Re: No surgery for smokers or obese
Originally Posted by
Muddy
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I dont know how anyone in this day and age would fail to know that sugar is bad for you ditto junk food.
As for smoking its been known for decades we have had more anti smoking education than that yet young people are still smoking including medics.
Its an addiction .
When i see young mothers wreathing their children's heads in cancerous smoke i want to give them a good smack.
Sugar causes no harm, but we just eat too much of it! All carbohydrates produce energy but most also contain other minerals and vitamins which are needed by your body......sugar does not and the only nutrition it gives is body energy.
The real problem is that we all eat too much and do too little... so the carbohydrates we eat turn to fat rather than being used for energy.
Levels of carbs are listed on nearly all foods containing them, so we need to work out how much we need per day and eat no more.....well controlled diabetics do this every day.
Fats provide the good flavours in our foods but are high in calories so make you put on weight. Animal fats also fur up your arteries and form clots of blood... which can kill you if they reach your heart.
The best way to prevent lots of health problems is to not criticize what we eat but give info on how much of it to eat! Measured calories can help us do this.
I also try to not eat many processed foods and cook from fresh...... at least then you have some idea of what you are eating.