Diet Daze

the other day, looking through the new books section at the library what do i see but another new diet book. this should not have surprised me as diet books are a multi- million dollar industry. and why is this possible? we want someone to discover the secret to weight lose and unfortunately,  even amongst those who do lose weight, many gain it right back within a year and get on the roller coaster once again.

i am not a dietician or nutritionist and am not endorsing any particular book but am writing about my own experiences and making several suggestions. i have probably read most of the diet books (partial list below) especially those written by doctors but diets don't work long term-you need to change your eating/ lifestyle habits and find what works for you. i happen to be very carb sensitive so  low carb eating works for me. portion control is also very important. one bowl of cereal shown in an ad usually contains about 2 cups of cereal and that is not a serving-read the box. calories count but not all calories are equal in the sense that eating an apple with 80 calories is different than eating the same number of calories in sugar. even small changes can make a big difference.

it is all so confusing-no wonder many people just give up. one day this food group is good for us, the next week it is not. although the one item that most experts seem to agree upon is that sugar is bad for us. also that to be successful with weight lose and maintenance we  need to engage in regular exercise.

here is a partial list of some of the more recent diet books* that you might want to check out:

• the omni diet-tans amen
• the fast diet-dr. michael mosley
• the dukan diet-dr. pierre divan
• the paleo diet-loren cordain
• grain brain-david perlmutter
• wheat belly-william davies
• why we get fat-gary taubes
• the south beach diet-arthur agatston
• the duke diet-howard eisenson
• eat more, weigh less-dean ornish

*many of these also have web sites and the fast diet was featured in a PBS show that was quite interesting