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In reply to the discussion: Is America in irreversible decline?? [View all]Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)But, I believe the change is going to have to come from millions, a large percent of our population becoming more aware of their own personal well being.
My take on what has to change is a bit different. In order to change we need a healthier population. Right now many of us are sick and coping. Most are sick without ever really realizing it they have just learned to live with not being totally healthy.
We need to keep the pressure on making GMOs illegal. The practice of milking cows that have been treated with antibiotics and putting that crap in the dairy supply. Current methods of factory farming have to go, it is not a sustainable way of life. People need to look a lot harder at what they are eating and I don't mean looking at it and evaluating it in terms of what was healthy 40 years ago. They need to look at how the food is produced and where it comes from.
I read somewhere that 66% of Americans are overweight. That doesn't mean all of them are unhealthy, but if you are putting on weight it's a good time to make sure that isn't a symptom of some other kind of problem like low metabolism or depression or any number of issues that will cause you to want to eat more. It could just be a symptom of eating food that has been highly processed and simply (ha ha like this is easy) eliminating a lot of processed foods can reverse the weight back to normal. Of course if you are like me and have become obese then it's a lot harder, but hopefully I can get my health issues under control. In any case I think obesity is a symptom of a lot deeper issues, it's not the cause of anything.
So, hopefully we have more people picking up the torch for living a healthier lifestyle including not eating a lot of processed foods, meat that has been treated with growth hormones, soybeans that have been genetically modified, and getting rid of our factory farm system.