Green GURU: Attack of the Processed People
September 11, 2009 | category: Film, Food, Uncategorized
Froot Loops are health food?
What do Puerto Rico, Gibraltar, Jordan and South Korea have in common? Their citizens can expect to live longer than Americans, on average. Despite spending more on health care than other industrialized nations, America ranks #50 when it comes to life expectancy. But Americans have more to worry about than making it to the ripe old age of 78.11 – we’ve got to figure out how to get there without being plagued by debilitating disease. Not as simple as it sounds when we live in a nation of Processed People.
This kind:
Processed People is a documentary that tracks the decline of the American diet, from baby formula and kids’ meals to sugary cereals and frozen dinners marketed as health food (Can’t believe it? Read this New York Times article. You can check out more info on the movie and its team of experts here.
And America – let’s keep reaching for that rainbow! We’re still beating out Mexico and the Czech Republic!
-Dr. Jones
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