Thursday, March 27, 2014

Diet day 5

Breakfast

Two slices of whole grain toast, two eggs and three slices of bacon.
One cup of black coffee.

Lunch

Two sandwiches with turkey and mayo.
Side of pickles
Side of fresh salad with Tex mex dressing
Glass of white wine

Snack

One scoop of ice cream in a waffle cone
A small piece of magic square and a half can of soda. (Not my finest moment for snack choices)

Supper

Two pieces of the best pizza in the world from Nello's in Mesa Arizona.  Really it's "slap ya moma in the mouth" good lol!
Small glass of RC Cola (haven't had it in years)

After writing this journal and reflecting on what I ate it doesn't surprise me that I need to make changes.  However this is holidays for me and I don't normally eat like this everyday.  I do realize how easy it is to eat poorly. 

I read that through evolution our bodies did not easily come by the big three in abundance.  These three are "sugar, salt and fat".  Think back less than a hundred years ago and these products where not readily available and if they were they were very expensive for most people.  These three things are very addictive to most people and our food is full of them now more than ever before.  We become addicted to them and crave them when we reduce the amount in our diet. 

There have been huge lobbying by the sugar industry here in the US.  This lobby group is very strong and in fact uses the tobacco play book from years gone by.

The amount of refined sugar that is "hidding" in our food is ridiculous!   Refined corn sugar and in particular high fructose corn sugar is almost in everything we eat that has been processed.  The corn sugar industry is a juggernaut lobbying group.  They spend more in lobbying the US government than most countries spend on defense. 

Enough of my ranting for one night.

Ian Repay
Student of Silent River Kung Fu.
Stony Plain, Alberta.

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