An interesting article I read (linked below) presented factors I was
not too aware of vis a vie the relationship between obesity and
COVID-19. In short it compares obesity from the consumption of
unhealthful foods in particular and an unhealthful diet in general which
leads to heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other preexisting
conditions. Obesity and its related diseases are involved in the
preponderance of COVID-19 fatalities as the fatalities from it are
directly related to preexisting underlying pathologies. Deaths from the
virus are proportional to a diet saturated with processed
foods, high in fat and high in sugar content producing a high
inflammatory response. The virus itself, the article states, produces a crushing inflammatory
response of its own in the body which is what is so lethal. Add to it other inflammations and it is a recipe for death.
In
my own life I am a fanatically healthful eater some say to the extreme.
Since
1988 I hugely reformed my diet and added exercise to my life. I eat zero
sugar, no meat (both for health reasons and because I intensely love
animals,) consume only fish, whole grains, plant based protein (quinoa
and gardein pronounced gardeen,)
beans, legumes, vegetables and many varieties of nuts. It is now
ingrained in my cerebral cortex. I could not revert back to my former
unhealthful eating style life even if I wanted to which I don't! No I
am not perfect. Stress also contributes to inflammation producing
cortisol which, I am told, is as deleterious as saturated fat and these
Trumpian times creates lots of that.
The
average
American diet is utterly disgusting. Obesity is raging and fast foods
are consumed like water. In certain areas no surprise like the south
there
is an epidemic of obesity. Will the ones who brandish AK47's change?
Fat chance pardon the pun. I venture to say most are even proud of how
many Big Macs they eat. Of course one will find zero help from
Washington as our morbidly obese president consumes buckets of fried
junk. Washington under the obese Trump will never advocate for a
healthy
diet and Americans have not and probably generally will not do it
themselves. Ah for the days of Michele Obama. I am sure first on the
destruction bucket list of the the present administration was ripping
out the vegetable garden she planted at the White House. Their mantra:
hell no we won't grow. Sad. Vote blue in November and save the
nation's life as well as our own!
