15 May 2009 - 16:37The End Of Overeating
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The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite List Price: $25.95 Sale Price: $14.17 Ud From: $8.99 Average Rating:   |
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Most feels fall spell food wn slice pizza io half pie, handful chips leads bag. harder comprehend can't halt eating better. badly "no," continue reach food? Dr. David Kessler, dynamic FDA commissioner reinvented food label tackled tobacco industry, reveals food industry hijacked brains millions Americans. result? America number-one public health issue. Dr. Kessler cracks code overeating explaining bodies minds changed wn consume foods tt contain sugar, fat, salt. Food manufacturers create products manipulating te ingredients stimulate appetites, setting motion cycle desire consumption nation overeaters. The End of Overeating explains time exceptionally difficult resist foods easy overindulge. Dr. Kessler met scientists, physicians, food industry insiders. The End of Overeating uncovers shocking fs at lost control eating habits back. Dr. Kessler groundbreaking research, ag controversial view inside industry continues feed nation overeaters popular brand manufacturers advertisers, chain restaurants, fast food franchises. For millions people struggling weight wl te simply understand cease eating favorite foods, Dr. Kessler cutting-edge investigation offers insights helpful tools help solution. There nr bn me thorough, compelling, in-depth analysis eat do.
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The author, pediatrician, commissioner Food & Drug Admin. ur President Geo. HW Bush & Clinton; dean medical schools Yale Univ. Calif., San Francisco See paragraph: constantly wondering author discuss attempts, lack thereof, lg time head U.S. Food & Drug Admin. stop huge Food's shocking chemicals, preservatives, additives, ss hazardous unhealthy non-food "junk" contaminates food supply. nr stated word it. address efforts thwart unhealthy stripping refining food, dramatic rise various forms sugars added "food products" wh resulting epidemic obesity, diabetes, list chronic illnesses. Most book discussed addictive nature sugar, fat & salt people eat -- ingredients lead people crave sugar, fat & salt. What learned: The #1 tg I'll remember book tidbit, hit head le brick: * Starbucks Strawberries & Cream drink 18 TEASPOONS SUGAR IT. Yes, EIGHTEEN, ar 17. believe Coke = 8 teaspoons sugar. The author spent time offered evidence layering sugar, fat & salt processed & restaurant foods. times multiple forms eh -- it's jt sugar, fat & salt, fat fat sugar salt fat sugar, combo. kw bad, kw bad. I id info "food cues", wh tt reminds particular food eating location. huge me, specificially seeing Television ads flyers junk mail VY strong affect crave pizza. Food marketing explored -- kw EXACTLY tt people respond sight favorite fast food location, whatever. Everyone at artificial chemical additives -- extent substances available use, especially mimic natural flavors. JUNK marketed ud processed food world surprising. Many times reading book ft lost phrases "salient stimuli" (huh?). My quotes "experts" le ... idea person trying convey. It wasn't page 213 249 page book tt author referred refined white flours & various forms sugars (refined carbohydrates) vs. healthy grains complex carbs, appetite-satisfying foods we solution overeating. Tt lost author massive credibility me. I he se tt Kessler's time head Food & Drug Admin. presidents didn't sit me. continually wondered he'd discuss efforts role watchdog U.S.'s food supply address refining carbohydrates increase huge Food's profits, extend shelf life processed food, etc. Nr talked at it. sl wondering what, anything, we food processors we gg crazy adding tons sugar, fat, chemicals artificial JUNK America's food supply, quest boost sales Larger profit. resulting epidemic obesity, diabetes, or diseases? food processors restaurants don't care, I'm reading, politicians government cowed food lobbies tr contribution money eating healthy avoiding disease.
