Weight Loss and Losing Weight - Some Causes of Weight Gain

In a nut shell, the rest of the world does not consume the amounts of non-foods to the extent that the general American populace does. The simple act of reading labels and choosing not to eat ingredients that are unpronounceable would already be an excellent start.

North Americans are victims of being relentlessly marketed to. Like no other culture on Earth, the American media bombards the American public with product pitches aimed at the most vulnerable and to urges that are hard to deny. The young are targeted to get them into a life long habit of consuming what is little more than nicely packaged garbage. Some of this garbage is physical, some of it is emotional and some of it is mental. It seems that a nation that is so willing to turn its children into the prey of corporate interests will at some point have to pay the price; and it is finally showing. Obese children is likely just the tip of the iceberg. If their bodies are so out of shape it is likely that their hearts and minds are not too far behind.

In addition to this, what has come to be regarded as acceptable foods are often foods that are so processed that their packaging likely has more substantive food value than the food itself.

Consequently, between fast foods, convenience foods and processed foods laced with additives, the average North American person consumes empty calories of  foods that are often deliberately rendered addictive through their additives. The result is people who have voracious appetites who are drawn to eating foods that satisfy their palates but due to the complete absence of nutritional value these foods are not satisfying their bodily needs. The resulting hunger these people feel is very real.

This relentless cycle produces obesity of historic proportions. That it took nearly two to three decades to recognize this very obvious problem is in itself astounding and very telling of the Health agencies in place to protect the public interest.

Often sugars, wheat, carbohydrates and fats in general are often and universally blamed. One never, ever, ever, hears anything about the additives in foods on the news.

Genetics are blamed! But, clearly to proclaim that genetics are at fault is to deny that this obesity epidemic did not exist 30 - 60 years ago and is therefore unscientific.

Even though everyone has a personal stake and responsibility in maintaining ones own health the blaming of someone's genetics is to deflect the responsibility from foods and their additives solely onto the shoulders of the individual.

Personal choices are usually at the bottom of being overweight, however, when the choices being offered as safe and edible are in reality a "trap" to make a person addicted to them there is a clear problem as the deck is stacked not in a persons favor.

Weight Gain does not occur overnight!

Any normal person who eats good healthy food and is moderately active will generally not experience extreme weight gain. It can happen that people in this category being given certain hormonal treatments for specific medical conditions have been known to trigger weight gain.

Normally when a person eats and the food is digested, the body will eliminate the wastes through normal bowel movements. As long as the body is eliminating or consuming as much as is being ingested the weight of the body will stay more or less constant. But, should the body start to retain more than is being ingested, the result will be a net gain in weight.

As simple as this may sound, there really isn't that much more to it.

Before Weight Gain occurs there are other signs.

Before the body starts to gain disproportionate amounts of weight the organs that process the body's excessive nourishment start to become impeded in their normal function.

Before hand they could absorb certain amounts of what was excess, but once they are full, they start to place the excess in other parts of the body as fat. Note: Organs do not often or literally "fill up." If they do the organ itself becomes very sick.

This can occur even at a very early age, which can be clearly seen in the never before seen epidemic of obese children. Although many will deny this demanding "scientific proof," but this problem clearly stems from the types of foods that are being eaten. Real foods contain all that is necessary to sustain a health organism. This includes the means of their proper elimination through the Gastro-intestinal tract.

The structure of human beings hasn't changed in the past 60 years, but the food clearly has. Anyone who would deny this has been asleep for the past 60 years. (note: not only have the incidents of obesity increased to unheard of proportions, so has every other previously rare diseases and ailments. This is a little too much to be coincidence.)

One of the first organs to clog up is the gallbladder and liver; making proper digestion nearly impossible further contributing to weight gain. As other organs like the spleen, pancreas and stomach become affected other problems start to occur. Out of this the most common problems are indigestion, head aches, brain fog, candida yeast problems, lethargy, aches and pains, circulatory issues and the inevitable diabetes and heart problems and apart from the immobility, gross bodily disproportion and infections much more can and does eventually occur.

Clearly it is best to act before arriving at this stage.