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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Food for Thought/Thoughtful Food
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’ve always been a voracious reader. Unfortunately, I loved to eat while reading at just as a voracious pace! While my eating habits have changed, I still devour books, reading five to six simultaneously. I have, however, modified my literary tastes to include at least one book on nutrition, diet, health or exercise at any given time. I’ve found by feeding my head with healthy facts, I can keep my plate more nutritionally balanced.
My selection of the more “meaty” and enjoyable books in the health/nutrition genre are:
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollen - a banquet of information on the industrial food complex and how so much of what we eat is actually corn - including Diet Coke!
The Fat Smash Diet, by Dr. Ian Smith - just a nibble of a book but a food plan that has worked remarkably well for me and several of my friends. (I’m down 27 pounds since starting it in January.)
The Volumetrics Eating Plan: Techniques and Recipes for Feeling Full on Fewer Calories, by Barbara Rolls (Funny name for a nutritionist!) Food plan for focusing on low energy density foods (fruits, veggies, soups). Good ideas and interesting nutritional info but recipes aren’t terrific.
Thin for Life: 10 Keys to Success for People Who Have Lost Weight & Kept It Off, by Anne Fletcher. The results of Dr. Fletcher’s survey of 160 “masters” who succeeded in losing at least 20 pounds and keeping the weight off for at least 3 years. This was the minimum; most lost far more weight—an average of 63 pounds—and more than one-third have kept the weight off for a decade or more. Very motivating although a bit repetitive.
What books have you found interesting/fruitful in keeping you mindful of how food impacts our health? Are there any other readers out there? Can’t wait to hear what you are reading.
