“Happy days” are here again?
Viral Tradwife Movement, which encourages women to be home and men to be bread makers, there are some people who wax nostalgic for the 1950s.
In a recent nationwide study on US values, nearly half of Americans showed that life was actually better in the 1950s. The Republicans were more likely than the Democrats and the Independent to say that our culture has changed for the worse.
In some ways, public health is significantly better than 70 years ago. People are living longer, healthier lives thanks to preventive care, early and more accurate diagnoses through improved technology, new medicines, medical equipment and improved treatment options and options.
There is also a deeper understanding of the need to limit alcohol, sugar and cigarettes and take adequate sleep, exercise and food.
“There is a wider variety of fruits and vegetables in the supermarket. There is more concentration in the use of less pesticides [on food]Josephine Connolly-Schoonen, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Executive Director of Nutrition Division at Stony Brook Medicine for The Post.
“So I would say it’s a positive,” she continued, “and there is little movement recently to grass fed and [pasture-based] ways of growing animals. “
Despite this progress, the US is experiencing more overweight and diabetes than ever before.
Connolly-Schoonen, who the author “losing weight forever with the Demi Eye Eye Food Guide, shared five health lessons we can learn from the 1950s and apply in our daily lives.
Cook more at home
Leave it to Beaver to embody the trend of the 50s of the happy nuclear family.
Families raised food in their gardens in the backyard, and children observed their parents to prepare food before sitting together at the dinner table. Food at the restaurant was reserved for special occasions.
Soon forward to 2024. Americans on average dine almost five times a month and ordered receiving three times a month.
“When we eat outdoors, we really don’t know the quality of the food ingredients used by the restaurant,” connolly-Schoonen said. “They will tend to use the cheaper ingredients … the cheaper seed oils, the cheaper obesity for products, so eating out tends to reduce the nutritional quality of the foods that people consume.”
Consume less ultra processed foods
Processed ultra foods (UPF)-harness, pizza, soda and pastries-make up about 60% of the American diet.
Connolly-Schoonen traces the popularity of UPFs in the 1970s, when high fructose corn syrup became available due to excess sugar prices and government farms subsidies.
“Food manufacturers came up with a large variety of synthetic ingredients that they can make very cheap,” explained Connolly-Schoonen, “and then developed a large set of these ultra-processed foods during the 1980s and 1990s, so Really the quality of food supply has changed. “
Although abundant, a stable UPF diet is known to increase the risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and even early death.
Eat smaller parts
It’s not your imagination – the portion sizes are taken more.
Hamburgers are approximately three times the size they were in the 1950s (from 3.9 ounces to 12 ounces on average), and the standard French fried size has doubled (from 2.4 ounces to 6.7 ounces).
Coca-cola was only available in 6.5-on-ion glass bottles until 1955. Now, Coke is most commonly sold in 12-ons aluminum cans and 20-ons plastic bottles.
And in 1987, McDonald’s presented the opportunity to “supersize” his meals.
Connolly-Schoonen does not expect parts to shrink at any time soon, especially among economic inflation.
“I still see people who want to go out and feel like they’re getting a value,” she said. “People must see the value in their health and in its entirety, [minimally]-Lealed foods, compared to short -term financial benefit of free, larger parts. “
Have less time on the screen
“The kids just went out and played and just riding their bicycles,” Connolly-Schoonen said. “They were more active.”
Electronic devices have significantly changed game habits and disturbed sleep patterns.
Blue light from intelligent phones can deceive the body by thinking it is the day, disrupting the natural sleep cycle of the body. Sleep deprivation can lead to high levels of cortisol, which can contribute to weight gain and overweight.
Children also tend to dinner while watching TV or using their equipment, connolly-schoonen said, so they are often very confused to observe and learn from the healthy food habits of their parents.
Move more at work
Record this – nearly half of the US private sector affairs required moderate physical activity in 1960 compared to less than 20% of the jobs nowadays.
Transfer from manual work to social and analytical skills means less opportunity for physical activity.
“In traditional tasks on the table, before 2020 with Covid Pandemia, at least rose to go to meetings. Meetings were in different buildings, different floors of a building, at least had to get OTHER USEFUL Steps, “said Connolly-Schoonen.” Now find out that most meetings are virtual, so literally, people can be on their table and not get up for most of the day. “
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