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Half of Americans use supplements (CNN) -As more than half of U.S. adults are popping vitamins and supplements, the question remains — has it made Americans healthier? That depends on whom you ask. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that more of half of U.S. adults use dietary supplements -including multivitamins, minerals [...]

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I don't wish to sound like a bitch, but this country USA has been quoted as having such the obesity problem...where do the supplements come in? You'd think, that then we'd have less of the health and obesity problems. @ least in heart disease.

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Nightowl said:
I don't wish to sound like a bitch, but this country USA has been quoted as having such the obesity problem...where do the supplements come in? You'd think, that then we'd have less of the health and obesity problems. @ least in heart disease.

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Because people are missing 3 things:
- understanding of basic nutrition
- a little personal responsibility
- patience

Everyone is looking for and willing to pay major dollars on things marketed to them as quicky fixes, but won't give up fast food and sitting on their asses all day.

And we've further encouraged it by making clothes bigger, making everyone feel better about themselves (because we know its not our faults and must be someone else's or else its due to some "syndrome") and making it a "win" to overcome 400 lbs instead of avoiding gaining it in the first place.
 
If all supplements became controlled, that would lead to a lot of drug-seeking patients. Go to a doctor and tell him I need some Vit C, Vit D, Fish Oil, CoQ10, Zinc, and Magnesium. And some creatine.
 
sassy69 said:
Because people are missing 3 things:
- understanding of basic nutrition
- a little personal responsibility
- patience

Everyone is looking for and willing to pay major dollars on things marketed to them as quicky fixes, but won't give up fast food and sitting on their asses all day.

And we've further encouraged it by making clothes bigger, making everyone feel better about themselves (because we know its not our faults and must be someone else's or else its due to some "syndrome") and making it a "win" to overcome 400 lbs instead of avoiding gaining it in the first place.
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Obesity rates are higher in America where people have less money. We have subsidized corn to the point where people can eat a bunch of junk (fast food and potato chips) for way cheaper than they can purchase lean meats and fresh veggies.
 
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It's a fact that people r fatter now than back in the day. This is not jus a problem in the U.S. its world wide. It seems to me thou that the table is starting to turn and more and more people are starting to eat better and take better care of them selfs.
 
gamma said:
It's a fact that people r fatter now than back in the day. This is not jus a problem in the U.S. its world wide. It seems to me thou that the table is starting to turn and more and more people are starting to eat better and take better care of them selfs.
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The ratio fat people being greater than skinny will always be the case.
 
hoyle21 said:
Obesity rates are higher in America where people have less money. We have subsidized corn to the point where people can eat a bunch of junk (fast food and potato chips) for way cheaper than they can purchase lean meats and fresh veggies.
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Great point.
Healthy food is more expensive.
 
hoyle21 said:
Obesity rates are higher in America where people have less money. We have subsidized corn to the point where people can eat a bunch of junk (fast food and potato chips) for way cheaper than they can purchase lean meats and fresh veggies.
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That's related to education and being lazy, not food choices. I know, I live there. You can plan and cook perfectly healthy meals for less than these people are spending at McDonald's every day. You're just hating on fast/junk food because its cliche. You know whats wrong with fast/junk food? Everyone uses it as an excuse. The only excuse you have for eating fast food is not being physically able to make your own food. Even then there are reasonable alternatives, i.e. Schwan's, that are comparable in general to fast food prices. Hell buy some peanut butter or lunch meat and make a sandwich if you don't want to cook.

Fast/junk food doesn't have a responsibility to anyone to produce cleaner, less caloric food. We have that responsibility as a society. If we don't want it, we'll stop buying it and they will change.

But back to the topic at hand. Whats considered a supplement? Hell they add protein to granola now. Does that make granola a supplement?
 
Diesel618 said:
If all supplements became controlled, that would lead to a lot of drug-seeking patients. Go to a doctor and tell him I need some Vit C, Vit D, Fish Oil, CoQ10, Zinc, and Magnesium. And some creatine.
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You can't patent those kinds of things. Formulations of said things maybe but not the naturally occurring compounds themselves (That only happens with it comes to genetics so far). But whats better? A supplement industry that can put whatever it wants into a product and sell it at whatever ratio of ingredients they chose? Or one that has to list all material used and their amounts on the label? I prefer the later. That's why I make my own.
 
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