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Rather than giving you my opinion on the matter, I take a look at three national studies on this page.

The presentation is only 5 minutes long and reveals the number one case for alarm in the United States and Canada.

Read that again:  The Number 1 Cause For Alarm. 

And I’m NOT an alarmist, I’m a rationalist. But stats like these do not lie.

They cannot lie.

And this deals with our children.

Please go see:      Fat-n-Happy Study

P.S.  I can tell you from my own first-hand experience, that my personal 10-year-journey through the muck of obesity was ANYTHING but happy.

I was depressed, to the point of suicide at times (thankfully I never went that far.) I was socially hidden. I wore fat-clothes all the time. The few times I HAD to wear jeans or dress pants I rushed home to change into sweats because they were just too damn uncomfortable to tolerate.

Bottom line:  I was Fat-n-Miserable

I think most people who are overweight or obese feel more despair, sadness, or perhaps just really frustrated than happy. Of course you can be happy and be any size, color, shape, etc. But I’ll tell you from my experience that I am MUCH happier now that I’m fit and trim.

Part of that is just because I feel better. The other part is how the brain functions. When you’re more active, you release more feel-good hormones and these are powerful anti-blues hormones that really make you feel like a champ. At least thats been my experience.

But go watch the 5-min video and see what you think…

click here—>  Fat -N-Happy Study

Everyone knows that obesity, especially childhood obesity, is on the rise.

But few people know what this means to the “Second Gen Boomers” this is affecting the most.

These are the folks over the age of 35 years old and younger than 55 years old.

Not only are we the fattest generation yet (ugh) but our KIDS are the fattest generation as well. In fact there are several studies that predict that this generation of children will be the first in HISTORY to die before their parents from preventable diseases.

Folks, this just cannot be ignored.

Here’s three things I recommend to anyone over the age of 35 that you can start doing TODAY to help reverse this pandemic.

1. Eat Less Starch

I keep saying it and I will keep ON saying it until everyone gets it!

– Starch is practically USELESS, and potentially DANGEROUS to consume in quantity. Period. I don’t care what the USRDA believes (they’re subsidized by the grain industry, btw… what a surprise) — grains are NOT natural to our diets.

Now, you can eat grains and be healthy… but there’s a right way and a wrong way. The right way is sparingly… as a SIDE item, not as the main course. Your main course should be lean protein foods mixed with plenty of fresh veggies.

Also, no starch after 6:00… veggies and protein foods only. Low-sugar fruits like berries and apples are good if you don’t over-do it.

Bottom line:  We’re on a sugar-rich diet plan in our modern world and killing the starch (which is just another form of sugar) and the fruit overdose (fruit is good, but too much means too much sugar) will go a long way to preventing obesity.

2. Drink More Water

Can the sodas… go for the H20. It’s hard to over-do water, although it is possible. Stick to 12 moderate glasses a day. That’s a small glass every hour or so until 4 hours prior to bed. How hard is that?

You’ll burn more body fat, too… yep. Water helps keep the liver doing what it does best… processing fat. When you drink too little water, your liver has to dive in and help the kidneys out and presto: Fat burning is slowed to a crawl.

3. Walk!

Just walking briskly for 40 minutes 5 days per week will cut many disease risks in HALF as well a trim down that waistline. Sure, I’d love to see you in the gym right next to me, but if you are not ready for that, put on the sneaks and hit the trails. Outdoors or on a treadmill, walking is healthy and hard to beat for sheer fat-burning cardio.

I bet you didn’t know this …

Obesity…even being overfat… is a disease.

No, really.

At least that’s what several social groups wish you to believe. “Suffers Of Obesity” is just one of those groups. Their entire stance is obesity (which, btw, can be only 30lbs or so over your ideal bodyweight) is an actual disease.

Well, is it?

Yes… and no.

Comedian Ricky Gervais has a hilarious go at this stance… that obesity is a disease. You sometimes have to laugh, you know? ; )

“No… it’s not a disease… it’s greed. You just love to eat,” or so Gervais believes.

Well, I’m here to share a new idea with you:

     We really need to redefine some words.

One of those words is “disease”.

Case-in-point:  Wikipedia.com defines disease…

“In human beings, “disease” is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, and/or death to the person afflicted, or similar problems for those in contact with the person. In this broader sense, it sometimes includes injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, infections, isolated symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts and for other purposes these may be considered distinguishable categories.”

Let’s think about that.

