Congratulations, Americans…

94% of  those polled  felt that people were primarily or somewhat to blame for their weight.   That observation makes them about a million times more perceptive than policymakers and anyone in the government,  including Our Lady of Perpetual Dissatisfaction.

The truth is that you will gain weight if you eat too much.   Some people are more sensitive to certain types of food,  by which I mean they process it super efficiently and wring every calorie out of it,  or something in their individual physiology causes them to suffer various ailments and conditions when certain foods are consumed.   Diabetes runs in my family,  so I have long left pasta,  sugar  and bread alone for the most part.   Yes,  I ate rice at Thanksgiving and Christmas,  and cornbread dressing,  and some wonderful apple pie,  but I didn’t keep eating all the stuff I don’t tolerate well for weeks afterward.   I bow to no one in my adoration of creamy handmade macaroni and cheese, but I eat it only every other month or so.  I lost over 50 pounds eating sensibly and without  “dieting” miserably.

The government  — all levels of it —  would be far better served if they taught  people how to cook and the simple basics of nutrition.   You have only to look at the food pyramid the federal government produces to see it knows little about either food or nutrition.