Hooray, butter is not the enemy!!
The last diet book I read was Skinny Bitch. It was about four years ago and for the life of me I can’t remember why I read it. Perhaps I had some crazy notion that I was just one grapefruit away from looking like Kate Moss. I think it was the title I couldn’t resist though. So last week I read Why Women Need Fat for the Blogher Book Club. Who wouldn’t want to read a book called Why Women Need Fat? It has an even more irresistable title and arrived in perfect time to help shape my New Year’s resolution to eat closer to the earth!
Why Women Need Fat written by William D. Lassek, M.D. and Steven J.C. Gaulin, Ph.D., has a subtitle that says it all, How “Healthy” Food Makes Us Gain Excess Weight and the Surprising Solution to Losing It Forever, these guys go in depth to explain why so many women today weigh more than their mothers and grandmothers did. And, how changes in the food industry over the last few decades have contributed to American women’s increasing waistlines.
Why Women Need Fat is a great alternative to the seemingly endless supply of diet books that lead us to believe that we could all look like a runway model if we just gave up a particular food group, say carbs??? Refreshingly, Drs. Lassek and Gaulin preach that there’s no quick fix for losing weight! And, that dieting/starving ourselves is counterproductive to maintaining a long-term healthy body size. And perhaps, more importantly, this book is a great reminder that we are not all meant to look like Heidi Klum. I won’t bore you with all the scientific and well-researched data in this book, but I will say it’s worthwhile read even if you aren’t trying to lose weight. The authors explore myths about the “healthy” fats and talk about approaches to determining your natural weight. Their research supports what we know from those skinny French women – natural food in moderation does not make you fat.
And, now we can officially celebrate that butter is not the enemy and instead go throw away our nasty soybean oils!
Just so you know, I was compensated for this review, however, the opinions expressed here are always my own.
5 comments:
Haha... I think I need to read this book. I'm also glad that butter is not the enemy, because it's been my friend for so long....
As well as Will's. Can you imagine if somebody told him not to eat butter? Wait... maybe we have all done that... though only because it was directly and with his finger!)
Bravo! I think I will have a baguette and frommage now.
You know, I think Skinny Bitch and the French Women (didn't read that so I'm guessing) book both said the same thing as these guys. It's really about portion control and not eating fake, processed foods. I'm trying to be much more careful about reading labels and using the rule that if I can't pronounce the ingredients than I'm not going to eat it.
These doctors also noted some interesting things that thinner women are more likely to do than heavier women such as eating more fruit and nuts, eating more pasta, drinking more wine, drinking more water & tea, drinking less diet soft drinks, eat less ice cream...
I think they said something about drinking fewer fancy coffee drinks too but I closed my eyes for that sentence.
You know, I think Skinny Bitch and the French Women (didn't read that so I'm guessing) book both said the same thing as these guys. It's really about portion control and not eating fake, processed foods. I'm trying to be much more careful about reading labels and using the rule that if I can't pronounce the ingredients than I'm not going to eat it.
These doctors also noted some interesting things that thinner women are more likely to do than heavier women such as eating more fruit and nuts, eating more pasta, drinking more wine, drinking more water & tea, drinking less diet soft drinks, eat less ice cream...
I think they said something about drinking fewer fancy coffee drinks too but I closed my eyes for that sentence.
haha, that's fairly true. The french book was a lot more about enjoying food I thought. I started skinny bitch at some point but... yeah... they be bitches. I would actually recommend the french book just because it had so many recipes (all of which I'm going to make soon! reeally.....!)
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