Yes, Antibiotics Do Cause Obesity
Having spent the better part of my life being told that the reason for my clumsiness was a lack of effort and that my stomach pain was all in my head, I am very sensitive to any situation where a medical condition is treated like a character flaw. No where is this more obvious today than when it comes to obesity. I am sick of fat shaming and acting like willpower can fix obesity. Obesity is not about character, willpower or healthy eating choices. Yes, you can probably force the body to starve and shed the weight, but the truth is that when your health is in alignment, eating without overdoing it is effortless. Oh and there is a staggering amount of research showing that the obesity crisis is actually the result of antibiotic overuse, MSG, and quite possibly pesticides and fruit juice. Wanna see it? I began to suspect that obesity and processed food might not be very related when our household switched back to eating like it was 1973. This got me thinking about life back in 1973. Back in the day when breakfast was cling peaches in heavy syrup, orange juice and a big bowl of sugar coated dyed cereal drowned in whole milk. Lunch was processed meat on squishy white bread with mayonnaise and a side of chips and of course, dessert. Dinner was pork,...
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