On a basic level we all understand that the food we eat impacts our health, and from a young age are fed messages about which foods support good health and which foods detract from it. In the United States, we learn that broccoli and brussels sprouts are good and cake and cookies are not. We learn a very black and white view of food, which has not been supported by quality science, and which sets the stage for complications - anorexia, binge eating disorder, orthorexia, obesity, diabetes to name a few.
I don't believe there's ever one person or event to blame for developing a dangerous health related disorder; I surely don't blame anybody for mine. That being said, I think that certain messages regarding "proper nutrition" encouraged by the US government in recent years have played a strong part in facilitating the rise of adolescent eating disorders, obesity, and above all: negative relationships with food.
Let's change that.
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You eat something you wish you hadn't and to "make up for it" you throw out all the fatty, tempting foods you own and go out and buy things like Nabisco 100 calorie packs for snacks, diet soda, sugar free gum for cravings, skim milk for your coffee, etc. We buy these things under the impression that they are healthy alternatives to full fat, non-diet products. We buy these things because our government does not want to admit it was wrong to caution against fat, or cheese, or butter, or whole milk for that matter. The reality is that restricting full fat options has directly led to the overconsumption of starches, sugars, and carbohydrates in its place.
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It can redefine how young men and women choose how to fuel their bodies, change how they view their choices, and provide a sense of comfort and stability instead of sending confusing, ill informed information.
The 2015 Dietary guidelines are set to be released soon, so the time to check out the petition and vote to end the confusion is now. I am proud to have signed my name because I spent way too much of my life ingesting carb-heavy, chemical laden products that wrecked my digestive system and could have taken my life. I am proud to have signed because nobody should have to suffer with the stigma of an eating disorder or obesity because they were misinformed about how to eat healthy.