The Best and the Worst

America eats the best and the worst diet in the world. There is more good food available than anywhere else but every community of any size is surrounded by junk food. Perhaps Americans are justified to worry about their diet and health status because the result is a population with a high incidence of chronic diseases. Whether in hope or desperation the country turns to medical care and nutritional supplements for help. But neither source solves the problems. The options are narrowing down to a diet consisting of whole foods primarily from plant sources, avoiding highly processed food and increasing physical activity. There are good reasons to reduce food from animal sources.