It really touches me when I see posts of young people like this having these problems. I can say it's fine for me because I am in my 40's, but in your 20's that would definitely get you down. I was at a wedding when I read the email on my phone and saw the results, it definitely got me down then.
I think it really bites for the kids of this generation. All the processed foods, the chemicals, the additives that they put in the food today to just kill you off. Companies promoting and spending millions telling you that artifical sweeteners are good for you and your body doesn't know the difference. Then you have the small percentage telling you that these things are indeed bad for you but no one listens until they are laying in a hospital bed.
On our side of the arena you have the pro bodybuilders promoting the protein shakes and fooling these kids into thinking they can drink 4+ shakes a day. That is until their kidneys shut down because they are not drinking loads of water to flush their systems and prevent your system from being toxic.
I read an article of Chris Cormier actually defending the use of aspartame in muscletech products. His statement was it's good for your body and it does no harm. In the meanwhile it's been proven to cause cancer and kidney problems.
In the huge medical facility that I work in I will listen to conversations of doctors and staff while eating, then someone will be eating their cheese and dairy products. The cardiologists always look at them and say "you are the reason i stay in business", they chcukle and laugh but they don't get it. I was always under the impression that a lot of these doctors only knew what was taught to them within the box, but apparently they hold a lot more knowledge than I thought about we foods that we consume.
You have to be so careful in what you consume today, it's actually playing a game with your life.
Sorry for ranting folks, it just sucks the way the world is today.
