Hi, Ardith Hinton ->Alexander Koryagin!
I read your message from 20.11.2019 00:52


 AH>>> In my experience those who rely heavily (!) on cheap
 AH>>> carbohydrates are more likely to be overweight.: - Q
 AK>> Children very often have a poor appetite.

 AH> Young children may need to be fed several times a day because their
 AH> stomachs are too small to handle very much at a time, but grownups
 AH> don't always understand that. Another thing many parents don't
 AH> understand is why their kids dislike e.g. the Brussels sprouts or
 AH> beef tongue they regard as special treats.

Yeah, I remember myself as a boy, the time when it was difficult for me to eat
one hot-dog. ;)

 AK>> Their mothers often make them eat their food.
 AH> I don't know how many do it nowadays, but they certainly did when I
 AH> was growing up. Mother decided for you what & how much of it you
 AH> should eat... and you weren't allowed to leave the table until you
 AH> had eaten every bite. :-(

Children must be treated like bird fledglings. If they cry and open wide their
mouths -- it is time to give them some food. ;-)

 AK>> The epidemic of excess weight
 AH> ... which may be an exaggeration by the popular press, BTW...

The problem is clear when we go on the beach in summer. ;-)

 AK>> is most likely connected with genetic changes that happen during
 AK>> many years and even generations.

 AH> I think it can be. If one's distant ancestors survived on whatever
 AH> was available to them at the time, one may have nutritional needs
 AH> in accordance with what worked for them. Nowadays things seem to be
 AH> changing too quickly for our bodies to keep up & we may do best by
 AH> honouring our roots.

Well, we eat a lot of food if it is tasty. And it is very difficult to stop
while you have this lot of delicious food in front of us. Usually a person eats
until there is no room inside his stretched abdomen. ;) Many hotel keepers in
southern resorts declare the "all included" policy. It means that any person of
the hotel can eat in the restaurant all food he is able to eat. As a rule it is
not very much, but this practice is a very good advertising to attract people,
especially Russian. ;=)


 AK>> I believe this change has been caused by the fact that very many
 AK>> people live in stress, and food is a very effective
 AK>> antidepressant.

 AH> Some people lose their appetites when they're under stress... but I
 AH> think people generally feel better after eating because their blood
 AH> sugar level goes up. The danger is that if they are eating a lot of
 AH> refined carbohydrates, which provide instant gratification, they'll
 AH> crash again in +/- twenty minutes. Teachers often notice this in
 AH> schools equipped with vending machines... (sigh).

Although, IMHO, stress and distress is not the same thing. Stress is when your
style of living is a constant tension.

 AK>> And people who refused to smoke now have a little choice in
 AK>> replacing it with something else. :)
 AH> |I'd say "have little choice but to replace it".

I am confused with the word "but":
"And people who refused to smoke now have little choice but to replace it with
something else."

I believe I had another idea -- people now almost don't have alternative to
replace smoking with. Gluttony is the exceptional alternative. ;)

 AH> A century ago, alcohol was out & tobacco was in. The situation has
 AH> now been reversed. If you're on your way to the gym, however, there
 AH> are people who will happily sell you an energy bar loaded with
 AH> sugar & caffeine. Caffeine is very in these days... at least where
 AH> I come from.

Caffeine, IMHO, cannot replace tobacco. Maybe it can complement it. ;) Tobacco
impacts to consciousness, but caffeine is rather a tonic.

 AH> The neighbourhood where I grew up had two coffee shops
 AH> back then. These days it has so many, combined of course with
 AH> bubble tea shops... think tapioca starch... I've lost track because
 AH> I can't count that high. I have also remarked on the number of city
 AH> folk I see rushing around with a cell phone in one hand & a coffee
 AH> cup in the other. :-))

They say coffee is also very harmful when drunk often.

Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2019

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