The Diet Myth
by Paul Campos
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Author: Paul CamposEdition: Paperback
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Published: 2005-05-05
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Number of pages: 336
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Book Review: Stop Eating disorders and read this book now!
Summary: 5 Stars
As someone who has struggled with eating disorders since my teen years I am horrorified and outraged at what I have learned in this book.
That the health, medical and government authorities would tamper with obesity studies to show that being fat is unhealthy and scaring a nation into obsession and eating disorders galore makes me want to scream!It is amazing this has been going on and the masses of Americans have been duped over and over for a hundred years. Oprah should read this book and let it be known that we have been essentially lied to about the dangers of being fat and that weight loss is health promoting.
Please read this book and be willing to stop the insanity by confronting your own obsession with your weight. Please do it for future generations who may not have to suffer from a life draining, self esteem robbing and fatal obsession.
The work to be done to cleanse our minds and beings of this deeply ingrained belief system is by no means easy. But armed with the information that Paul Campos so brilliantly explains, one can be inspired to keep remembering what is really important in life and what true health really is.
I came away from reading this book with not only outrage but under that emotion was the realization that we are a nation who so desparately wants love and attention that we will do anything for it. Even hurt ourselves with diets. Those of us who were not naturally thin as kids most likely have memories of not fitting in or being teased. Some of us craved to be popular so badly because we had little self esteem for many reasons. We learn from a very early age that being fat is somehow bad. Geting thin brings an almost guarantee of being admired and complimented on. We get positive attention. Who does not want that? The alternative is to be either ignored or outright shunned and even made fun of. It takes a courageous person to do the work of dropping the diet myth from their life.To find the good feelings we crave in something else that is truly healthy. Many cannot do it.
We are supported in getting thin because it is supposedly healthier, this is a virtuous desire, but now we know, the studies have been tampered with and excess fat does not make one unhealthy for the most part. Being fat is not unhealthy. What we do know is acting in unhealthy ways is unhealthy (ie dieting, binging, no exercise) we can eat a well balanced non restrictive diet, and be moderately active and enjoy health at most weights, even what we consider overweight. We don't like that idea though. We want to lose weight because we want fit in to the cultural ideal. Period.
I also recommend Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth about Your Weight by Linda Bacon Phd. and It's Not About Food by Laurelee Roark and Carol Emery Normandi.
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