NEW YORK (VINnews) — Americans are obsessed with thinness, yet statistically two thirds of Americans are overweight. The obsession goes so far that there are women who will buy clothes a few sizes too small, on the perchance that they will lose weight to fit into them, or as incentive to lose weight. Yet, for those who need to lose weight, the struggle is sometimes lifelong.
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Our guest today, Lisa R. Young, PhD, RDN, CDN, an internationally recognized nutritionist, and portion size expert is here to talk about how what we believe are adequate food portions, are in fact too much, and where the calories in the foods we enjoy, and think are healthy are in fact hidden.
Lisa says that we really do not need to fill an entire plate with food to feel full or know that we have eaten enough, and what is proper portion control.
She also discusses the new fad diets for losing weight, and the people in the ads who claim are losing weight, and that there is no miracle ingredient exist to losing weight, and also about the effects of yo-yo dieting, and emotional eating.
Baila Sebrow is an acclaimed journalist, inspirational international speaker, and 5TJT columnist who hosted numerous radio and Cable TV shows, including Insight/Israel. Baila is also an educator, and active on many human rights and political causes. Baila is the Founder and President of Neshoma Advocates, Inc., servicing children and families at-risk. She is also a world renowned matchmaker and relationship coach, and president of Baila Sebrow Events, LLC. She has been been featured in various publications, including The New York Times.
One of the biggest problems with many of today’s foods, aside from over-processing and unhealthy added ingredients, is their mineral depletion. Much of this is due to non-traditional farming and processing methods. Organic, non-GMO regenerative farming constantly adds minerals back into the soil that plants pick up. Crop rotation does this also.
However, America and many of the industrialized nations were pushed into ‘no-till’ petro-based fertilizer use devoid of crop-rotation and regenerative methods. This was significantly done during in the 1930s and ’40s as an emergency measure to quickly increase crop yields during the ‘war effort’.
However, after the war, Rockefeller’s Standard Oil (now Mobil Exxon) and other large industrial companies had a glut of diesel oil on their hands that they could no longer sell to the military, and, rather than suffer a loss on it, they hired persuasive national sales crews to ‘sell’ farmers on petro-based fertilizers as a newer, better solution. However, this results in weak crops, mineral-deficient crops – and also the ‘dust-bowl’ effect due to eroding topsoils when there is no strengthening of the soil by crop rotation or regenerative animal wastes added to it. It also led to increased use of toxic insecticides (as the crops were not innately as strong without traditional methods).
The increased chemical fertilizer use exacerbated mineral loss. This is why the best way to lose weight is by ingesting ‘nutrient-dense’ foods that satisfy the body’s mineral needs and will trigger ‘satiation’ much more intuitively.