Why You Should Avoid Exercise by Russell Eaton

reducing the amount of minerals lost in the sweat. After all, humans evolved in the tropics, so tropical heat does not damage health. Nevertheless, sweating in the tropics (or in any kind of weather) is bad for health.
     
    You are urged to see the following YouTube video:
     

     
http://youtu.be/DB5A8TtyRpE
     
    In the above video Dr. Peter Glidden describes why athletes die young as a result of mineral depletion through exercise.
     
    Now we come to a crucial point in terms of obesity: deficiency of vitamins and minerals causes obesity. Many studies clearly show that a lack of minerals in particular prevents the body from losing weight and staying slim.
     
    " Obese individuals are more likely to have either lower blood concentrations or lower bioavailability of minerals and/or vitamins. However, there are limited data on the effects of nutritional supplementation on body weight (BW) control. " Source: Li Y, et al, Effects of multivitamin and mineral supplementation on adiposity, energy expenditure and lipid profiles in obese Chinese women, Int J Obes (Lond). 2010 Jun; 34(6):1070-7.
     
    And here is a paradox: in third-world countries where poor nutrition is rife, obesity rates are going up faster than in developed countries. Why is this so? According to a 1999 United Nations study, it was that found that " obesity in all developing regions is growing rapidly, even in countries where hunger exists. In China, the number of overweight people jumped from less than 10 percent to 15 percent in just three years. In Brazil and Colombia, the figure hovers around 40 percent -- a level comparable to a number of European countries. Even sub-Saharan Africa, where most of the world's hungry live, is seeing an increase in obesity, especially among urban women ". Source: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, http://www.fao.org/focus/e/obesity/obes1.htm.
     
    So why is it that the highest rates of obesity are generally to be found among the poorest populations in the world? In the USA the highest rates of obesity are among the poor (Source: Relationship Between Poverty and Overweight or Obesity, Food Research and Action Center, frac.org). For example, the poor in Haiti, Angola and Guatemala have very high rates of obesity; these three countries also have the highest rates of malnutrition in the world (Source: www.worldlifeexpectancy.com).
     
    The latest research is now clearly showing that obesity is in general caused by malnutrition rather than by over-eating. Malnutrition comes from eating food with poor nutritional content - it doesn't come from not eating enough food. But diet apart, a major cause of malnutrition comes from exercise, i.e. from sweating out and losing a wide range of essential minerals, whether from exercise or hard labour.
     
    Poor nutrition and a lack of minerals cause obesity, period. Poor nutrition makes the body 'think' that you are facing starvation, and in response the body does its utmost to store fat as a survival mechanism. This effect is well known to medical science and we see it with our own eyes when we travel to poor countries and see the high prevalence of obesity among the peasantry.
     
    Many poor, uneducated people are forced to do hard, sweaty labour. And then, through ignorance and a lack of resources (and because the physical exertion makes them hungry) they eat a diet high in processed (refined) carbohydrates and low in good nutrition (e.g. staple foods such as rice, pasta, bread, potatoes, wheat, maize, cassava). The combination of a loss of minerals through sweaty work plus poor nutrition is at the root of obesity among the poor in third world countries. They are not fat because they over-eat or because they lead sedentary lifestyles!
     
    " Risk factors for obesity were considered to be.... a high intake of energy-dense, micronutrient-poor foods [i.e. junk food]. The increasing prevalence of obesity is a major health threat in both low- and high income countries ". Source: