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The American diet is high on calories, sugar, and carbohydrates but low on vital nutrients. This has resulted in problems such as obesity, heart diseases, diabetes, cancer, and osteoporosis. Read on to find out some shocking facts about America’s diet.
4. Heavy breakfast
Most Americans believe that breakfast is the most precious meal of the day and as such they tend to make it the heaviest meal of the day. However, experts say that a heavy breakfast, which is overly high on animal proteins, ends up making you slow and tired . To overcome the tiredness, there is the urge to gulp down caffeinated beverages which are low on nutrient quotient.- “Diet Quality of Americans”, by Eileen Kennedy, et al. Published in the 1999 issue Healthy Eating Index of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, accessed on July 16, 2012
- “Assessment of the food safety issues related to genetically modified foods”, by Harry A. Kuiper, et al. Published in the June 2001 issue of The Plant Journal, accessed on July 16, 2012.
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