I think I may have told you that I?m a sport-aholic.

Among the many sports that I played during my high school years, basketball remained one of my favourites.

Now some of you that know me might question this ? you might ask ? ?How can a person of your stature (I?m only 5? 10? tall) make it on a basketball team.

The answer is very simple ? I was real good!

NO! ? that?s not the answer.

The reality of the fact is that ?in my day? people were not so vertically advantaged as they are to-day.

The tallest player on the team was Ted Abbot ? and he was 6?2?.

I challenge you to find more than a half dozen pro basketball players today that are 6?2? or smaller.

In fact, one of the tallest basket players in the NBA is Chinese ? a nation, along with many of the Oriental peoples that have traditionally been regarded as slight of build and stature.

However, this is changing ? in fact, people all over the world seem to be getting bigger ? not just fatter, but all over bigger.

You might ask, why?

And one of the answers might be found in the following;

According to a 2002 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture;

?A typical American eats 195 pounds of meat (red meat, poultry and fish) a year, or 57 pounds more a year than in the 1950s,

And while beef, poultry, pork and veal are the market leaders, specialty game and meat are beginning to share refrigerator space in supermarkets across the country.?

I reckon that fact alone is sufficient to satisfy the question, however, if we factor in the huge amounts of dairy and complex carbohydrates that are eaten daily in a traditional diet, it is no wonder that we are becoming a very large race of people.

And I?m afraid that I have to have a poke at 'big pharma' once again for their part in supplying the growth hormones, fertilizers and chemicals that are introduced into our food chain - with little regard for the consequences ? gigantic as they seem to be.

Once again ? the natural diet of the human animal is not

? one of mass

? one of quantity

? one of high protein

The human diet should be -

? simple,

? luscious,

? fruitful,

? filled with enzyme-carrying fluids.

- one that produces a lithe, flexible frame that can carry itself handily for many years.

Please remember ? Structure Governs Function.

Kevin Hinton has been teaching the art of Natural Living and Natural Healing for over 25 years. He is recognized as one of Australia's leading health educators. For more information on how to improve your health - go to: http://www.thehealtheducator.com and while there, sign up for your free world class health newsletter.