Lead by Assistant Manager Gianelle, last month’s virtual book club pick was HOW NOT TO DIET, which offers information to change how to think about eating and nutrition.
Eat real foods grown from the ground, rich in fiber & nutrients. Eat as we are designed to eat.
Gianelle writes, “This is not a diet-book, in fact that’s right in the title!
We believe fake foods are real foods. These pseudo foods ‘exploit our innate biological vulnerabilities by stripping down crops into almost pure calories-straight sugar, oil…condensed in the same way plants are turned into addictive drugs…’ which ‘appear to activate the same reward pathways in the brain.’
AND these pseudo foods are more abundant than real foods. I am grateful for Dr. Greger and the nonprofit nutritionfacts.org, mainly because he condenses all of the relevant research and explains it in an easy to digest way, which is remarkable considering he cites studies 4,990 times.
Eating mainly whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables may seem restrictive to some, but there are plenty of easy ways to choose real foods as often as possible. Dr. Greger proposes when we choose to eat real food instead of fake food, it’s not dieting, and, perhaps, we should all put it to the test.”
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Every other month or so, we chose a new book for our virtual book club, giving us the chance to share a book we love with other readers far and near. Read along with us. Share your thoughts and photos with our virtual book club on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by following and using the hashtag: #bbkwbookclub.