Originally Posted by carleton

Read that book. Seriously.

Americans as a culture eat the wrong things. Even when we try to eat healthy.

It took me a while (and this book) to understand how the body processes what we put into it.

A few tips (from me, not the book)

- Any food advertised on TV is most likely bad for you. Pay attention to commercials.
- Sugar is a drug. Americans love sugar.
- Our body treats bread, cereal, etc no differently than it treats cake.
- Water is awesome.
- Good coffee tastes good without cream and sugar.
- Your taste buds will adapt after 2-4 weeks. Ketchup used to taste more salty than sweet to me. Now it tastes as sweet as maple syrup.
- Count Calories for a month and your eyes will be opened to caloric bombs from things that you thought were OK. My caloric bombshell: Breakfast Cereal. I may as well have been eating chocolate cake for breakfast and as a late night snack.