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How To Live For Life: The End Of Dieting By Joel Fuhrman

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In this paper, I will be discussing many thing over the book: How to Live for Life: The
End of Dieting. First, I will talk about why I chose this book out of the three we could choose from. Next, I will discuss two topics that Joel shares that personally impacted me while reading.
Lastly, I will discuss how another author supports Joel Fuhrman, M.Ds theory over dieting.
Live for Life
Out of the three books we were offered to read and write a book journal over, I chose to read How to Live for Life: The End of Dieting by Joel Fuhrman, M.D. The title itself caught my attention because America is so overweight and working in the healthcare field I see many sick patients who have poor eating habits. I believe this is one of the main reasons America …show more content…

America is also constantly buying into all of these fad diets to try and loose weight quickly without having to exercise. You can google fad diets and the reults are unlimited. So, I wanted to read about how to end dieting once and forall so I can pass it on to my family and patients.
The American Diet vs a High Nutrient Diet
Everyweek there is a new ‘secret’ diet or new diet pills that can make you loose 10 pounds without having to work out or changing the way you eat. According to Joel, “constant fluctuations in weight and drastic changes to our diet are dangerous and likely to increase our risk in cardiovascular disease” (Fuhrman, 2014). Currently, the standard American diet consists of high calorie, low nutrient foods. The American diet usually consumes foods high in fats, carbohydrates, animal proteins, dairy products, and fast foods. This diet is high in processed foods, which overtime increase your risk of cancer and heart disease. Ultimately this American diet is a toxic diet that is killing Americans everyday (Fuhrman, 2014).
THE END OF DIETING
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Joel speaks so much truth about the American diet and how it really is killing us. …show more content…

Nutrient dense foods consist of vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts, seeds, vitamins, and minerals.
Following this diet helps you loose weight but it also helps you eliminate diseases such as: hypertension, diabetes, reflux esophagitis, lupus, kidney insufficiency, psoriasis, angina, cardiomyopathy, multiple sclerosis, and decrease your dependency on prescription drugs.
According to Joel, “your health is predicted by your nutrient intake divided by your calorie intake” (Fuhrman, 2014). After reading everything about a high nutrient diet, my mouth dropped because of all of the good benefits this ‘diet’ can do for our bodies. I would say I eat healthy, but after reading this book my diet will change and I will be eating even healthier.
What Others Are Saying
According to Kathleen Zelman, she believes that anyone who tries this diet will loose weight without a doubt. But she does not know how long one would be able to stay on a diet like this because of how low in calories it is and the elimination of eating snacks. Kathleen

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