ipl-logo

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

790 Words4 Pages

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
3
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

Show More
Related

Summary Of On The Western Diet By Mary Maxfield

191 Words | 1 Pages

Mary Maxfield wrote her essay as a response to Michael Pollan’s essay on the western diet. Maxfield does not believe we should see food as what we can or cannot have, but to trust our instincts that our bodies will know what they need, which is contrary to Pollan’s article. Maxfield says that she does not believe that there is a correlation between weight, diet and health, which is also contradictory of Pollan. She believes that the body will naturally crave what it needs and you should let your body have what it wants because of this. Maxfield is targeting those interested in the real diet issue (possibly writers) and the Americans looking to make a difference in their diets.

Read More

Escape From The Western Diet By Michael Pollan

195 Words | 1 Pages

In the essay, “Escape from the Western Diet”, the author, Michael Pollan discuss about how the western diet is harmful for the people. He think that because western diet is responsible for many kinds diseases nowadays such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and etc. I agree with Michael pollan that western diet is very unhealthy for people and the reason behind it, is because of the food industry. Food industry is making more processed food and they are also using different kinds of nutritional theories to make new product which is very unhealthy to those people who mostly eats diet food. Medical industries is also responsible for this problem because they make new drug treatment to treat the diseases.

Read More

Summary Of Escape From The Western Diet

1227 Words | 5 Pages

In agreement with said statistics, Michael Pollan states, “People eating a western diet are prone to a complex of chronic diseases that seldom strike people eating more traditional diets.” (421). In other words, consumers who take part of the western diet can, and most likely will, contract a chronic disease compared to those who choose the healthier or more traditional styles of eating. Who would’ve thought that something so insignificant as a single hamburger or large sized fountain drink could be so harmful? Well, it turns out that these items can be very much so.

Read More

David Freedman How Junk Food Can End Obesity Summary

877 Words | 4 Pages

In his article “How Junk Food Can End Obesity”, Freedman examines these purported claims and strives to appear credible, reliable, and emotionally appealing to persuade readers that the wholesome-food movement is impeding the near-term step’s to reversing the obesity trend. First, many

Read More

How Junk Food Can End Obesity By David Freedman

1020 Words | 5 Pages

Junk food is responsible for the growing rate of obesity. This is outlined by David freedman in his article of “How junk food can end obesity.” David Freedman has credited the “health-food” motion, and followers of it along with Michel Pollan. Freedman claims that if the America desires to stop the obesity epidemic, or at least reduce its effects, they must shift to the fast meals and processed meals enterprise for assist, now not the “health-food” movement.

Read More

Rhetorical Analysis Of What's Wrong With What We Eat By Mark Bitman

1000 Words | 4 Pages

This shows the impact on how important it is to make a priority in eating and making well balanced meals. Being able to see the history in how eating habits have changed generation to generation gives an insight on what we need to change. Many people such as Mark never ate a fresh vegetable until 19 years old. This shows that there is a big gap in eating balanced and healthy meals because of the mass production of frozen and canned foods. Mark Stated that, “it cut down on the variety of food we ate” (Mark Bittman 2007 Ted Talk, transcript 10:17).

Read More

Summary Of Escape From The Western Diet

1739 Words | 7 Pages

On a differing take on the solution, “Escape from the Western Diet” by Michael Pollan provides the complete change of our diet and way of life based around cooking and eating meals. however creates a more powerful and logical argument against the “Western Diet” in his article, He uses a combination of his credibility from his publications on health and foods, evidence against the practices of the medical community, along with his solution to the issue of obesity to create an article that draws in audience’s emotions and rationale. Pollan’s strongest points in his article was the use of credibility and his ability to bring logic and reason to most of his points against medical society and the publics solution to obesity. Pollan comes in with a stronger

Read More

Summary Of Food As Thought By Mary Maxfield

1253 Words | 6 Pages

In “Food as Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating,” Mary Maxfield wrote about the reason behind being overweight in America. She stated the “mistakes” Americans make when it comes to eating healthy. Maxfield, also stated

Read More

David Freedman's Essay 'How Junk Food Can End Obesity'

1218 Words | 5 Pages

This appeals to our physiological needs because naturally, humans need to eat food and to hear from a professional that there are other influences outside of food that are giving cause to the obesity crisis gives Americans a slight sigh of relief when it comes to the degree of toxicity of our foods. Furthermore, that people eat a more wholesome diet versus those that do not, tend to be healthier than that live on fast and processed foods,there are also stark differences to recognize between these classes that should be taken into account as well such as the tendency to engage in exercise, air quality, and other health considerations such as smoking and

Read More

Escape From The Western Diet By Michael Pollan

668 Words | 3 Pages

People that eat a Western diet are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases than those who eat a more traditional diet. The different theories scientists come up with to explain what in the Western diet causes these diseases all contradict each other (Pollan 421). In Escape from the Western Diet, Michael Pollan examines these issues and gives his solution to the problem. He believes scientists can argue about what causes these diseases, but the only solution, though it may be difficult, is to stop eating a Western diet. Pollan believes one of the biggest challenges in escaping the Western diet is changing how we eat and think.

Read More

In Defense Of Food By Michael Pollan

133 Words | 1 Pages

A dietary regime that is rich in whole foods are the fundamental requirements in maintaining a healthy diet. World wide, cultures dine on a considerable variation of foods. Most of their diet consists of healthy high-fat and healthy low fat diets. Even with their differences, their diets have a unique correlation of being constructed around fruits and vegetables.

Read More

Food Rules By Michael Pollan Summary

812 Words | 4 Pages

Americans Who Tell The Truth. N.p., n.d. http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/portraits/michael-pollan). In the book, Pollan tries to distinguish between healthy and harmful foods. He says, “Eating in our time has gotten complicated.” (Food Rules, page ix).

Read More

Satire On Obesity

193 Words | 1 Pages

By concluding that obesity is one of the greatest problems America faces today, the result of change can only be measured by one’s desire for it. Everywhere we look, we see fitness gyms, health advertisements, and even all-organic restaurants. Although we have the right approach in trying to attack this problem of obesity, I believe the willingness to stop this issue lies in each and every person. We can push supplements and vitamins on people who we think needs them but it doesn’t fix the problem. Someone who is overweight and blind to the world of physical expertise becomes intimidated, which leads to excuse after excuse.

Read More

Satire Essay On Obesity

1274 Words | 6 Pages

Obesity has become a major issue in the United States today. The number of people who are overweight has increased dramatically. A study done by the Centers of Disease Control showed that since 1980, one third of our adult population has become overweight. America is known as the richest nation but also we’ve become the fattest nation as well (Rutten). There was a time when Americans went crazy over being fit and healthy they dieting, jumping onto the treadmills, and buying prepackaged non-fat foods.

Read More

The Negative Effects Of Dieting

2068 Words | 9 Pages

Our society has helped create a definition of dieting that is not only harmful to the body but also does not work. The proper definition of a diet would be the food and drink a person consumes daily and the mental and physical circumstances connected to eating. The public’s definition of a diet is to restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight. Those who engage in this sort of dieting begin with the wrong mentality. They believe by undertaking a diet they will lose weight and keep it off, when in reality most people fail with diets.

Read More

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

Related Topics

Open Document