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The Real Reason We're Fat Gina Mallet
Toronto Globe and Mail, November 4, 2006 Trash that burger, drop that Oreo cookie, throw away those fries, soft drinks, Doritos, chicken nuggets, all salt and sugar . . . These foods are your enemy. They make you fat and ill, and eventually will kill you.
This message is from the "food police" -- the nutritionists, dietitians, health officials and advocacy groups certain the rising obesity rate threatens our future, and only a mass diet change can save us.
About 64 per cent of us are now defined as overweight or officially obese. But the reason is quite simple: We eat too much. Polls show the public considers overeating an individual responsibility. And we all know it. As many as 90 per cent of women diet at one time or another, and they do so to lose weight. They have spurred a hugely profitable diet-food industry, even though everyone knows exactly how to shed a few pounds: Eat fewer than 1,000 calories a day.
But the food police feel it's not our fault we're fat, our food is to blame -- it's unhealthy. But in the process, they may have stepped into a quagmire, because food is complex, more than just sustenance. Science has shown that the only food that does any real good is food you like, food that tastes good.
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