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What are the two common ways to lose weight? |
Eat less and exercise more |
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What did Jean Mayer, the Frenchman in 1953 conclude? |
Lack of exercise must be related to weight gain. |
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The rise of the fitness Revolution mirrors a rise in obesity rates. Why? |
The quality of food is bad |
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A calorie is not a calorie. Why not? |
Calories are not created equal. |
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The food industry wants people to think their food is cheaper. Why isn't this true? |
Want people to think it's cheaper so they buy their products. They don't want them to know it's cheaper to buy healthier foods. |
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What has happened to the number of type 2 adolescent diabetes cases since 1980? |
Has increased dramatically |
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What happens when you take fat out of food? |
Tastes terrible. Add more sugar. |
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What has happened to the intake of sugar for Americans since 1977? |
Double daily intake of sugar |
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What do high levels of insulin do to your brain? |
Block brain for receiving signals that you are full. Makes you feel hungry. |
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What do we learn about high fructose sugar compared to regular sugar? |
Absorb them exactly the same. They're both bad. |
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When you consume sugar naturally, such as in fruits, you are also getting what? |
fiber you need to fight negative effects |
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Is it safe to switch from sugar to artificial sweeteners? |
Yes it is dangerous because your body thinks sugar is on its way but it's not. |
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How much sugar is recommended per day according to the American Heart Association? |
6-8 tsp a day |
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Your brain lights up with sugar just like it does with cocaine. Therefore What two things don't work when it comes to addiction? |
Will power and personal responsibility |
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What did the sugar Lobby recommend ( percentage wise) your daily intake of sugar be? What did the World Health Organization recommend? |
25% should come from sugar. 10% |
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How did the United States blackmail the World Health Organization into not publishing the 10% number? |
Pulled their funding |
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When you look at any food label today what do you see? |
Everything labeled but sugar |
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Major corporations have been so lovely to help First Lady Michelle Obama's incentives by doing what? Why is this help not significant? |
Volunteer to help her. All changes are designed for you to buy more |
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The food companies are not in business to make America healthy. What are they in business of doing? |
To make money |
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How does the USDA do a better job of promoting agriculture than teaching people to eat healthy? What products do they give as an example? |
Can't do a good job for both so they focus on agriculture than teaching to eat healthy. Promoting consumption of cheese. |
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When was the school lunch act signed and by who? What was the goal of the ACT? |
1946. President Harry Truman. To make food cheap and simple |
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What is the worst kind of fat? What percentage of that worst kind of fat should be in kids? |
Belly fat. 10% |
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How did we demonize tobacco? What were some of the steps? |
- warning labels on cigarettes - Take off advertising of TV - smoking banned on airlines - regulate smoking in public places - taxes on smoking |
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Food companies don't like the restrictions. They pushed poisonous food and they defend on their right to do so by calling it what? |
Free speech |
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What Solutions does the movie get at the end? |
Be knowledgeable about what is good and what isn't |
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What must politicians have the courage to do? |
Stand up to food Lobby |
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People can starve themselves on a diet and lose weight but then gain it back unless? |
They change their lifestyle |
