Is Obesity natural or a product of Processed foods?!

I believe that obesity and processed foods have a lot to do with each other. When you look at it at first it may just seem that obese people aren't eating right or getting enough exercise. And for a large amount of people that may be true. Genetics clearly has something to do with it too. But there have been a lot of studies conducted within the past few years that show how things like preservatives and other processed foods are effecting the bodies hormones and other digestion and metabolism functions in ways that make the body store more fat.

One study I read a while back said that some of these processed foods literally contain things that are toxic for our body and that our body recognizes this, tries to protect itself, and by doing so traps the toxic substance in fat cells so it won't damage the rest of the body. I wish I could source some things for you, but I read most in journals, books, or other scholarly writings that I don't have on hand to list.

But in addition to the food industries nasty additives that aren't helping, the ways of mainstream life have dramatically changed in the past 50-100 years. Roads, elevators, computers, the work place, etc. All these little things add up. For my college nutrition class we discussed how inner city gangs and violence make it hard for a mom to encourage her kids to go outside and play where she can't keep an eye on them because of neighborhood violence. It's just easier to let them play video games or watch TV because at least they'll be safe. So there's a lot of pieces to the puzzle, but I do believe that the food industry isn't helping.

Vegan

Obesity occurs naturally.

Cows, Hippopotamuses, Elephants, and Rhinoceroses are herbivores(plant eaters) and they're all overweight.

How much weight you gain depends on how much fat, carbohydrates, and sugars you consume.

A vegetarian diet is healthy, because fruits, vegetables, and legumes are lower in fat and calories than meat, poultry, fish, and seafood.

However, if you drink lots of soda and eat lots of breads and oils, you can still gain weight on a vegetarian/vegan diet.

With that being said, I would still recommend a vegetarian diet for weight loss.

The food tastes great, and it's much easier to gain weight on meat consumption than plant consumption.

Go to a Pathmark, Stop & Shop, Shop Rite, or Whole Food/Health Food store.
They sell vegetarian products from Morningstar Farms, Boca, Lightlife, Tofurky, Amy's Kitchen, Annie's Homegrown, Quorn, Yves, Tofutti, and Worthington. You can find these products at the frozen, canned food, and fruits and vegetable aisle.
They also sell lots of fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes, soy milk, rice milk, vegetarian cheeses and yogurts, and more.

Vegetarian

Obesity is a product of our own undoing, and is also (as I read above) not seen in many animals, that have been domesticated. I am guessing a domesticated animal could very well become obese under human care because of the risk of over eating and many other crucial factors. Humans can become "obese" by sitting down for long periods of time and not exercising regularly.

Common knowledge

No it's just from eating more than you need to. There are probably genetic influences in some people. In rodents for example, they can be left with as much food to eat whenever they want but they only become obese if they have particular genes which cause them to overeat.

Anyway, consider that in the wild most animals have to work to get their food. They burn lots of energy just finding food, and obesity would make it harder for them to find enough food as it affects fitness and makes them an easier target for predators. Obese animals wouldn't last very long in the wild, whereas we can just keep buying take away until our heart gives out or we get diabetes etc.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/92785…

No, you could get obese off fruit. Unlikely, but possible. The reason that people are obese and not animals is that (most) people, thankfully, never usually have to literally run for their lives, and most animals don't have time to waste lounging about when they need to be finding their food.

Processed foods and lack of exercise is exactly what is causing most of the health problems in the U.S. today. Everyone likes to blame it on meat which is not the problem.

Maybe. However I think much of the obesity problem has to do with not getting enough exercise. You don't see animals in the wild watching TV or surfing the internet.

possibly - if you eat too much off it. But there are other factors such as lack of excersise etc. Also some people are born 'over wieght' to an extend as their parents might have this gene which will be passed down i guess.

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Yes that and sugar/dairy.

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