Grains consumption staggering increase and its effect on our society!

Average daily calorie intake grew by 523 calories Per capita consumption Commodity group 1970 2003 Increase in pounds, 1970-2003 Increase in daily calories, 1970-2003 Pounds Percent Number Grains 136 194 43 188

North Americans are in large part grain-aholics.  How much are we talking about?  It may boggle boggle your mind.  In 2003 the Average American consumes 43% more grains then they did in 1970.  That is crazy when you actually take time to think about that number.  On average people are eating almost 1.5 times as many grains as they were in 1970.  And this number has probably continued to escalate in the last 7 years since the data was taken.

The large increase in grain consumption is leading to people having insulin sensitivity issues that are causing problems such as syndrome X, diabetes, obesity, and many others.  Most clients that come in to consult with me about nutrition who are looking to lose weight think they aren’t consuming enough grains……in the last 4 years I haven’t had one person who wasn’t consuming enough.  Almost 100% of them were consuming far too many grains and it was holding back their weight loss.  Take time to consider what your diet looks like.

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