Changes

By changing our diets we can become activist for some of the leading issues facing the world today. On a personal level we can help ease the strain on the economy but taking responsibilty for our own health care. 1.1 billion are overweight globally and our nation leads from the front on this issue. The toll on our health this extra weight places on our health care system is enormous. With some dietary changes and a loss of just a few pounds we would ease this strain and increase not just our health but the economy as well. On a global level  - the US is the leading producer of grains and other crops that could easily feed the world - there would not be a single starving person left. Anywhere. Instead they are used to feed cattle and poultry that we consume and that further the "diseases of affluence" that the industrial world is afflicted by - while large portions of the world suffer and die of diseases of poverty. Please consider this while consuming dinner this evening.
A few simple changes on a personal level - and the world would change along with us.