Kids, Its Not Your Fault You Have Diabetes
The book, ‘Fast Food Nation’ by Eric Schlosser was first published in 2001. I read passages of this book from time to time to help me stay focused on how America has been Ambushed by our food industry.
There is a direct relationship between fast (processed) foods, obesity and Diabetes. Our food industry has evolved into a corporate entity that is driven by profits only. This industry has trained a whole country that what they sell you is GOOD! This is a lie. Why has diabetes become a epidemic during tha past 35 years? Many of you reading this blog are under 20 years of age. You were born into a society that has been misinformed about nutrition for many years before you were born. In other words, your parents did not have a clue about the foods they were feeding you. I’m a parent. I was clueless also. The Colonial at Kentucky and Ronald McDonald told us “Don’t worry, we have what’s good for your children”, and its cheap! Everybody fell for the fast food craze. You kids never had a chance.
I quote from the book ‘Fast Food Nation’, “The McDonald’s Corporation has become a powerful symbol of America’s service economy, which is now responsible for 90 percent of the country’s new jobs. In 1968, McDonald’s operated about one thousand restaurants. Today (2001) it has about twenty-eight thousand restaurants worldwide and opens almost two thousand new ones each year. An estimated one out of every eight workers in the United States at one point has been employed by McDonald’s. The company annually hires about one million people, more than any other American organization, public or private. McDonald’s is the nation’s largest purchaser of beef, pork, and potatoes — and the second largest purchaser of chicken. The McDonald’s Corporation is the largest owner of retail property in the world. Indeed, the company earns the majority of its profits not from selling food but from collecting rent. McDonald’s spends more money on advertising and marketing than any other brand. As a result it has replaced Coca-Cola as the world’s most famous brand. McDonald’s operates more playgrounds than any other private entity in the United States. It is one of the nation’s largest distributors of toys. A survey of American schoolchildren found that 96 percent could identify Ronald McDonald. The only fictional character with a higher degree of recognition was Santa Claus. The impact of McDonald’s on the way we live today is hard to overstate. The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian Cross”.
So kids you must understand, you did personally go out your way to get type 2 Diabetes. We parents were AMBUSHED by the fast food industry in America. Restaurant chains like McDonald’s, Wendys, Jack In The Box, Kentucky Fried, Burger King, and many others have changed the way Americans eat. We have embraced them wholeheartedly. Now we know a diet that includes a weekly regimen of fast foods is very dangerous. Your school districts are cutting expenses by dumping sports programs and P.E. classes. If you wonder why so many of you are becoming Diabetic and pumping Insulin, its because we parents have been unaware of the dangers of fast foods for the past 35 to 40 years. Way before you were born many of your parents, uncles, aunts and even grandparents developed Diabetes. We now are well aware that with good nutrition and excercise type 2 Diabetes can not only be avoided but in many cases, reversed.
If you have Diabetes, please don’t feel guilty. You really didn’t do anything wrong. However, you must take this disease seriously. Take your medication. Take your insulin. Check your blood sugar often. Its not normal for a kid to have to go through these changes everyday, but the consequences of not doing these things can be very serious indeed. Lay off the sodas and fast foods. Exercise is like Kryptonite to type 2 Diabetes. If your are not Diabetic, do your best to avoid this desease. Food companies and fast food restaurants are not your friends. You Have to look out for yourself.
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