Our Standard American Diet is S.A.D.

S.A.D. is an acronym for the Standard American Diet. Our grocery stores contain more processed convenience foods than actual meat, fish, fruits, and vegetables. Honestly, we should be sad thinking about what we are doing to our bodies when we eat like this. Did you know…

🤯According to the USDA, nearly 1,000 calories a day (out of a 2775 daily calorie diet) is attributed to added fats and sweeteners! In comparison, dairy, fruits and vegetables only contribute 424 calories.

🤯38 percent of adults in the U.S. report consuming fruits less than one time daily, and less than 22 percent report eating vegetables daily.

🤯In the last 65 years, not only has the amount of sugar we eat dramatically increased, the source of the sugar has radically changed. In the 1950s, the majority of the sugar consumed by Americans was from cane and beet sugar. In 2000, according to the USDA, each individual in the U.S. consumed over 150 pounds of sugar. Over half of that came from corn. Just because high-fructose corn syrup is made from corn doesn’t mean that it is a healthy sweetener.

🤯63 percent of calories Americans are consuming today are coming from processed foods. Convenience foods are packed with preservatives, added oils, sugars and refined grains — none of which is healthy for the body, as these foods definitely do more harm than good.

Now you know better…the question is will you do better? How you feed yourself and your family makes a difference in not only their physical health, but their mental health as well. Curious? Let’s chat about how physical and mental health are both tied to what you eat.