The Devil is in the Details

Just about ever body now realizes that fast food isn’t good for us.  But what a lot of us don’t realize is that fast food is NOT EVEN FOOD.  This is the discussion we should be having, not the health care debate.  When President Obama said that creating universal health care is the biggest step we can take to positively affect our Nation’s Health, he was DEAD WRONG.  The biggest thing he can do is change the commercial food industry, which is a major factor in our nation’s health.

Mcdonald’s Quarter Pounder with Cheese (Fresh from the Lab)

You may think a Mcdonald’s burger is food, albeit bad food, but that is just not true.  A burger isn’t a burger when the microbes and bacteria in our air, which feed off of ALL ORGANIC MATER, do not recognize it as food and will not digest it! It is ALMOST ALL PRESERVATIVES, and has CHEMICALS in it (See video below and the comments).  Can you imagine what kind of havoc this wreaks in your digestive system!?!?  And if the microbes can’t break it down, maybe it is harder for us to break it down once it is stored in our bodies as fat?

12 year old Macdonald’s Burger

Sick Care vs. Health Care

People were not dying just 50 years ago to the preventable diseases that they are dying from today.  Why are we so concerned with Sick Care, instead of creating actual health?  Because it is less profitable???

I don’t know about you, but I assume that you are like me; if given a choice, you would rather not get sick than get cancer but have great insurance.  Right?  I am not saying if we change our cultural norms no one will get sick, but there is no doubt that billions of dollars would be saved in insurance, which would make all the difference.

So why aren’t we more focused on prevention?  It’s a word the president likes in theory, but not in practice.  The sad part is that government regulation has helped commercialize “food” operations flourish (the subsidize this crap!), while creating incredible obstacles for the every day farmer who produces quality food.

Leave me some comments and show me you are alive!  How do you feel about the commercial food industry?  What needs to change exactly?  What should the focus be?

Until next time, keep your body and mind fit.

Johnny Fitness

Jonathan Angelilli has worked as a full time trainer for over 8 years, has completed 8 certifications, and is currently the Training Director of Dynamic Results, an upscale lifestyle consultation service in NYC.  He works hard to match up people, luxury buildings, private gyms, concierge companies, and corporations with a personalized team of empowering health and fitness professionals.  He has directly coached, managed, and mentored over 100 personal trainers in the last 5 years alone, and also co-owns a highly successful consulting company for personal trainers.