Twas the days before Xmas and all through the world people frantically are buying enough food to feed armies although only their families will be in attendance. I guess my point for this Blog is to be mindful of excess.
When I was in the Military the cooks (highly qualified chefs) would use a mantra for dishing out food, that I came to understand when I asked them what was the theory behind meal times ? They used to say that their goal was to "feed them not fatten them".
In times of plenty it would seem that now this is a great way to consider the portion laden servings that we get nowadays and this excess consumption contributing to our waist lines.
We waste so little effort consuming excess calories that our waist lines grow by the day. I saw an alarming report this morning. With the problem of childhood obesity being an issue from too many calories from sugar and fat there is now a concern for a growing number of these at risk children growing to have health problems that just scare the heck out of me.
Look at the article I saw today in the news .......
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IT USED to be a health concern of alcoholics.
Now medical experts are bracing for an explosion in the number of children with the potentially life-threatening fatty liver disease. Doctors say they are seeing children as young as nine with the condition, which develops when there is so much fat in the liver that it can't process it.
With more than 15 per cent of boys and 14 per cent of girls in Australia considered obese, health experts predict the problem will continue to grow.
"Too much fat causes some destruction of the liver cells and leads to swelling inside the liver and a kind of low-grade infection," said Avi Lemberg, a pediatric gastroenterologist at the Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick. "If you become obese during childhood there will be more build-up of fat in the liver over time so it increases the chance of getting fatty liver disease and of developing cirrhosis of the liver later on."
Dr Lemberg sees only a handful of young patients with fatty liver disease but predicts the problem will worsen in the next 10 to 15 years. "There's probably a significant proportion of the population out there with fatty liver disease and they don't know it," he said.
Staff specialist and pediatric hepatologist at the Children's Hospital at Westmead (Australia), Dr Michael Stormon, said he saw "the tip of the iceberg" in terms of the number of children with liver damage caused by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
In the US, fatty liver disease is predicted to become the leading cause of liver transplants in the next 20 years.
"You could draw the conclusion that as more children become obese in Australia it may become a problem down the track when they reach adulthood," said Dr Stormon. The doctors told parents not to panic if their child was overweight, saying a healthy diet and exercise could reverse the condition in most cases.
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We need to start taking these issues seriously !
Tomorrow on Xmas Day I want you to think of excess calories and YOUR personal Human ECO System. Will it be overloaded or will be respected ?
Sure have some turkey, vegetables, pudding + ice cream - I will be but also don't then go crazy and eat like you won't be fed for the next week. This is the problem we need to address.
TIP - Between the first and second sittings of food intake why not go for a walk and take your relatives with you. Instead of sitting and talking, try walking and talking. You will enjoy the day more and improve your health too.
My blessings and best wishes go to you all (and your families) and I wish you a very merry Xmas Day !
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