U.S. sicker than rest of developed world—nutrition industry speaks out

If we start labeling the poisons in our food, I'msure America would wake up a little and realize the sludge their eating and feeding their kids. It has nothing to do with calories, it has to do with eating fresh, no chemical, unprocessed food back like we did a hundred years ago before everyone started getting cancer and autism. America reached an all time high in 2012 feeding cows 30 million pounds of antibiotics and we turn around and digest all of that, and we're supposed to believe that's just fine for our bodies? I suggest anyone taking the time to read this article look up GMOs and Monsanto and start living healthy lives.

A big cause of illness is stress. And what causes stress for most people? Work. Change the culture of work in the U.S., and I bet people will start having time to have dinner again as a family, make healthy meals for their children, exercise, etc. What do naturals and supplement companies do to ensure their employees stay healthy? Do they grind their employees so they get higher margins, more exposure, etc., etc.? How do they support employees with children -- not just newborns but throughout childhood and the teenage years?

Snacks have a lot of gmo foods in them I think. Do you know for sure? Some of the ways to stay healthy are: a little meat with lots of fruits and veggies, drink all kinds of good teas -orange peakot and oolong (green, black and white), but also chamomile, spice teas, melatonin, and others, but avoid the ones artificially flavored if you are looking for true herbal effects. Also, use raw foods, salads, fruits, carrot sticks, cucumber slices, etc. Organic foods are more nutritious, use more seafood than red meat. Create your own snacks like hummus, popcorn, fruit cups, oatmeal cookies, chocolate (a superfood) etc. Create recipes from superfoods. Be aware of nanoparticles that whiten certain foods-sugar? powder sugar? The latter being an issue I am just starting to look at.

Certified Organic is still your best bet we are working on better HEALTH FOODS. New soil research is now being done to better our growing of our HEALTH FOODS. As certified farmers who pay to be CERTIFIED by the USDA with standards to produce safe food for our families we also eat our food and we see the differance in the health of people that do not!

The writers have hit on many of the main reasons which we are all looking for..nobody wants to be sick, but we have all been duped by the industrial food machine in this country. Really i see this as an unequivocal food engineering for profit and misdirection of an entire generation by the convenience food industry. Convenience is Americas leading culture when it comes to food, I cook for my family often and realize how much more time it takes to make meals from scratch using real ingredients.
However the future is bright, Organics are growing by leaps and bounds yearly Farmers Markets growing even faster.. so some of us are getting it while the others maybe later, while they become the major factors in the Health care burden.
Michele Obama is shifting things in the right direction and if the Farm Bill would support organic and local farms as much as they do big AG , (who is killing us) then we all may have a chance to bring our diet into a healthy cpntext.. and start healing this problem one meal at a a time ..

The U.S. government has taken the position (through the Office of the United States Trade Representative) that U.S. drug prices are rising because U.S. consumers are effectively subsidizing costs which drug companies cannot recover from consumers in other countries (because many other countries use their bulk-purchasing power to aggressively negotiate drug prices).