Our Weight Problem

The history of humans can tell us that the excess fat we carry around is created by modern man. Humans have had this type of weight problem since the Greeks ruled the Mediterranean, before the Roman Empire. 3000 years ago it was only the very affluent, the politicians, the ruling class that didn't do any physical labor and had all the privileges of politicians today.   In ancient times it was only the ruling class that were treated like royalty. Those are the ones who could eat all they wanted and usually gained too much weight. This was the beginning of the modern society we have today. You might be surprised how similar life was for those in the ruling class.

Today we have more people in the upper-middle and upper class that do about as much work as those rulers and statesmen in the Roman Empire. You should know that your body doesn't know the difference between you sitting and talking, sitting and working on the computer, or just sitting and watching TV. 

Homo sapiens emerged around 300,000 years ago, evolving from Homo heidelbergensis and migrating out of Africa, gradually replacing local populations of archaic humans. For most of history, all humans were nomadic hunter-gatherers. The Neolithic Revolution, which began in Southwest Asia around 13,000 years ago, saw the emergence of agriculture and permanent human settlement. As populations became larger and denser, forms of governance developed within and between communities, and a number of civilizations have risen and fallen. Humans have continued to expand, with a global population of over 7.9 billion in July 2021.

Above is a small paragraph from world history that explains a lot. All those centuries that humans were nomadic they behaved similarly to animals, spending the day light hours hunting and gathering and the nighttime sheltering in place until the sun came up. It wasn't until about 13000 B.C. that humans states to put down roots. In Southeast Asia, humans began to grow their food and build communities. This was what I think might have been the beginning of a civilization more like we have today. Humans that chose to live in a community, grow their food and learn to fish.

Those early farmers had a good diet, healthy food to eat, and would have lived a healthy life and maybe they did until the population grew to an unmanageable level. Remember those early settlers knew nothing about disease, nothing about hygiene, and therefore not many people lived to old age. Humans learned the hard way that you can't use rivers and streams for a toilet. Europe learned that lesson in the middle ages when 100's of thousands of people died of the "Black Plague". 

The continuous growth of the human population has caused most of our problems because we have failed to know how to deal with this ever-growing number of people and the problems that it presents.

So, what does this have to do with my weight, you might ask. The world's weight problem and it is a worldwide problem is simply caused by the lack of physical work that most of us don't have to do and the lack of education. We are not taught to eat properly. We don't understand the importance of putting good nutritional food into our body to fuel the energy our body needs. We eat this manufactured food that adds weight.

I saw a talk show today. A woman was explaining what happened to her last week at the doctor's office. After a long stay at home because of the virus, this woman hadn't been to see the doctor in almost two years. The doctor checked her blood pressure and said abruptly your blood pressure is over 300, what happened? She replied that covid happened. Because we were shut-in day after day I started to buy ice cream and every night after dinner we had a bowl of ice cream watching TV. I knew I was gaining weight but I thought it would only be temporary so I shrugged it off. After a year of eating ice cream every night, know I have a problem, a big problem.

I have read in many sources that you can't exercise away a bad diet. Your fat won't disappear because you go to the gym. One hour of exercise might burn 300 calories if you're running or biking like a pro, but the average person at the gym doesn't workout for one hour and usually on average only burns 100 to 150 if they are lucky.

 You can lose body fat by changing your lifestyle and sticking to it. For example:

this food pyramid gives you everything you need for a healthy diet. Everything in the bottom section you can eat every day, everything in middle is foods you can only eat one time a week, and on top is red meat that should only be eaten once a month. Water is important to cleanse your system and red wine in moderation is good for your blood. Walking an extra one hour a day more is all the exercise you need.

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