fat Land: How Americans Became Fattest Pe...

My post also say read the book. If you read it you will find reference to the many scientific documents, books articles, manuscripts… For example: Sweet Deception: Why Splenda, NaturaSweet and the FDA May be Hazardous to Your Health, by Dr. Joseph Mercola and Dr. Kendra Degen Pearsall (explains why ...

People make different choices every day because we all have different priorities.
However it is important to be informed and hear what other people say.

Here is interesting article about organic food:
Organic Food

If you want to get more details how weight gain is related to genetically modified food read “Weight Loss Cure” by Kevin Trudeau.

The most significant components of food that play the largest role in weight gain and obesity are food additives, chemicals, and food processing techniques. It is not food itself; it is not really the calories, the amount of fat, and the amount of carbohydrates, sodium, glycemic index level, or prot...

I am on my own journey to lose weight. One of the reasons of today’s obesity is chemicals in food. Organic food is much healthier option. In real life this can be next to imposable but I try doing the best I can. 50- 70 % of my food is organic. It makes easier to count calories and lose weight if it...

Very good observation. Beside huge plates we are bombarded with all different kind of food ads. Companies invest a lot of many to sell there product and make you it even if you are not hungry. I try to not watch, read or listen to ads for food or restaurants.