Kukho konke ukudla esikudlayo namuhla, ushukela ocolisisiwe ubhekwa njengokunye okuyingozi kakhulu.
... Ngo-1997, abantu baseMelika badla amakhilogremu ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-7,3 kashukela. Abantu baseMelika basebenzise amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-23,1 kushukela nezinsini. UmMelika ovamile wadla amakhilogremu angu-27 kashukela nenhlaka ngonyaka ofanayo - okulingana namabha kashokholethi ajwayelekile ayisithupha ngesonto.
…Ukusetshenziswa kokudla okugayiwe (okufake ushukela) kubiza abantu baseMelika imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-54 zamaRandi ngonyaka ezinkokhelweni zezikweletu zodokotela bamazinyo, ngakho imboni yamazinyo izuza kakhulu ngokulangazelela okuhleliwe komphakathi kokudla okunoshukela.
…Namuhla sinesizwe esicwile kushukela. Ngo-1915, isilinganiso sokusetshenziswa ushukela (ngonyaka) sasingamakhilogremu angu-15 kuya kwangu-20 ngomuntu ngamunye. Namuhla, umuntu ngamunye ngonyaka udla inani likashukela elilingana nesisindo sakhe, kanye namakhilogremu angaphezu kuka-20 esiraphu yommbila.
Kunesimo esenza isithombe sibe sibi nakakhulu - abanye abantu abawadli nhlobo amaswidi, kanti abanye abantu badla amaswidi ngaphansi kakhulu kwesisindo esijwayelekile, futhi lokhu kusho ukuthi Iphesenti elithile labantu lidla ushukela ocolisisiwe kakhulu kunesisindo somzimba wabo. Umzimba womuntu awukwazi ukubekezelela inani elikhulu kangaka lama-carbohydrate acwengiwe. Eqinisweni, ukuhlukunyezwa okunjalo kuholela eqinisweni lokuthi izitho ezibalulekile zomzimba ziyabhujiswa.
… Ushukela ocolisisiwe awuqukethe imicu, awekho amaminerali, awekho amaprotheni, awekho amafutha, awekho ama-enzyme, ama-calories angenalutho kuphela.
...Ushukela ocolisisiwe uphucwa wonke umsoco futhi umzimba uphoqeleka ukuthi uqede izitolo zawo ezihlukahlukene zamavithamini, amaminerali nama-enzyme. Uma uqhubeka nokudla ushukela, i-acidity iyakhula, futhi ukuze ubuyisele ibhalansi, umzimba udinga ukukhipha amaminerali amaningi ekujuleni kwawo. Uma umzimba ungenazo izakhi ezisetshenziselwa ukugaya ushukela, awukwazi ukulahla kahle izinto ezinobuthi.
Lezi mfucumfucu zinqwabelana ebuchosheni nasesimisweni sezinzwa, okusheshisa ukufa kwamangqamuzana. Ukugeleza kwegazi kugcwala ngemikhiqizo engcolile, futhi ngenxa yalokho, kuvela izimpawu zobuthi be-carbohydrate.