The Heart Rate Health Program

Researchers have found that feeding young rats diet food increases, instead of decreases, their chances of becoming obese.  They believe the results directly correlate with dieting in young humans. 

It seems to me the problem is that we are trying to replace food with non-food.  If you’re used to eating fruit, rather than fruit juice, then your body senses the natural limits of what you should eat.  Ever eaten two apples at once? Hardly anybody does, and it’s not just because that’s the end of one apple.  The next time you do eat an apple - maybe right now - see how you feel afterward.  You feel satisfied by that one apple.  However, if you have 16 oz. of apple juice, chances are that you’ll actually want more, because the natural fiber and texture has been removed, revealing only taste and calories.  Not good.

If you want your children to eat well, feed them real food.  That doesn’t seem very revolutionary, I know, but if natural foods could compete for advertising dollars the same way fake foods do, I bet we wouldn’t have such a problem promoting them to kids.    

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