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[quote=Anonymous]There's a capitalistic view of everything in the food world,  and  that includes dog food.

Keto,  low carb, even vegan organizations have an agenda, and it's easy to purport something  using isolated  pieces of research  or skewed data.  We are really effed up regarding food.

Michael Pollan said it best :
"Eat food. Not too much, mostly plants."

In this statement we understand it all-

We cannot overeat, but we do. We overeat because we live in a consumer driven  first world society where food is plentiful, more of a commodity,  and underwrites a large service  industry. Food is also recreation. Food is advertised to us.

Processed food is really plentiful,  and it isn't food, but it's quite an industry. It involves chemicals and so much  sugar.

We rely on industrial farms, and we as a country subsidize the farming ndustry to produce mass crops like corn,  wheat, soy. Corn products,  as a result, are in everything. Animals are also mass harvested in unhealthy and inhumane  ways. Their production is unhealthy for us and the environment.  Without a doubt, this is one of our largest problems.

So, if you follow the above advice, you will  be ahead of the  game, but it's really hard to do. There is so much sugar,  processed foods, snacks,  too many restaurants,  too many things surrounded by food and alcohol as a lifestyle. To reign ourselves in takes us out of a culture and lifestyle,  really, and that's hard.

Keep  your weight manageable. No, BMI isn't everything.

Get enough, yet  reasonable exercise. You need to  burn off your calories, wherever they come from, but we live in an increasingly sedentary lifestyle- the way we work and live. Our exercise now must be out of context  to that,  so it takes motivation.  
Try to reduce  stress, yet we live in an ambitious and capitalistic culture, so good luck  with that.  
 Eat  everything in moderation. Meat isn't healthy,  and we all know that,  but if you are going  to eat it,  make it a small part of your diet. We think of meals as "the meat" and vegetables as the "sides." Reverse that.   It's a paradigm switch. 
Eat dessert! But not as much, and  not often. Make it special.  Stop watching baking shows.  They don't help.

No one  needs cola or diet cola. If you do,  figure out  how to  stop.

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