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According to recent surveys America leads the world as the fattest nation on Earth with 30.6% of the population having a Body Mass Index of over 30. Body Mass Index (BMI) evaluates an individual’s weight in relationship to his height. The UK and Australia are also in the top ten countries suffering from obesity. What is the cause of this epidemic?

Well, I would posit that it is the increased consumption of overly processed and refined foods in the U.S. and throughout the world. Did you know that, even though the Inuit of Alaska and the Pacific Islanders both consumed diets with high fat contents they were traditionally very lean people. The diets of the Masai and Samburu people of Africa consist primarily of raw milk, beef and blood and they consume an average of 4-5 times the quantity of fat as we do in the U.S. but they still remain lean. Why? Because these people are eating their foods in their unprocessed, unrefined state.

On July 15th of 2008 a study was issued that 89% of children’s food products lack proper nutritional value even though 62 % of those products make health claims on the packaging! I have heard that obesity is the new face of starvation and, with statistics like that, who can dispute it?

The problem is that we have forgotten how and what to eat. If you are looking to begin a fitness program the first and easiest step in the make some fundamental changes in what you eat. Instead of overly processed foods in boxes or cans but fresh fruit, vegetables and nuts. Instead of TV dinners make lean beef, chicken and fish. There is no need to go on a diet. Diets are doomed to failure because you starve the body of things it needs for a period of time only to gorge on them when the diet is over. What I am talking about is a fundamental shift in the way you approach food.

After you have made that initial change start eating smaller meals but more often throughout the day.

These changes are easy and gradual but will make a drastic difference in your life. Once you have made those changes you can go on and begin a fitness regimen that consists weight lifting and cardio exercises. If you would like to know more about all these topics, as well as a detailed meal plat to lose weight and stay healthy please Click Here!