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Is there a cure for this dreadful problem? Are we to blame for this metabolism problem?
I was once told "we are what we eat" I am not so sure that is 100% right however there are a number of factors that should be looked at:
We have moved from horses, horse and cart to cars and all the modern conveniences you can imagine.
Things that have changed, in a woman's life and some to some extent, modern day men:
FLOORS: Previously we swept, scrubbed, and polished our floors that were once either dirt, concrete, wooden and if we were well off/rich, the floors covered with linoleum.
TODAY we have carpet or tiles reducing the need for manual work with a vacuum cleaner and a modern day mop, all this taking a fraction of the time needed to clean
LAUNDRY/WASHING: The bane of every mother was washing day, the same day each week. The clothes put in a copper full of water and detergent under a raging wood fire. They would be agitated with an old broomstick because the water was so hot. When the clothes were in that boiling liquid for a period it was time to move them to a tub of cold water. The stick moved the clothes a few at a time. The clothes then rinsed and wrung out and if you were especially rich you might have a hand driven wringer and, the clothes would end up in the next tub of water often with a bluing bag. They rinsed in that clear blue water, wrung out, and then hung on the clothesline to dry.
When it rained or snowed, it created extra problems.
TODAY we just put the clothes into our fully automatic washing machine add some detergent and press a button. 45 minutes later the clothes washed, and spun dried. We take the clothes out of the washing machine and place them into our automatic tumbler dryer and in 30 minutes, you have soft fluffy dried clothes saving a huge amount of time and energy.
Therefore, we have some of the cleaning chores out of the way.
FOOD: How about food we needed to cook that on a wood-fired stove but first we needed to have the woodcut to size and split into the proper size so it would fit inside the burning compartment. Then there was the kindling needed, someone needed to cut that up from the wood stick. The cook usually the mother would prepare the meal for everyone, usually at the turn of the century, as many as 20 people in the family. Then someone needs to wash and dry all the dishes. They would get the hot water from the kettle on the wood-fired stove.
TODAY we have hot and cold water tapped into our kitchen sink. We are now able to put those dirty dishes in our automatic dishwasher, and in an hour we have, the dishes all washed and ready to put in a cupboard.
TODAY we have frozen foods of all types reducing cooking times by huge amounts. These foods are so convenient
PERSONAL CLEANLINESS: Bath time was a chore because the water needed heating by the wood-fired stove and several children would share the same bath water.
TODAY we have warm showers to cleanse our self-much better than a bath. Who wants to wash their face after their bottom has been sitting in the water? We have a washbasin in our bathroom these days. We have a water flush toilet saving the walk out back helping us remain clean.
LIGHTING: Not everyone had electric lights until 50 years ago and there are many parts of the country not serviced with electricity because of the remoteness. In days gone by some needed to light up the kerosene light and the associated things you do to light up the nighttime house.
TODAY we flick a switch for our lights.
HEATING: In days gone by, we cut up wood and put it in either the furnace or the fireplace to keep warm.
TODAY we flick a switch to turn on our air conditioning unit maintaining a constant temperature within our home.
UP until 50 years ago, things started to change rapidly where a huge percentage of families lived on family dairy farms, milking 80-100 cows twice a day, feeding pigs and cows and horses and other animals. During the summer months, all the family helped with the baling of hay, preparing for the long cold months especially in the cold climates.
TODAY a very small percentage of people reside on farms and they supply all the food to the city folk. The family farm now consists of 400 head of cattle with all the motorized equipment such as the wide disc ploughs, seeding machines, combine harvesters, grass cutters, and hay balers relieving the farmer of much hard work. One man can operate a very large farm and its equipment on his own these days.
Do you see where we are heading...?
How things have changed with reduced household chores and the massive reduction in the size of the family. The family farm has increased dramatically in size but now only requiring one man to do the job of many. One man can milk 400 head of cows on his own in less than 2 hours.
TODAY In our homes, we have the car parked inside; we have a vacuum cleaner to look after the floors. We have a washing machine to look after the laundry. We have a clothes dryer to look after the drying of the clothes. We have hot and cold running water reducing our showering times. We have many prepared foods today, and we have a microwave. We have a remote on our television set. We have an electric oven and hot plate to cook our food. We have electric mixers and blenders if we still use them.
We don't exercise like we once did around the house.
And guess what... there is a huge increase in DIABETES...there is a huge increase in size of most people. We are now seeing 6 foot high Asians grown up in the west that once were less than 5 feet
Do you think that our lifestyle might have something to do with the huge increase in diabetes?
And weight gains
YOU BE THE JUDGE
John Wright
[http://jayeatonventures.com/]
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