The 100-Calorie Secret - Never Diet Again!

"Stop blaming people or their genes--it's an abundance of unhealthy, heavily advertised, low-cost food that underlies the nation's obesity crisis " says Dr Kelly Brownell from Yale University when asked why weight loss was so difficult.

We are missing the real cause of America's waist problem when we focus on our will power or our genes. It takes thousands of years to change people's genes through evolution, but only  25 years to change the environment.  McDonald's, Burger King and others have spent years developing tricks to sabotage our will power. We don't have a chance.

Dr Kelly Brownell says, "the problem isn't so much people's lack of self-control, but  a toxic food environment. " Dr Brownell blames the epidemic on "the strips of fast-food restaurants along America's roadways, the barrage of burger advertising on television and the rows of candies at the checkout counter of any given convenience store."

"Whoever thought you could go eat at a gas station simply by punching a button

for the service attendant to bring you a coke or bag of chips. ?" said Brownell. Even the minimal  physical activity required to go in and get it is eliminated.

Brownell  notes than genes and self-control play a role in obesity but  it's a losing battle in face of the every increasing ability  of the food industry to convince you to eat super sized portions of high calorie, non nutritious foods.

Superstressed Americans don't have a chance. Here are the signs of Dr Brownell's "toxic environment"

Bad foods are everywhere. Either high-fat or  high-sugar these foods are everywhere you look--- Vending machines, counters of 7 Elevens, and even in gas stations.  Most fast-food outlets now serve breakfast. These foods cost less and are more pleasing to most people

Serving sizes keep increasing. Buffets are all over the place, “value meals” and super size are
the norm

The food industry’s ads. Advertisements for prepackaged and fast foods saturate the airwaves, newspapers and magazines. Colorfully packaged single-person servings make processed foods appealing.

Physical activity has declined. Most Americans get less exercise than ever--walking less and driving more.

Is there an answer to the problem, probably not now? Look  how long it took to turn people off to cigarettes. We needed the vice to become socially unacceptable combined with government regulation. Years and years lie ahead with fast foods.