In a country where deep-fried Twinkies, Krispy Kreme burgers, deep-fried cereal and Triple Bypass Burgers are celebrated as accomplishments to be lauded, it’s no wonder that 72% (and rising!) of the population is overweight, obese and dying from illnesses such as diabetes. What’s even worse is that rather than shun establishments that promote such suicidal tendencies, the population clamors for more and actually promotes these products with awards and applause.
Old news to some, and new news to others, the most recent man to fall victim to the Triple Bypass Burger at Heart Attack Grill provided yet more proof of just how far down the health chain the average U.S. citizen has fallen. Not only has the establishment seen multiple individuals literally die in the restaurant while consuming their poisonous foods, they actually promote death with free meals to anyone weighing in over 350 pounds.
If you are caught selling heroin to a junkie you are arrested. What is the difference between handing a syringe loaded with heroin to a junkie and giving an already dangerously obese individual a heart-stopping meal loaded with chemicals, toxins and dangerous fats? Take for example their Quadruple Bypass Burger, which has a whopping 8,000 calories to its credit…four times what the average, healthy human adult needs per day.
It not only frightens me that people celebrate such death factories, but it also sickens me that the average person living in the United States would even consider such an establishment as worthy of praise, much less patronage. It’s like standing in line to be shot with a loaded gun to the head…a complete divergence from health and wellness such as exist via whole foods and diet plans such as The Mediterranean Diet. Rather than celebrating life and making even a remote attempt to maintain health, people are lining up to have poison main-lined directly into their hearts and bloodstreams…and thanking the owners for the privilege!
Where is the outrage? Why aren’t more people standing up and saying “Enough is enough! We want our dignity and our health back!” Why aren’t more people looking to The Mediterranean Diet and other whole food diet plans and strategies? Why is there an obsession with being overweight, obese and unhealthy? Why do Americans celebrate restaurants that actively promote suicidal tendencies in the form of free meals for already dangerously obese people who need a heart-healthy helping hand, not a loaded syringe?
Wake up, people! The vast majority of the developed world outside of the United States is a testament to healthy living through whole foods and better diets. You don’t see the people of Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, Romania, Macedonia, Turkey, China, Japan, Colombia, Brazil and beyond with 72% or more of their populations overweight or obese, and you don’t see them lining up to main-line toxins into their bloodstreams.
There are numerous other cultural eating habits that celebrate healthy foods, such as Asian cuisine, which is largely plant-based. These are people who look good, aren’t fat, aren’t suffering from obesity epidemics and associated health issues such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases and they live significantly longer than their U.S. counterparts.
With places like The Heart Attack Grill lauded as American establishments that are celebrated and given awards for their food, it’s not hard to see why a nation of fat, diseased and addicted-to-consumption are only continuing to become fatter and fatter as time goes on.
The original article appeared at http://www.themediterraneanlifestyle.com/2012/07/09/celebrating-obesity-the-root-of-the-issue-in-the-united-states/
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