"The problem was worst among those aged 35 to 49. The prevalence of high blood pressure in that age group increased 127 per cent, diabetes by 64 per cent and obesity by 20 per cent."Normal blood pressure used to be that tired old saw of 120 / 80. That reading is now called "pre-hypertensive." Wow. We're all just a bomb waiting to blow up. Better drug that puppy.
I live in Calgary. Here they once passed a law restricting transfats in food (funnily, to just above the level found unnecessarily in milk). Then they unbanned it because it wasn't fair to other regions. Then the head provincially-appointed health guy walked away with a massive and gross severance package.
Eat healthier, they say. Maybe eat like 20 years ago when there was no such thing as ice cream or chocolate or cake. We were all so responsible way back then ... NOT!
My mother brought over some ice cream for X-mas dinner. The first ingredient -- "modified milk ingredients" (aka imported US milk/fructose blend). Mmm, that sounds healthy. And also there is glucose, mono & diglycerides, and the ever popular polysorbate80. This same brand, long ago, only had the ingredients cream [what's that? cream], sugar, vanilla. No wonder the ice cream is still in the freezer taking up space.
Ever read the long, long list of ingredients in cakes or sweets at your local grocery store. Need a chemistry degree to understand them.
Blame heart disease on bad eating habits ... shame on you. Blame heart disease on a population being poisoned by corporations and their apologist henchmen -- the medicos.
Transfats, guaranteed heart disease. Ban them. And turf your incumbent politician for it, too.
Break the health care monopoly.
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