Filed under: Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health
An argument can confidently be made that diet is the main reason why waistlines are growing in the U.S.. And, in particular, that our collective growth is largely due to how much sugar we consume.
A study published in the Annual Review of Nutrition found that from 1970 through 2000, daily caloric intake among women ages 20 to 39 jumped from 1,652 to 2,028. Interestingly, over the same period, the percentage of calories sourced from fats and protein decreased. So, we essentially got rid of of the healthy stuff and replaced it with junk. Great.
It's no wonder, then, that since the average American consumes 25 pounds more sugar annually than we did back in the days of the oil crisis (it's funny how history does repeat itself, isn't it?), we're barely able to get out of our cars and pump our own gas these days.
译文:
将糖倒掉吧
文档类别：保健、饮食和营养、大众健康
可以确信无疑地说，导致美国人腰围增加的元凶就是饮食，而且尤其是糖分摄入量的关系。
发表于《营养学年鉴》的一项研究结果显示：从1970年至2000年这三十年间，年龄介于20岁至39岁的女性，其日平均热量摄取量从1652卡增长到2028卡。有趣的是，在此期间里，来源于脂肪和蛋白质的热量摄取比例却有所降低。因此，实际上我们是抛弃了健康食品而用垃圾食品将其取代了。说得好。
那么，既然美国的糖食用量跟石油危机时期相比以每年25英镑的速度增长（真是有趣，历史在不断地重复着。），如今我们几乎无法下车为自己的车胎打气了，这也就不足为奇了。