Why are people so health conscious these days?!


Question: Why are people so health conscious these days!?
They want warning labels on alcohol, ingridents listed on shampoo and shower gel, removal of salt, sugar and fat from foods!.

People also diet alot more these days and refuse to eat anything because they deem it fattening!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


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our society has evolved to staring and analysing the details of everything!! we wont be happy until we've found the very smallest partical in the world and unerstood it!! we want to know what's in everything!

Allergies and illness-we've become more aware of allergies and illnesses, so people want to be healthy and live longer and want to ensure we do so!. if you know penuts will kill you, you'd want to know if they were hanging around in that sandwhich you were about to eat! my friend has chrones disease and if he ate anything that contained yeast, he'd die!.!.!.better the devil you know!

weight - we live in an image orientated world where slim is attractive!.!.!.being slim can be a luxery to some and show wealth as they can afford the best foods, gym memberships and personal trainers!. we have animal instincts to grrom and attract mates to reproduce!. people are not as active as they were in their work and daily lives as we have cars, computers and people to do manual work for us, so we put on weight because of this and not eating right because people have busy lives *everything now!! money money money*

sue happy society - people sue for EVERYTHING! i couldnt get a reference from my job because people sue for 'mischaracterization', it was just confirmed that I worked there! some of it is really silly but people want to protect themselves!Www@Answer-Health@Com

Well there are many different aspects to this!.

First of all there is a process called 'healthification/medicalization' that the society is going through currently!. It's where the people in the health business relate everything to ''medical aspects"!. For example, child delivery used to be done by midwives!. Now people do it in hospitals!.

Second of all theres the marketing sector that wants to sell their so called 'magic special products' for weight loss!. By making people think theyre fat is how they earn money right!?

Then theres the media and conformity!. And also statistics which no one ever knows how accurate out!. Being overweight or obese only increases the RISK of having diseases!. Risk is only the probability not that people will get diseases!. But by exaggerating the risk, people become more conscious!. And when people are more conscious, that's when they seek help and!.!.!.there goes money spent to fit to 'societal standards'!.

It's all about the money, money, and money!. Or how shallow people are these days to judge by looks!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Simple statistics prove you wrong!. One third of Americans are overweight, more than ever before, thus they can't be THAT health conscious 'these days' compared to any stretch of 'back then'!.

The state of the health of people in the first world, however, IS being paid more attention, Partially because of the massive overweight rate, and also because of the same circumstances that led to so many people being overweight: It's not hard to get food, there's lots of leisure time, jobs aren't physically difficult, and we're so fat we try to micromanage our food levels and chemical levels despite refusing to just eat less and excersize more and do things that'd be good!.

How many people do you know who smoke every day, but are terrified about dioxins, or artifical sweeteners, or some other product whose risk of mortality is insignificant compared to the cigarettes!? What are they really doing!?Www@Answer-Health@Com

You can try and be health-conscious, but then they'll always come out with something new that you should be aware of!. I was told 20 years ago that artificial sweeteners would give me cancer!. I was told eggs were bad, but now they are ok!. I was a child in the 60s and ate everything that people ate back then, vienna sausages, fondue, pigs in a blanket, jello, red meat, etc!. Now coffee is supossed to prevent heart problems!. Best thing you can do is try to eat what you think is right and hope for the best!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

to keep it short and simple, there are more chemicals/ preservatives in food and beverages today than ever before!. This combined with the mass amounts of health information we are provided with (health labels, magazine articles, etc) is what is driving mainstream society to be more health conscious!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

In a way its a good thing!. people in the US are waaaay over weight and they need to do something about it!. atleast not only for the facade of it, for the sake of their health and heart problems and all!. eating nothing is a horrible thing, i think all they should do it not to over eat or just make sure they cut on the portions and excersise alot

let me know if my answer is the best answer or not :)Www@Answer-Health@Com

Our society has evolved and is more educated!. Hence knowing that you have allergies to certain foods, illnesses that can be managed with proper diet lead to avoiding these things!.
Plus we live in a sue happy world!.!.!."Caution coffee is hot"!?!?!? Come on nowWww@Answer-Health@Com

well life has became easy to most of ppl so ppl are gettin' fat and ill therefore they are trying to get healthy again but in my opinion the only way for a healthy life is exercise and eat as much as you want but because you r hungry not cause of boredomWww@Answer-Health@Com

People want to be the very best that they can be!.!.and that means reading and looking for answers on not only how to take better care of them self but selecting a better life style!. Please want and expect more to be happy and healthy!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Because they want to live longer and medical expenses are ridiculously high!

Also, society deem fat as not ideal!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Because the government is trying to kill us!.

http://www!.infowars!.com/!?p=2245Www@Answer-Health@Com

Becuase of the obesity levels - look around you!. People are having strokew, hearts attacks at younger age because of unhealthy diets!.

Don't you want a healthier community!?Www@Answer-Health@Com

because of how the world is!
and society!
and because of that companies need to stress the contents so they dont get sued!xWww@Answer-Health@Com

The cost of health is very high these days!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

They want to live longer including me!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Its because people are getting more and more prone to deseasesWww@Answer-Health@Com





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