conuly

Well, once you become overweight it's very hard to lose it, because your body thinks that's a part of you and fat cells never go away. But if you don't become overweight, I think many people can avoid it by simply eating and exercising in a reasonable manner. There are some caveats - first, not everyone can, some people have health issues or weird genetics. Second, definitely not everyone can be the US standard for not-overweight, I meant not overweight by your own body's standards, some people are designed to be heavier, that's the way it goes. Third, if you do get overweight, that's not necessarily your fault, there are lots of reasons that can happen. Fourth, if your parents gave you horrible habits and encouraged you to become badly overweight as a child, yeah, that sucks and there's not much you can do.

But the thing is - people don't actually crave unlimited fats or sweets. At least, rats don't. What they do crave and will eat in unlimited amounts is a 50-50 sugar-fat mixture. Think cake, cookies, ice cream, etc. Most people do not know this, but it is learnable. Those things should be kept in limited supply and used carefully with forebrain enabled. Your body will lie to you about them.

But, in general. your body will tell you when you're hungry and when you're not. And if you stop eating when you're not hungry you can prevent a lot of problems. Yes, once you have weight, it's incredibly hard to lose it and a massive cutting of calories is going to lead to all sorts of hellish problems. And yes, also, in the US it is cheaper and easier generally to eat in an unhealthy manner than a healthy one. Being fit is, in many ways, a luxury. And people who make rude comments - well, you can just stop there, they're rude. But people who make rude comments because people can't afford things are just really, really stupid or evil.

So, anyhow, I pretty much agree with you. But I don't think people naturally would eat everything given unlimited staples. The problem, in part, is we have an industry designed to sell stuff at any cost and we don't have an industry designed to educate people at any cost. So you get lots and lots of sugar-fat mixtures for sale everywhere and you don't get lessons on nutrition (real ones, something more sophisticated than eating vegetables is good for you), exercise, or actual health.