After watching TV an entire day and seeing various commercials, you might notice a common trend – everyone is toned, thin and beautiful. If someone had no contact with the real world and had only seen images such as these, one would naturally assume that the vast majority of humans look like this, but statistics show us a very different reality. Currently, two thirds of people in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia are overweight and a quarter of them suffer from obesity. This situation can be reflected in more developed countries as well, as it is affecting the most vulnerable of all the population like children.
The question is, if we know that in order to be thin, you must eat less food, move more, maintain healthy lifestyle habits, and do daily sport, why is obesity on the rise? Zoë Harcombe, a doctor in nutrition and health, answered this question in her book entitled Why Do You Overeat? When all you want is to be slim. The author has dedicated herself to research in the fields of nutrition, diet, and obesity-related health and writes material such as this in order to stop the obesity epidemic.
In another of her books, Olive Oil Can Tap Dance!, she challenges conventional wisdom in nutrition and health and analyzes the conflicts of interest surrounding the way food and drugs are positioned. In many of the articles, the benefits of this fat are exposed. Although it is a fat, it is completely healthy and its consumption helps to control heart disease and cholesterol, among other things. And what is most telling from the book is that EVOO helps to acquire healthy eating habits, typical of the Mediterranean Diet, which will make us feel better inside. Eating habits that may even inspire and give you enough energy for you to run outside, clack your shoes together and begin to tap-dance.