Chemical additives in Fast-food Turns you Diabetic

Don’t invite the Diabetic menace by consuming food made of the flour readily available on the market in attractive packages, as they are mixed with Alloxan, a chemical that appears like glucose which is a natural energy source of food. When Alloxan contaminated food is consumed it destroys the beta cells of pancreas, which are responsible for producing blood Insulin. Infact scientists are injecting Allexan to rats to investigate and develop medicines to cure diabetes. The moment this chemical is injected, rats turn diabetic and they are ready for experiment. Are you ready to become a laboratory animal by consuming contaminated food?

Change in our lifestyles thanks to the media induced consumer culture; we stopped practicing our traditional ways of food preparation and consumption. Urbanization and westernization of lifestyles have introduced fast food culture in traditional Asian and African societies and the local alternatives are gradually disappearing making way to super markets and shopping malls that sell processed food with additives.

Hence beware of what you consume and think twice before eating pizzas, sandwiches and white bread. These food industries use alloxan to make flour more white, clean and eye-catching.

Globally it is banned by many food authorities such as USFDA, FSSAI etc., even though there are many reports of finding alloxan especially in fast foods. There is a need of appropriate quality assessing in order to conserve sustainable global health.

The Relationship Between Diet Quality and the Body Image

Are you trying to be like your favorite movie star? 

You must read this;the general assumption is that teenagers are highly conscious about their body image and structure and they strive hard in maintaining it.

If you question any teenagers about the types of measures s/he take in order to maintain good body image, the obvious answer would be ‘I follow a particular singer, dancer or actor as a role model’ or  ‘I try to imitate their dress, hair, or body language’ would be the immediate answer.

What does research say about it?

Studying the dietary habits of the adolescents of the Balearic Islands of the Mediterranean region, researchers Maria del Mar Bibiloni, Antoni Pons and Josep A Tu have found a profound relationship between the quality of diet they consume and their physical activity.

Traditionally, the Mediterranean diet is rich in vegetables, fruits, cereals, nuts and olive oil with moderate consumption of sea food, meat and dairy products. They also consume processed meat, food rich in sugars and fats with regular but moderate consumption of wine with food.

The youngsters aged 12-17 years were included in this study and the researchers found enormous changes in the dietary patterns of these youngsters and its impact on their body image. Socioeconomic status of the family and the parent’s education level has direct impact on the type of diet consumed by the teenager. Apart from this, amount of physical activity and the time spent in front of TV matters a lot in attaining a great body shape and image.

The study concluded that the increasing numbers of child obesity cases are registered thanks to the change in the dietary habits like consumption of junk food and sedentary lifestyles.