Performance Chiropractic and Sports Care » healthy diet http://www.cameronparkchiropractor.com Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:20:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Your Cameron Park Chiropractor Offers More Information for Your “Duh” File: Where Your Health is Concerned, TV Ads About Food Can’t Be Trusted http://www.cameronparkchiropractor.com/nutrition/more-information-for-your-duh-file-where-your-health-is-concerned-tv-ads-about-food-cant-be-trusted http://www.cameronparkchiropractor.com/nutrition/more-information-for-your-duh-file-where-your-health-is-concerned-tv-ads-about-food-cant-be-trusted#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:19:27 +0000 author http://cameronparkchiropractor.com/chiropractic/more-information-for-your-duh-file-where-your-health-is-concerned-tv-ads-about-food-cant-be-trusted First of all, if you are someone who reads my Cameron Park chiropractic blogs, you know that as a Cameron Park Chiropractor I am a passionate advocate of living a healthy lifestyle that, as I’ve written so many times, includes a healthy diet, good hydration, plenty of exercise and, of course, regular chiropractic care!  In addition, I’m sure that if you are someone who is already concerned about your health, you don’t get your diet and nutrition guidelines from watching television. We all know that most TV advertisements that are about food, especially “convenience” food, are meant to sell, sell, sell, whether or not the product is actually good for you. That said, it always nice to take a moment to reflect on just how “unhealthy” TV ads can be. So, I read with great interest an article today in the New York Times Fitness and Nutrition section on the subject. The article detailed a study that concluded that if Americans ate only foods advertised on TV, they would consume 25 times the recommended amount of sugar and 20 times the amount of fat they need, but less than half the dairy, fiber, and fruits and vegetables. Yikes! Those statistics even shocked me!

Taping 28 days of prime-time TV (as well as Saturday-morning programming) on the four major broadcast networks, researchers identified 800 foods promoted in 3,000 ads. Then, using a nutritional software program, they analyzed the content of the items, comparing the foods’ nutritional values with the government’s food guide pyramid and recommended daily intake values for various nutrients (based on a 2,000 calories per day diet).

Are you ready for this?  Not only would a 2,000-calorie diet made up solely of foods from commercials provide too much cholesterol, saturated fat and salt, and not nearly enough nutrients like iron, calcium or vitamins A, D and E, just one advertised food item by itself would provide, on average, three times a person’s daily recommended servings of sugar and two and half times the daily recommended servings of fat.

The study will be published this month in The Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

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]]> http://www.cameronparkchiropractor.com/nutrition/more-information-for-your-duh-file-where-your-health-is-concerned-tv-ads-about-food-cant-be-trusted/feed 0 Intervention When It Comes to Junk Food? http://www.cameronparkchiropractor.com/chiropractic/intervention-when-it-comes-to-junk-food http://www.cameronparkchiropractor.com/chiropractic/intervention-when-it-comes-to-junk-food#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:39:09 +0000 author http://cameronparkchiropractor.com/chiropractic/intervention-when-it-comes-to-junk-food Recent scientific research found that junk food is addictive. Hm-mm, what a surprise! Of course, it won't come as a surprise to anyone who has children and has had to deal with the "drama" that takes place when a "fix" at McDonald's is passed over for a nutritious home-cooked meal that might include (yikes!) vegetables. And, it won't come as a surprise to those who've tried to lose weight by eating a healthy diet of fresh fruits and veggies and then found themselves at a midnight In-N-Out Burger drive-thru. In fact, it probably won't come as a surprise to most people that the study found that eating junk food can change the chemistry in your brain. Though, food addiction is nothing new, this particular study found that because high-calorie foods affect the brain in much the same way as cocaine and heroin, and it leads to compulsive eating habits that resemble drug addiction, foods stripped of its nutrients, i.e., junk food, makes us more hungry because our bodies "think" we need more food when, in fact, we need more nutrients.

As a chiropractor, I work with my patients to achieve overall health through regular chiropractic care, a nutritious diet, good hydration, and daily exercise. If any one of these components is missing, as far as I'm concerned, good health and longevity are at risk.

For more on this study, go to reuters.com.

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