EnLIGHTened Germany
January 7, 2008Other countries, other customs – EnLIGHTened Germany?The light-products have ruled Germany for years and they are controlling almost the whole food market now. But before that we only had known light products like cigarettes (Lucky Strike Light) and Coke Light. But for some times there are thousands of these light products and it seems that they proliferate. Nowadays you can find light mayonnaise, light liverwurst, light chocolate marshmallows, light soda, light yoghurt, light pudding, if you are going into a groceries store. Nearly every offered non-light product has its counterpart as a light product. These light products suggest that it is more healthier to eat these products than normal food. But opinions are divided.Many experts believe that light products are cheating on our bodies, because your body needs special substances of content and if your body does not receive these substances, it sends the signal to eat more. Because of this evidence you eat more light products than normal ones. Additionally it can be that light products are not real “light” products because the term “light” is not patent-protected. So often these products are ineffective and very expensive. Studies have revealed that some products stimulate the production of body fat. That means that in some cases you can gain more weight easily, if you use light products instead of normal ones.
Beside this, some ingredients of light products are suspected to activate cancer. But why is there such a boom of light products in the food market, if they have so many negative effects? Is this the desire of fitting better in our society by being thin? Why do so many people pay so much money for products, which are often more style than substance ?
written by Ann Caterin Kuklinski
Hello Ann Caterirn!
I think it is a very interesting topic. Why do people spend so much money on light food? In my opinion there can be two explanations of that. The first one is that people just do not know that this kind of food can be unhealthy. The second reason could be laziness. A lot of people want to have a more healthy way of life, but not everyone is willing to change his habits for this aim. Nobody wants to do without his favourite food. It is also too exhaustive to do some sports. And why should they? It is so much easier to buy some light products which will taste delicious, satisfy your hunger, and give you the pleasant feeling of living healthy and being good to yourself., if you are willing to believe them of course.
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