Originally Posted by bermuDa

we're a culture that holds the appearance of health in high regard while slathered in unhealthy foods and practices; now we've adopted diets that produce the illusion of health but are not healthy at all. Our bodies rely on a balance; whether it's calories and exercise, yin and yang, acid and alkaline, or eating among the food groups. The average american's eating habits throw our bodies out of balance, and when we get tired of looking unhealthy we buy into the miracle diets that only throw our bodies even further out of whack. we're even being led to believe that obesity is a disease and that drugs are our only chance to "cure" ourselves...