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.