If you bump your knee against a sharp object, is this a new disease called “bumpuskneeitis?” Er… no. It’s an accident. Sure, it may ’cause’ a specific set of symptoms that could broadly (as in as broad as the back-side of a barn) be considered a “disease”, but … no. It’s an accident with biological consequences.

Social problems?  So, if I decide to read 17 books on why my parents suck as a teenager and develop anti-social behavior, is this a “disease”?  NO!  This is the angst of youth combined, perhaps, with poor parenting!  Sure, it can lead to mental issues that could be classified as “disease”, but guess what?

It’s totally within your control. No one force-fed the books to the teen. And no one is force-feeding you, or anyone you know.

That decision is yours and yours alone… and anyone, repeat ANYONE on the face of planet earth can change their behaviors and attitudes toward food.

Okay, some more thoughts on disease:

Let me give you a few examples of what is typically thought of as “disease”…

— Leprosy
— Cancer
— Hypothyroidism

We’ll just take three… there are thousands as you know.

Now, we can all agree that these three states represent true “disease”. The first you could catch by accident; the second is a combination of genetics, environment, and who-knows-what-else, and the third is almost always genetic.

One, cancer, is something you ‘may’ be able to do something about. For example, lung cancer. 90% of lung cancer patients contract the disease from smoking.

Let’s just cover these 90%, shall we?

And folks, I’m asking for an open mind here…

Is lung cancer, in the case of the 90%, REALLY a disease?

     Or is it a biological consequence?

Sure, “cancer” is a disease. But what caused it in this case? Something involuntary? Hardly. Something that could not be stopped?

No way.

The 90% caused it. Period.

Welcome to the real world.

So, I propose this:  We redefine “disease” as an abnormal biological condition that we DO NOT have direct cause or effect over.

Airborne viruses: Disease.  Obesity: NOT a disease.

And yes, lung cancer in chain smokers:  NOT a disease; it’s a biological outcome. The end result should be treated as a disease, of course, but come on: Where is the responsibility folks?

Life, if you want to life it fully and without fear, is ALL about taking total responsibility. That’s empowerment. Anything less is… well, LESS.

In our example, lung cancer is no more a “disease” than, say, me hitting myself over the head with a hammer every day and causing brain damage is a disease.

Brain damage (not self-induced) = disease.

Brain damage caused by self-inflicted hammer-hitting = biological consequence. In this case – sheer stupidity!

Now, one could (and many will) make the argument that I had a “mental” disease that caused me to WANT to hit myself over the head with a hammer… but… well…

At this point we need to redefine the word “disease” in my opinion. Here’s why:

First, if this were the case, I could say that all criminals have a disease.

They all have a mental disease that makes them want to kill, steal… you name it.

This may in fact BE true… we do not know… but do we hold them NOT responsible if it is? No, we do not.

And that brings us back to obesity.

     Obesity and being overfat is not a disease folks…
     —— >  it’s a biological consequence.

And, with the exception of the extremely ‘rare’ cases of total glandular dysfunction from birth, obesity… your bodyweight… is your responsibility.

Period. End of story.

Sorry, but that’s the way the ball bounces.

Am I being mean? No. I was obese. I have a right to speak my mind about it, and trust me:  My depression (a disease… sorta… some genetic, but a lot of it was caused by eating too much sugar) definitely aided in my obesity.

Then how come I’m not obese any more?

I found a better way to eat. I re-trained my body to crave this style of eating (and exercise) over stuffing myself with pizza and burgers every day.

Here’s what I use:

Click.Here———–>  My No-Disease No-Obesity Wake-up Call!

It torches bellyfat… and it reprograms the body and mind to use food as fuel… especially if you use my “7 Minute Body” workout system (you can get it at 77% off after you pick up EODD on the page above… ; )

So be brave. Be fearless. And be responsible.

Oh… and be sure not to catch “internetemailitis”… its a disease that causes you to want to check your email more than 10 times a day.

I have it. So be careful… may be contagious. : )

P.S. In my journey from obesity to total leanness I had to overcome ‘real’ diseases, like pituitary failure from a high fever (i.e. viral pneumonia that almost killed me) and, yes, clinical depression (partially my fault; partially not… i.e. half disease, half biological consequence.) So I have sympathy, believe me. But I also know what you can do once you have a solid plan in place and a determined mind.

Then no “disease” can stop you… at least the ones that do not kill you.

So go for it… be brave, be responsible… and be lean!

click.here ——>  My No-Disease No-Obesity Wake-up Call!