Elissa is a former research associate with the University of California at Davis, and the author/co-author of over a dozen articles published in scientific journals. Currently a freelance writer and researcher, Elissa brings her multidisciplinary education and training to her writing on nutrition and supplements.
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July 25, 2009
yes, lots of answers but solutions…there are many but nobody with the problem seems really interested in solving the problem. hence, the problem grows (no pun intended). venuto gets this right by going after mental/emotional challenges but how many people know about tom except for those that are BB’ers already or are somewhat in the know. if somebody sees a BBer on a book cover, they think steroids automatically. as a side note, even if some bb’ers do use steriods, i wish people would understand that just because they do so does not mean that muscles come overnight. it is still a lot of work but science works a little easier in this respect. and tom v is natural so i am not accusing him of anything.
how do you battle a food industry that challenges unwitting people by altering food chemistry so that something that normally would not taste good to taste good? how can i convince somebody that brown rice is better for you when, on the surface, it does not taste as good as say wonder bread? i would like to see a study or survey of what normal people would consider a healthy diet. i would also like to see some proof that the obese people actually understand what calories are, how much it really takes to fill them up, and why is it that exercise turns them off? when i was about 30lbs heavier than now, i had no clue about nutrition. i bet many others just don’t get it. it is the equivalent feeling you get when tax time comes around. you know you just don’t want to delve into the issue but until you do, things are not happening.
about the only conclusion that i can come to any of this is: it’s hard. if it was easy, everybody would be doing it. that could be one of the reasons why eating a lot and being obese is so easy. no effort. getting them back from the obesity problem is much harder. and really, once you are past a certain point wrt to weight, even though you may be able to drop the weight, you will most likely need plastic surgery to remove extra skin. that is a lot of hassle and frankly, it is easier to just let it slide than push the human body. even though shows like the biggest loser are not the best influences to be followed, they do show very well when contestants have to exercise hard, they are so not into it. the first couple of episodes of each season is worth watching just for that revelation. you know they are thinking why am i here. this is harder than i thought. i always say that anything worth doing is hard work. people tend to follow newton’s law in this respect: an object at rest tends to stay at rest.