This offshoot of Spurlock's Oscar-nominated documentary Super Size Me serves both as a substitute for and addition to the movie. Spurlock spent a month not exercising and eating nothing but food from McDonald's, filming his declining health and ballooning size. It was a terrific premise for a movie; the book provides even more of its backstory and outtakes. Spurlock describes America's obesity epidemic, its relation to the fast food industry, the industry's cozy relations to U.S. government agencies and how the problem is spreading worldwide. He details the long-term and often fatal (albeit well-known) health hazards of the high-fat, high-sugar, factory-farmed fast food diet combined with the sedentary lifestyle prevalent among...
This a very straightforward and highly informative book on simple changes you can make in your diet to reduce calorie consumption and lose weight. Topics include a brief overview on where calories come from and why fad diets are not nutionally sound and don't work. Dr. Shapiro uses a number of different eating profiles to help readers understand how they approach food consumption. The real standout of this book are the beautiful pictures of food which are used to illustrate the comparative caloric values of foods we all love to eat. You will be amazed when you see the comparisons and how simple changes make huge difference.
Howard M. Shapiro
Grand Central Publishing
352
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Gina Kolata is a science reporter for the New York Times and wrote this fascinating book about the world of fitness. She gives a great overview and history of the fitness industry and then proceeds to answer a number of common questions about fitness and commonly accepted exercise prescriptions. Gina does great interviews with doctors, nutritionists, researchers and exercise gurus to uncover what's fact and fiction around topics such as maximum heart rate, fat burning zones, nutritional supplements and much more. Highly entertaining and informative.
Gina Kolata
Picador
304
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