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[quote=Anonymous]although less sugar, we are consuming more corn syrup, fructose in everything. the biggest culprit I think are highly processed grains (more sugar) and inflammation-producing oils,along with more hormone and hormone disruptors in foods,  fewer micronutrients in the soil. Plus.... constant eating keeping insulin pumping all day long. kids didn't eat breakfast, snack at 10, lunch at 12, snack at 3, dinner at 5, snack before bed.

so, increased refine flours an grains and cookings oils, more calories, more frequently less activity = weight gain, insulin resistance, hence obesity, poor gut health, etc. I

[i]The average American consumed 2,481 calories a day in 2010, about 23% more than in 1970. That’s more than most adults need to maintain their current weight, according to the Mayo Clinic’s calorie calculator. (A 40-year-old man of average height and weight who’s moderately active, for instance, needs 2,400 calories; a 40-year-old woman with corresponding characteristics needs 1,850 calories.)

Nearly half of those calories come from just two food groups: flours and grains (581 calories, or 23.4%) and fats and oils (575, or 23.2%), up from a combined 37.3% in 1970. Meats, dairy and sweeteners provide smaller shares of our daily caloric intake than they did four decades ago; then again, so do fruits and vegetables (7.9% in 2010 versus 9.2% in 1970).[/i][/quote]

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