We Tried the AVERAGE AMERICAN DIET, Here's What Happened

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, and while the prevalence of various healthy

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s and exercise routines has skyrocketed in recent years, so has the massive selection of sugar-filled processed foods, widening today an extreme gap of options in all areas. Amateur types will review their childhood diet so you don't have to wish them luck. The

average

American diet. What is the average American diet? That's an excellent question. America is a big place, so depending on w

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you grew up, it can mean something different. things for different people, whether you're from Miami, New York, the Midwest or Los Angeles, but in general, here are the foods you'll find in any supermarket in the country and we'll try them for better or worse.

Daily in the American diet highly processed foods account for more than 60 percent of the calories in the foods we buy. I guess it has a lot of sugar. Nothing more American than Sour Patch Kid cereal. This is the most American cereal I have ever

tried

. Have I ever seen in my life the first ingredient is sugar. I have done it myself many times. I know I could do it again. I could eat this in one sitting, that would be 1400 calories and 130 grams of sugar, that's just breakfast and not even included. the milk you'll have to go with it, so that's a lot of calories to start the day, most of this is aimed at kids, it's very kid friendly and I don't think it's really a good way to teach kids or get started. your nutritional journey a lot of times when I was a kid you don't buy the cereal for

what

it is, you buy it for the character behind it so hey, this is two frozen cereals, I don't care if they have 150 grams of sugar.

I want it because for brown haired girls who aren't Elsa, a lot of times it's all about convenience and there really is nothing more convenient than pop tarts. You can have them in just a few moments and they are not exactly the same. Most of the nutritional foods out there again, if you just go by taste, they taste great, so let's take some of those many things in America, the bigger the better, as you can see, this is 50 more big and these ingredients. The list is as long as a phone book and it will take a while to read exactly

what

's in this thing.

Fortunately, it doesn't take that long to microwave and you'll consume a ton of calories in the process. Wow, look at that on a jeep on clearance for 87 cents, it only takes two minutes to re-make a very long list of ingredients. It's usually something we would have chosen when we were younger just because it's so easy and so cheap. Okay, this is bringing it back. Great memories. I did construction when I was in my early 20s and it was all a matter of convenience. You wake up at 6:00 a.m. m., you don't have much time so I would grab one of these, of course I saw it said protein so I thought.

Well, it's protein, it's gotta be good right?, ignoring the fact that it had 45 grams of carbs and a big part of that is sugar, that's 38 grams of sugar just in this little thing here, sometimes I'd have two a day and it all adds up so I'm going to drink one of these things and let the nostalgia flow through me and the overabundance of sugars and it's funny remembering how many calories just one of these is 290 calories a bottle I mean normally you would have like a six pack or a two liter pack and you would drink just this all day and you would have an incredible amount of calories, but it's also pretty much pure sugar.

This stuff has 77 grams of sugar, I feel. We also took it pretty light, we didn't really go crazy, I mean, there were cakes, there were sweets, there was a lot of different variety, a lot of variety of things to buy, I mean, now you go to any grocery store and it's surprising the amount of stuff . You can buy it and luckily now more than ever they also have a lot of healthy options but sometimes they are more expensive so you naturally gravitate towards cheaper items which is what the US Department of Agriculture did today with the American diet.

The average American eats or drinks more than 100 pounds of sugar a year. I just finished breakfast, it started to make me think about something and that is that a lot of times when you eat something, you will lose track of it, you will forget about it, you have it, but you don't really know what's in it, I mean, yes, there is nutritional data, There are ingredients, but you know it's hard to make a connection with how much you're actually consuming, so what I did was I weighed out some sugar and I made three different sizes. from a popular soda brand we will see how much sugar is actually in these different sizes so the first size will contain 77 grams of sugar and as you can see that is quite a bit the next size is the one liter and we measure it and they are 130 grams of sugar right here and then we got the 2 liters which is 276 grams of sugar and that glass is almost full to the top and that's pretty crazy, you think about it because I know I can finish it easily.

I drank two liters of soda in one day when I was a kid and just looking at this now I have to say wow, I don't think anyone in their right mind would throw away that much sugar and drink it all day knowingly and of course. Of course, this will be on top of everything, you know, you have a big box of cereal, you have pop tarts, you have anything, donuts, they're all full of sugar and I think that's one thing about the American diet that I have to say. which seems pretty dangerous and, once you put it into perspective, I think it's also pretty enlightening.

The National Center for Health Statistics on the American Diet, one in three adults eats fast food on any given day, now this wouldn't be an average American Diet without going to fast food, so we'll pick a popular fast food chain and order the average sized American portion, which is also a hobbyist sized portion, so it works pretty well. Hello, may I help you. when you're ready yeah then we'll get four double decker tacos and six crunchy tacos regular or supreme I'll get it I'll get it supreme please for me taco bell brings back a lot of memories from when I was younger.

