I'd say there are a lot more people that know enough to eat to stay lean than there are to stay life long healthy.mikesbytes wrote:At the supermarket you can see a relationship between what's in their trolley and how fat they are. I could probably categorise a high percentage of people into 3 basic categories;
- Do know and do care...The do know people have woken up to that's its a lot more simple than that, simply don't buy manufactured foods, purchase the ingredients and be in control.
- Don't know and do care...The ones that don't know and do care go thru the battle field of reading the nutritional labels on the food and comparing products from different manufacturers. They have stepped on to the path but have a long way to go.
These two groups are harder to define because most have attitudes and dietary patterns that fall somewhere between those definitions.- Don't care...The don't care group is the biggest of the groups (pun intended)
At one end you have the people who do care, but are totally deceived by food industry marketing, contending advice from magazines/media, (poor advice) diet books, etc. They are usually the ones most frustrated with it all. The ones that have tried many diets, but can get nothing to work long term.
At the other extreme are the ones who think food is just entertainment and use it like an addictive substance. Restaurants, take away fast food, lots of meats, cheeses, lollies, biscuits, ice cream, cake, chocolates, soft drinks, etc. Whatever gives them a fix.