The poison we eat
By HONEYPALS
@HONEYPALS (270)
Nairobi, Kenya
March 31, 2013 6:36am CST
Today I read the following shocking statement in the media. Quote "I believe many of our country's chronic health problems would simply disappear if we paid attention to the root problem, the food we eat. According to the American diabetes association, an estimated 22.3 million people suffer from type 1 or type 2 diabetes in 2012, up from 17.5 million in 2007. Partly the government is to blame ..." unquote.
I wonder if you agree with this statement.
8 responses
@profmuhammadakhtar (103)
• Pakistan
2 Apr 13
the health is the basic human right of the people of world, it is right that due to substanderd food using in different countries or chemical making food is the main reason of suffering people in different hygenic condition ,it is purely the responsibility of evry government to make law and implict the law of providing good food
@liuhanliang666 (65)
• China
1 Apr 13
China has a proveb: Get ill by the mouth, so I agree with this saying, and I think a eating habit is important for our health too, for instance, we should eat something on time, and we can gain weight when we eat much more food with high energy, in addition, we dont excessive diet if we want to lose weight, we must take care of my body health for our family.
@mensab (4200)
• Philippines
31 Mar 13
it is true that people often are stubborn to eat whatever they want without regard to the effects on the food to their health. too much sugar and salt in the food market especially in the popular food chains. despite of the warnings and advices by the warnings and other concerned groups, people continue to satisfy their hedonistic tendencies.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
31 Mar 13
I'm sure this is true. Refined sugars, junk food, soda, etc - are most likely at the root of the diabetes problems in the U.S. I don't doubt that. We have an abundance of food here in the U.S. --- whereas in other countries, they don't have enough! Strange and sad.
@marguicha (224617)
• Chile
31 Mar 13
I thought that diabetes was caused by a problem in which your body does not produce the amount of insulin according to the food you eat. But besides that, I do think that we eat in a very unhealthy way. We eat too much fat and too much sugar. We don`t eat enough of the good carbos (legumes for instance). Eating well is better and less expensive.
@taiwanlife (745)
• Philippines
31 Mar 13
This is true. Life so fast now a days that we just grab something very concentrated on sweet to get the body perked up for a while then another one to keep it going. Loads of carbohydrates from bread, pasta, rice, potato fries etc, not to mention the jams or the sauce that we put on top. This sugar turn into fat if not used. Our sense of taste has also been trained to love the too much of everything (too mush salt and sugar).
@roshigo58 (4859)
• Pune, India
31 Mar 13
hi,
you are right. Chronic health problems are due to unhealthy diet. Our health depends on the food we eat. Many people have the bad habits of eating junk food, oily food, drinking soft drinks and fatty food. For controlling diabetes such food should be avoided.
@Bluemaple2013 (42)
• Canada
31 Mar 13
I do agree to limit our sweet, fatty food everyday despite that I,m loving them...^^
