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Modern diets and lifestyles

  • 25-06-2006 1:02pm
    #1
    ronbyrne2005
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    is'nt it amazing that people are healthier and living longer despite the amount of crap food(additives,trans fats,salt,lack of vitamins minerals and essential fats etc) and chemicals in our environment ( all the chemcials in cosmetics and shampoo and everywhere else etc is very worrying as they are linked to cancer and other illnesses).im trying to switch over to natural products free if untested/dubious synthetic chemicals just to be safe. Organic oats is actually quite cheap in tesco etc,as it becomes cheaper and more accesible im sure more people will buy it but it annoys me when people always opt for cheaper food etc but will spend a load on smokes drink cars etc,do people not realise that the food they eat becomes part of them and that the lack of essential nutrients /presence of man made chemicals in their food affects their bodies function if not in short term then in the longer term.


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  • #2
    Dermington
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    The human body adapts over time so as food gets more processed we learn to deal with it.


  • #3
    ThrownAway
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    With modern diets you get modern medicine too. The main reason why the people of todays world are living longer is because of modern medicine. Years ago many people died from diseases and illnesses which can be treated today. You can't avoid everything cancer causing but you can try. There's no direct proof that any food on the market at the moment can cause cancer. The main thing you should avoid right now if it's your health you're worried about are EM fields.


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    daveirl
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  • #5
    t-ha
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    Dermington wrote:
    The human body adapts over time so as food gets more processed we learn to deal with it.
    :rolleyes:

    to the OP, the idea that people a long time ago had the perfect diet is largely a myth. Last century in this country, many people lived entirely on potatoes, and often not enough potatoes. This stunted growth, affected bone densities etc. etc. They didn't get 5 veg portions and several fruit portions a day. They didn't have a balanced intake of sat/mono-unsat/poly-unsat fat. In short, they ate enough to keep themselves going and didn't look into it too much further than that.

    Nowdays, most people (still not all unfortunately) at a minimum get enough calories. The body can manufacture alot of what it needs once that requirement is met. The kind of thing we bang on about here is geared towards optimising health, body composition, sporting abilities etc. We're still better off than most previous generations. Also, improves sanitary conditions/medecine/etc. don't hurt either.


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