I read explanations so-called "obesity epidemic" U.S. phenomenon undoubtedly multifactorial, wh pe contributors including success anti-smoking public health campaigns consequent postcessation weight gain, aging population, ethnic shifts increase representation tt cultural emphasis thinness, list few. Overeating, however, key. The massive question isn't increases caloric intake lead increases weight he now? happened food supply marketed, receptive? The End of Overeating brilliant account food manufacturers, restaurants, advertising industry he conspired manipulate salt, fat, sugar content foods, mouth feel, portion size, appearance, etc. maximize availability palatability. products -- on food conventional sense -- designed tested coopt brain reward mechanisms evolved help survive ur vy conditions. result wt Kessler calls "conditioned hypereating." oe advantage eating berries bush context perpetual overabundance. It's setup addiction resist cannot. Unfortunately Kessler's proposed solution -- essentially behavior modification based perceptual shift combined food industry error ws -- compelling analysis problem. Kessler, recall, devoted mh career FDA Commissioner exposing tobacco industry's malevolence, wh documented book tellingly entitled Question Intent: American Battle Deadly Industry. researcher smoking/nicotine addiction author book intended help women smokers struggle control weight depression bay ty quit (Life Ar Cigarettes: Women Smoke Quit, Look Great, Manage Weight), kept Kessler willing ge food industry pass. Ds intent food industry diabolical profit-driven, ah The End of Overeating rife evidence contrary? hope tt re-educating tm wl he massive impact (maybe ty learned fm watching travails tobacco industry), pardon skepticism. Lest Americans he brought troubles un th laziness lack discipline, ay signs "obesity epidemic" pandemic, surprised? laws human biology suspended national borders, U.S. bleeding edge, live global culture. fr point: raising concerns obesity isn't intent (nor Kessler's) endorse socially-engineered preference thinness tt propels many, especially women, self-hatred and/or undernutrition. issue obesity health problem. something's amiss wn ads aimed diabetics, peddling products me diabetes look le fun, mainstream.
The Kindle table contents. However, Endnotes, account nearly 30% book keyed text. seen paper version, maybe technical difference notes footnotes.
I expected bit me Dr. David Kessler, foremost authority health issues medical Doctor boot. particularly wrong content book, title extremely misleading. Oy short chapter book en discusses subject (ending overeating), tn Dr. Kessler's suggestion "eat sensibly" "avoid temptation". Gee, mother cd told that. it, did. 9/10s book consist information interviews tt Kessler strung tr at food restaurant industries, interesting. ae DOUBT restaurants serve fattening foods? halcyon time human history, 30 50 back, wn restaurants served portions fresh, natural foods? so, remember ad then. BTW: fat -- fat -- eating Chez Panisse local fancy French restaurant. Calories superior worse attached junk food vs. "gourmet" foods. Applebee's Outback Steakhouse Chili's serve heavily processed junk -- doubt at -- on people eat there? 1-2 times week maybe. tk ry pe we blame them, MacDonald's (as "Supersize Me"), be minority people money eat ey meal out. eat tn before? Yes -- that's women time, home cook nutritious meals. don't ae addressing this, gd solution tt doesn't force women Ozzie & Harriet-type housewives. These chapters -- fascinated learn woman invented Cinnabons (possibly mt concentrated fat sugar junk single food item) hf beset wh eating disorders. many, my descriptions mouth-wateringly delicious foods (cookies, milkshakes, candy, fried dumplings) advocate strongly tt Dr. Kessler (a fattie, we weight sl flucuates) jonesing eat te vy foods. I love food, honestly describes appeal cy him, individuals interviews. there's LOT me individual variation acknowledges. example, interviews people, sg various "irresistible foods" le Snicker bars. 2 fat women, struggling overwhelming desire eat. 1 tn woman, constant struggle bn eating likes compulsive dieting stay thin. lt exhibits desire food display. Kessler nr questions sd MALE isn't "turned on" chocolate-y treats, females are, analyze ages women (are menopausal? hormones birth control pills?) responsibilities (do they've purchase food family, cook, etc.?) or ws wh female body (metabolism, hormones, age, socialization, media imagery, dieting) mt play role. Doctor researcher, ss oddly incurious -- again, makes wonder at struggles wh resisting foods Little at real scientific research. If solution "eat less...eat sensibly...exercise more", tn I'm afraid book added nearly zero obesity debate. age ks this, vast majority obese people (even medical issues) failed it. changes meant food industry, well, restaurant Applebees Mickey fanciest French eatery "lite" menu diet selections...fast food ps serve salads, grilled chicken yogurt. we're apparently fatter (as population) served french fries (fried beef lard, less) milkshakes. customers lo-cal selections (or do, gag tasteless crap promptly dessert). Sorry, Dr. Kessler, yr advice bn tried -- total failure. Try harder nt time. Te superior books subject fm scientific POV. Also, ms book club stated slavering, drooling descriptions fatty foods we enticing, book actually me WT run indulge -- pretty opposite wt assume intent. Conclusion: FAIL
The book, OVEREATING...lays susinct respond foods - especially prepared foods engage behaviors tt kp oe resonable people eating appropriately. strongly suggest book struggled weight.
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