Childhood Obesity
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Another hidden source of obesity is toxins in the environment that children are exposed to everyday.
Environmental Toxins
There are environmental toxins found in common plastics that cause obesity, diabetes and cancer. They also cause suppression of the thyroid. Otherwise known as Hypothyroidism and Subclinical hypothyroidism.
The thyroid is responsible for the metabolic rate. When it is not working well, the rate of the metabolism drops.
Toxins like bisphenol-a is in many plastic product such as food containers, water bottles and even in baby bottles!!!
All canned foods contain bisphenol-a. Bisphenol-a is sprayed inside the can to create a lining.
There are more environmental toxins in the same category as bisphenol-a. You can learn about them on the page, “Lose Weight With Detox”
DDT
Pesticides and Herbicides are another source of fat storage.
DDT is a toxic and carcinogenic chemical mainly produced by Monsanto corporation. After 30 years of public knowledge of its carcinogenicity, and after the publication of “Silent Spring,DDT was finally banned in the US.
However,DDT is not banned in the other countries. The US imports many fruits and vegetables from these countries. Non-organic fruits and vegetables are not only directly sprayed with pesticides and herbicides, the pesticides and herbicides are sprayed on the crop fields and they leech into the soil. When this leeching occurs, the roots of the plants will absorb the chemicals into the cells of the fruit or vegetable.
Persistence
Chemicals such as DDT and other herbicides and pesticides are “persistent.” In the field of environmental toxicology, there is a term called “persistent organic pollutants” or POP’s. These are organic pollutants that persist over long periods of time. They do not biodegrade easily. This means they travel vast distances through air and water.
Bio-Accumulation
They also accumulate in the food chain. Plankton eat them, then fish eat the plankton, and we eat the fish. On land, they leech into the soil, get into the cells of the plants, animals and humans eat the plants, humans eat the animals. This is what it means to bio-accumulate in the food chain. We are at the end of the food chain!
From this viewpoint you can see that childhood obesity is not caused by a single factor. Childhood obesity is a result of a massive assault on the diet and lifestyle of children from several factors.
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