The End of Overeating

[kacie tri-ing]

So over my spring break, I read The End of Overeating by David Kessler
http://www.amazon.com/End-Overeating.../dp/1605297852

Great read. I loved how much he talked about how the food industry manipulates us to literally keep us coming back for more. DH is reading it right now, and he is totally into it!

It is really well researched, and i enjoyed the review of the literature about appetite and psychology.

[Slowspoke]

I need this book! I just read your post while eating my umpteenth chocolate egg!

[azfiddle]

I have heard interviews with the author, but haven't read the book. Everything he said in the interviews was fascinating, and made sense.

[nico demouse]

I started reading this and then had to return it to the library before I was finished. Your post is a good reminder to check it out again and finish it!

The chapters I finished were fascinating, as I also remember the NPR interview(s) being. It certainly makes a person want to stay away from restaurant and processed foods.

[DarcyInOregon]

Thanks for recommending the book. I ordered it immediately and I am looking forward to reading it.

I had to figure out a lot of it by myself over the years, about processed foods and such. I got it confirmed by the doctor, and the food chemicals in the processed foods gave me an internal inflammation of the digestive system. All of the sodium made me sodium sensitive. Plus there are no nutrients in packaged and processed foods, so the calories just turn into body fat.

The schools really need to teach nutrition from elementary school through high school because knowing how to eat and how to exercise is how we will all live a long healthy life. People today believe that if something is for sale, then it is ok to stick it in your mouth and swallow it. It is so far from the truth. We need to be educated on what to eat so as to prevent disease, maintain a healthy weight and live a long life. The first two steps are to read the literature on the American Heart Association web site, because what is good for the heart is good for the entire body, and the second step is to start watching the Dr. Oz show.

I watched a lot of the television shows about morbid obesity on the Discovery Health channel. After viewing quite a few of the shows over the past few years, a pattern emerged, and that is the people who get over 350 pounds do the following: 1)they don't eat fresh fruits and vegetables, 2)they don't eat whole grains, beans, legumes, nuts and seeds, 3)they consume vast quantities of fast food, deli food, take-out food and frozen grocery store food, and 4)they don't exercise. Somehow, eating the highly processed foods leads to food addictions, maybe because the body is crying out for nutrients and too much of a bad food will at least give a minimum of nutrients, even though the result is more body stored body fat.

I am really looking forward to reading this book. Thank you for sharing.

[shootingstar]

Thanks for recommending the book. I ordered it immediately and I am looking forward to reading it.

I had to figure out a lot of it by myself over the years, about processed foods and such. I got it confirmed by the doctor, and the food chemicals in the processed foods gave me an internal inflammation of the digestive system. All of the sodium made me sodium sensitive. Plus there are no nutrients in packaged and processed foods, so the calories just turn into body fat.

The schools really need to teach nutrition from elementary school through high school because knowing how to eat and how to exercise is how we will all live a long healthy life. People today believe that if something is for sale, then it is ok to stick it in your mouth and swallow it. It is so far from the truth. We need to be educated on what to eat so as to prevent disease, maintain a healthy weight and live a long life.

Glad you got help on pinpointing things that you need to be alert re food for your particular situation.

Agree that nutrition education in school must continue and has to be practiced in real life.

But it must be supported by parent(s) at home in daily practice, since they wield consider buying power and power to make decisions on types of food for home during first decade or so of child's life. The time period that sets the foundation for a child's physical development for ...life.

Kudos to some young teens who will stand firm and "try" to eat healthier by eating more veggies, etc. or dropping certain unhealthy foods against the general eating/meal patterns prepared for the whole family.

So nutrition education should expand into the community centres, etc. for adults, etc. I've seen the occasional cooking course for people wanting to cook/eat healthy. But those courses are pretty rare compared to other theme /skill based cooking courses.

It's great to watch some tv shows which do impart useful tips. But support and reinforcement helps by hanging out with people (either in person or virtual forums, like TE ) who are trying to make/maintain the same healthy changes.