Roots of Obesity Documentary

Posted by Theresa on October 11, 2012 5 comments

I subscribe to a newsletter about natural health and an article in today's newsletter caught my attention "BBC documentary by investigative reporter Jacques Peretti, the foundational reasons behind the obesity epidemic are revealed." This documentary provides supporting data for much of what Julie teaches us about food.
You can view the full article The Modern Food System and the Roots of Obesity, but you have to subscribe first; it's free. The article pretty much follows all of what the videos show.

5 comments:

Unknown10/11/2012
This is unreal! Thank you for posting this Theresa!!! I have no words. What an unbelievable documentary!!! Julie is RIGHT ON!!!!

Makes me SOOOOO VERY THANKFUL to have found Julie!! Makes me want to tell everyone!!!
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Anonymous10/12/2012
I just finished watching all 12 episodes and it is wonderful. Although many of us have a lot of this information, it ties it all together in an integral way. Personally, I have never consumed sweetened drinks, and have never eaten much in the way of prepared foods. But, the misinformation that fat was the problem and not carbohydrates, was a large part of my eating a diet, for many years, high in carbs, which set me up for a whole host of problems. I also fell for the myth that if things were "natural"-whole grains, fresh, etc, they would be healthy...and it took a long time for me to realize that those foods, although free of artificial ingredients, added sugar, trans fats, were still carbohydrates, and were still jacking my blood sugar and making me fat. Although the series is dismaying in many ways, it is sooooo helpful to see clearly all of the forces that we are battling to stay sane in our eating habits. Thank you so much for sending this along.
Eva
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MaryJane10/12/2012
I'm also so grateful to have found Julie. I've been on her plan for 8 months and have never strayed (which is quite a miracle after years of trying ever diet known to man and never having lasting success). I do have quite a problem which I'm now facing. Since losing so much weight (and being in my sixties) my skin is really sagging. Now, I've seen this discussed previously, but I'm not in a position for any surgery and just can't wear any of those compression garments. But the main problem is that I really am developing a bad sef image due do this excess skin and massive wrinkles. At least when I was fatter, I had prefectly taught skin ( of course it was packed full of fat which I know is not healthy). I only mention this because recently I'm beginning to think tht perhaps I should not continue with this program as I do not want to end up just a skeleton with skin hanging everywhere. Don't get me wrong, I still have a ways to go (most people would consider me overweight I'm sure), however, I don't know if this skin problem should be a deal breaker. There is only so much exercise one can do when your skin becomes this far gone (must be why all the candidates on extreme weight loss opt to have the surgery). Since that is not an option for me, I just wanted a little reinforcement that even tho my skin is far less than optimal now, that having lost all that weight is still the healthier alternative. Does anyone else ever have such feelings; and, how to you push those thoughts out of your mind. I know we can't turn back the hands of time, but I am so envious of anyone that discovers this at a earlier age when their skin is able to "snap" back. HELP!!!
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