Voices
MARK
HYMAN
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Diet Soda
Makes You Fat
(and Other
Food Industry
Secrets)
HOW DO YOU LOSE WEIGHT?
Substitute diet drinks for sugary drinks. Eat low-fat foods. Just
eat less of the bad foods — it’s all
about the calories. We are told,
“Just have more willpower.”
These ideas are false. They are
food and diet industry propaganda that make and keep us fat
and sick. Lies by the food industry
combined with bad government
policy based on food industry lobbying are the major cause of our
obesity and diabetes epidemic.
Now, more than 35 percent of
Americans are obese, and almost
70 percent are overweight. This
is not an accident but the result
of careful marketing and money
in politics.
We are told it is all about making better choices. If we all took
more personal responsibility, we
could stop this obesity and diabetes epidemic. We have been
told there are no good or bad
foods, that the key to weight loss
is moderation. And, of course, if
we all just exercised more, all of
us would lose weight. These ideas
hold us hostage.
HUFFINGTON
03.24.13