The End of Overeating

Sporty98

Anybody reading this book or have read it?! I would like to recommend it to every person on this website! It all just makes sense....Love to hear what others think.....

Mindful_Trent

This is a FANTASTIC book! A real eye-opener. I second your recommendation. :drinker:

polo571

I have not but I would love to hear what he/she has to say

Mindful_Trent

I have not but I would love to hear what he/she has to say

Here is one of the summaries from Amazon.com for this book, "The End of Overeating" by David Kessler
http://www.amazon.com/End-Overeating-Insatiable-American-Appetite/dp/1605297852:

Kessler surveys the world of modern industrial food production and distribution as reflected in both restaurants and grocery stores. To his chagrin, he finds that the system foists on the American public foods overloaded with fats, sugars, and salt. Each of these elements, consumed in excess, has been linked to serious long-term health problems. Kessler examines iconic foods such as Cinnabon and Big Macs, all of which have skilled marketing machines promoting consumption. Such nutritionally unbalanced foods propel people who already tend to eat more than mere physical need might otherwise warrant into uncontrolled behavior patterns of irrational eating. These persistent psychological and sensory stimuli lead to what Kessler terms “conditioned hypereating,” which he believes is a disease rather than a failure of willpower. There is hope, however. Kessler identifies the cues that lead to overeating and offers some simple, practical tools to help control one’s impulses. --Mark Knoblauch

amyoliver85

Give me the full info? Tried to Google, got a couple of different results. Want to get the right one!

Mindful_Trent

Give me the full info? Tried to Google, got a couple of different results. Want to get the right one!

See my post above yours. I link to it on Amazon.com.

funnygirl0940

"he believes is a disease rather than a failure of willpower" better give the pharmaceutical more opportunity to come up with some drug we need to stop this disease...give me a break!!! it's called self control...don't put some disease label on it. *rolling eyes* I lack self control and eat when I'm not hungry and gain weight, it doesn't take a genius to figure that out, which I am not!

Mindful_Trent

"he believes is a disease rather than a failure of willpower" better give the pharmaceutical more opportunity to come up with some drug we need to stop this disease...give me a break!!! it's called self control...don't put some disease label on it. *rolling eyes* I lack self control and eat when I'm not hungry and gain weight, it doesn't take a genius to figure that out, which I am not!

I believe 100% that we are all responsible for our actions. That said, I also believe there is chemistry and things going on in our brains/bodies that are working against us and that the food industry is knowingly taking advantage of that. Give the book a shot - it's NOT saying that we are not responsible for eating that cake/cookies/etc., but it is trying to educate us on some of the things working aginst us so that we are better armed in this struggle.

Sporty98

"he believes is a disease rather than a failure of willpower" better give the pharmaceutical more opportunity to come up with some drug we need to stop this disease...give me a break!!! it's called self control...don't put some disease label on it. *rolling eyes* I lack self control and eat when I'm not hungry and gain weight, it doesn't take a genius to figure that out, which I am not!

I believe 100% that we are all responsible for our actions. That said, I also believe there is chemistry and things going on in our brains/bodies that are working against us and that the food industry is knowingly taking advantage of that. Give the book a shot - it's NOT saying that we are not responsible for eating that cake/cookies/etc., but it is trying to educate us on some of the things working aginst us so that we are better armed in this struggle.

I agree, Accountant_Boi.....He is not saying we are in some way not responsible for our own actions. I think he is trying to explain to those of us who don't know why we do what we do some reasons that overeating occurs. It's not simply mindless eating.....It's more than that. (NOTE: I have not finished the book yet.....)

Sporty98

"If we can learn to turn all of this around, we can eventually create new habits, ones that motivate us to pursue other, healthier sources of reward." (page 64, The End of Overeating by David A. Kessler, MD)

This quote is at the end of Part One.....He's totally laying the responsibility in our own laps! We have to "learn," "create," and "pursue." These action words are aimed at us...We are in charge of our own change.