On work nights, I'd go out around three in the morning, and on the way home, the last thing I felt like doing was cooking a big meal, so I'd stop by Taco Bell, eat four double-decker tacos, and feel like a little better on myself i always have a large diet drink drinking all that right before bed not a good combination not for my stomach or the bathroom the next day health.gov about the

american

diet most

american

s exceed recommendations of added sugars saturated fats and sodium now it's time for some snacks you'll see the sugar content is extremely high in both I mean when Mean Hudson was growing up of course we had a lot of these types of snacks and we usually sat and we played. video games for hours and meanwhile we drank soda like nobody's business.

We both drink pretty fast and when you start doing the math, you think each 12 ounce can of soda has over 50 grams of sugar. Well, it adds up pretty quickly and it's hundreds of grams of sugar every day and that's not even counting the caffeine in every can of soda, so it's basically like crack for a kid and of course the more you drink the more you crave because the sugar It's very addictive, it's a new reminder of the effects you get from that sugar high and immediately after having one you want another one, but I'm going to try to hold back a little because I feel like now that I'm a little older I probably couldn't handle it even I might throw up, so it's a bit of a stark reminder of the difference between being a child and an adult, but I think this just goes to show that kids need to be aware of this too.

Because it is very unhealthy in the long term, the scientific basis of the American diet is that more than one in three American consumers follow a specific diet or eating pattern and are increasingly averse to carbohydrates and sugar. A big problem for me growing up was using a A lot of this food is a comfort of course, it's very good, it's not that filling so you can keep eating it and I would lean on it from time to time as a crutch of course , then you get used to your favorite foods, maybe your favorite fast. food and that's crazy because any city you go to across the country and even now in parts of the world it's very comforting to see that sign because of the familiarity, if you're looking at maybe like Joe's Diner, you don't really know what it is that food.

It's going to taste, but whereas if you see a popular fast food chain you know what's on the menu, you know what it's going to taste like and you just go to it again and again and that can be, at least for me, a bad thing because I had a lot of sugar in my diet, I struggled with my weight and when I started doing things like moderating my sugar, I finally took a look at what I was eating, that really helped me a lot so I can still consume it from time to time. time, but now I'm a little more informed about what I'm putting in my body. health.gov In the American diet, only 20 of adults meet physical activity guidelines for aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity.

I have to admit I'm really happy we're working out, I couldn't imagine eating like that and just sitting on the couch, that's how we deal with our guilt, that's true, the iron church, they don't lie, big mistake I made growing up. , especially when my diet was Not quite in order was that I thought I could leave it behind by working really hard and it turns out that it didn't really work out the way I wanted and the craziest thing is that once I started eating in order, I noticed huge gains not only in my physique but also in my strength levels and generally how I felt, I was less fatigued, I had more energy in the gym and it helped me become the muscular guy I am today, so we just finished the We trained for an hour and we probably only burned about 500 calories, which seems like a lot until you take into account that it only took us about two minutes to eat 500 calories and it took us 60 minutes to burn them off, so it's really easy to consume. a lot, especially in the form of liquid calories with some sugary coffee drinks, I mean breakfast, I had 1400 calories in cereal, Jesus Christ, you're crazy, I know cdc.gov on the American diet from 1999 to 2000 through 2017 to 2018 The prevalence The obesity rate increased from 30.5 to 42.4 percent and the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7 to 9.2 percent, so when Hudson and I were children, our parents had jobs and we had sausages, we had frozen pizza and it's very cheap and it's very easy to make, you just put it in the oven or microwave and that's it, it tastes good, it's easy again, it's cheap and it's one of those things that I feel like is the constant theme. from this video it's cheap, easy and convenient, just one thing is that once you stop eating like that, you start eating like that again and it doesn't taste as good as I remember when I was a kid, I actually have to use it, it depends.

Right now, because I'm actually talking, that's how bad it's gotten and I don't know if it's because I'm older or because the food that sums up the average American diet and I have to say it was a pretty interesting experiment. of sugar, caffeine, fat and God knows what else, but the good thing is that there are also a lot of healthy options that continue to grow on the market which is amazing, you have some alternatives to sugar and of course you have a lot of different diet movements like paleo and vegan, that's great, but I think one thing, especially in America, it can be a country of extremes, so you have extremely healthy people and extremely unhealthy people and I think the older we get, the more we value moderation. stick with unique ingredients, that will be the healthiest and easiest way to do any type of eating and you will always know what you are putting in your body for the most part, it will be much easier to control your calories and your macros that way you can enjoy of both worlds, but you never stray too far from either, so yeah, I have to say I won't be going back to the average American diet anytime soon, so