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Why Diets Make Us Fat: The Unintended Consequences of Our Obsession With Weight Loss

Name: Why Diets Make Us Fat: The Unintended Consequences of Our Obsession With Weight Loss
ISBN: 1591847699

“If diets worked, we'd all be thin by now. Instead, we have enlisted hundreds of millions of people into a war we can't win." What’s the secret to losing weight? If you’re like most of us, you’ve tried cutting calories, sipping weird sm

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“In the 2010 guidelines, the recommendations to eat more ‘fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fat-free and low-fat dairy products, and seafood’ are straightforward. In contrast, the recommendations of what to eat less often are written in the language of nutritionists, which most people don’t speak, te…”

— Sandra Aamodt, amazon.com

Tagged: Fat Diets

“Like the tobacco industry, the food industry has a problem. So does the diet industry. Both of them would rather have their customers believe that we’re the ones with the problem—we’re too weak willed to control our appetites and refuse to take responsibility for our weight. So far, the companies ha…”

— Sandra Aamodt, amazon.com

Tagged: Fat Diets