Obesity, Weight Gain, Diets...WARNING

Which part of the title got your attention quicker? Obesity, weight gain, diets or WARNING. What I am about to share you probably are already aware of and either ignore or let it control you. Equally problematic. The food industry, especially those I have listed, spend millions of dollars to figure out how to get you to buy there products. Now think about it? If they spend millions, there research must work correct? You and I both know it works!

We all know that sodas, (in the research) candy, (in the research) are lethal to the body. You cannot justify it any other way, they destroy us emotionally and physically, especially sodas. Yes, for those of you ready to say;" but...what about diet?" Same bullet, less grains of powder, the bullet still kills, maybe a smaller hole, but dead is dead.

I have reprinted a little research from the candy industry. They are watching you, figuring you out, and playing you, are you buying? If they spend millions to manipulate you, here is what you can do for free to win the war, maybe not every battle, but it's the war we must have victory in. Let's first eliminate one excuse, "my kids, why can't they have a soda, or candy every now and then?" OK, I am not inhuman, but let's be realistic, you get to be the boss, you're bigger, stronger, hopefully smarter, and always looking out for their WELLBEING correct? You wouldn't volentarily lead them down the statistical nightmare road of obesity would you? 30-35% of our children are overweight and more and more are prediabetic, and on the road to Type II diabetes. So let's keep a treat, a treat, and not the norm. We all enjoy a treat as children in my generation. I am in my 50's, and quite healthy, I actually have to make choices daily about staying healthy. Let's teach our kids Health 1st, and maybe they will not assume that going on a diet IS NORMAL.

Here's your weapon against these companies: pen, paper, 10 minutes. Make a shopping list, stick to it when you go shopping. Go when you're not hungry, and try if possible to go through the self check-out, there is typically less candy/soda mines there. If you have the children with you, practice in your head (no, no, no, no, no, no, no) and then when you need it, Boom, you have it ready. Now if you're real slick, you'll have the alternative YES ready for something healthy and fun they can be treated with.

Remember you have the right to be healthy, you have the obligation to teach it to your kids, it's just easier to teach and preach when you are a doer, not just a talker.

Read on and you decide. Victory is in our grasp! It's called natures candy, apples....
Carter

Candy industry urges grocers to load checkout aisles
Confectionery, magazines and soft drinks are the top categories purchased frequently by the most shoppers on an impulse basis, according to a Front-End Focus consumer study.

Of the respondents, 90 percent told researcher Dechert-Hampe & Co. they occasionally purchase items from the checkout, which makes up more than one percent of total store sales.

The study, sponsored by Mars Chocolate North America, The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., The Coca-Cola Co. and Time-Warner Retail Sales & Marketing, shows shoppers tend not to switch lanes or shop across lanes. Almost 30 percent of consumers surveyed said if the front-end item they were looking for was not available, they would not buy anything else on that shopping trip.

Dechert-Hampe & Co. advises retailers to merchandise confectionery on both sides of every aisle to influence impulse buyers. Source: Candy & Snack Today