I look back at high school, when some club would have bakeoffs to raise money, and at least that was homemade.

Now, teens navigate a maze of fast food, vending machines, and corporatized school food. I see people I know who eat moderately and yet can't seem to stop the pounds creeping up. I was the same way.

It all looks normal, so that even people who have the occasional soda and avoid cake and pie will still not be doing as well as they think they are. And they are baffled until their doctor pulls the "getting old" line, and figure there is nothing they can do.

That's not so. Because it's not just the increasing years. It's the decreasing maintenance!

Every junk meal took a toll. If we are going to heal any of our bodies from our previous mistakes, we need to stoke the furnace with plenty of fuel for that purpose.