"It's Not Your Fault, Weight Gain, Obesity and Food Addiction" {Review & Giveaway}

Authors: Emanuel Barling, Jr., Esq. and Ashley F. Brooks, R.N.

ISBN: 978-1-4327-6664-1

Publisher: Outskirts Press

230 Pages

I was recently asked to review "It's Not Your Fault, Weight Gain, Obesity and Food Addiction" By Emanuel Barling, Jr., Esq. and Ashley F. Brooks, RN.  I'm not a huge book fan.  Only because I rarely get the time to finish one.  But, I have on occasion taken the opportunity to review those I find interesting, fascinating and educational. 

What drew me to "It's Not Your Fault, Weight Gain, Obesity and Food Addiction", was the title.  Hello NOT my fault..OK why?

Written by a Husband and Wife team both determined to find out why they were struggling so hard with weight-loss.   While neither is a doctor, this books is filled with their research and backed with studies.

Back Cover:
American obesity rates are the highest in the world. Sixty-eight percent of adults are categorized as overweight. One-third of them are diagnosed as clinically obese. There are nearly 7 million overweight and obese children in the U.S. today. Childhood obesity statistics show that obese children have a 70% chance of becoming obese adults. The percentage increases to 80% if either one or both parents is obese as well.

Americans did not get fat overnight nor did some mosquito spread a deadly virus that causes obesity. Eating until becoming obese is now the leader in American addictions surpassing cigarettes and alcohol. There are tangible reasons why Americans are gaining weight, becoming obese or cannot lose it. The so-called "healthy foods" you're eating are making you fat and ill.

The research cited in the Reference section proves that weight gain and obesity are the result of an addiction to many chemical food ingredients, the dangers of genetically modified fruits and vegetables and the damage to the human body caused by foods containing synthetic growth hormones, carcinogens and antibiotics found in factory farmed meats and dairy. We ask and answer the questions: Are you eating a lot of salads but still gaining weight? Juicing and still gaining weight? Drinking so-called health food shakes to lose weight without success? Changing your diet so often you feel like a yo-yo? Can't stop eating? Finding working out impossible because you are getting too overweight to walk, jog or exercise for very long? Are you considering a drastic means to lose weight such as liposuction, gastric bypass or lap-band surgeries?

PLEASE STOP NOW. It's Not Your Fault!

Review:
This book was compiled very well.  It will really open your eyes to a lot of key factors of weight gain and ultimately obesity.  If you've ever had an addiction, be it cigarettes {guilty}, alcohol or illegal drugs, the comparison this book is making to food is almost identical.  The urge to have that burger or piece of cake is actually the craving of the food additive in the burger or cake.   Thus, leading to a chemical dependency to the food.

We've all heard that MSG is bad.  Monosodium glutamate, or MSG, is the primary cause of weight gain and obesity in the US.  In the 60's scientists had evidence that it had serious side effects, leading to neurological disorders, birth defects in addition to weight gain and obesity.  So here's the kicker with that:

t's found in 150 different ingredient names and is injected into more than 9000 different canned, bottled, frozen and packaged foods.

And just because a label says "No MSG" they may actually have it hidden in the ingredients!  Scary.


The book also goes over genetically modified fruits and vegetables in the US....
After reviewing more than 600 scientific journals it was shown that genetically modified organisms {GMO} was deteriorating Americans health!

In the first 9 years after the large scale introduction of GMO crops in 1996, the incidence of people with three or more chronic diseases nearly doubled, from 7% to 13%.

Europe has banned any importing of GMO foods including our spices!  It was surveyed that 90% of European shoppers would double their travel to another grocery store to avoid buying GMO products.

In Japan over 2 million people signed petitions to ban American soy products because its genetically modified!

The Church of Scotland called US practices unethical because we are NOT given the choice.  "It smacks of imperialism!"

Here in the US we have more than 99% of all crops being genetically modified.  These crops are sprayed up to 16 times with 36 different pesticides before being picked. 

Here's another I found shocking.  High fructose corn syrup.  Thought all was fine in moderation?  Not only is it a "highly addictive chemical additive", but it is the leading contributor to weight gain and obesity.  It does so by messing up your brains ability to control appetite and metabolism. 

This book covers so much.  I wish I could share with you everything. One thing I think that stands out the most with me after reading this is, when you have a food you find yourself craving like crazy...  maybe jonesing for ... replace it with an organic version.  Taking out those additives that makes us have a chemical dependency.

Chapters:

1. "Are Wight Gain and Obesity the Result of Behavioral Issues or Chemiacal Physical Addiction?"
2. "What are the Effects on Your Brain of Food Ingredients?"
3. "The Effects on Your Body of Chemical Ingredients"
4. "How do MSG, Maltodextrin and Other Food Ingredients Contribute to Weight Gain and Obesity?"
5. "Why Does High Fructose COrn Syrup (Corn Sugar) Contribute to Weight Gain and Obesity?"
6. "Sugar, Salt Trans Fatty Acids and Other Food Ingredients That Contribute to Weight Gain and Obesity"
7. "Are Genetically Modified Fruits and Vegetables Contributing to Weight Gain and Obesity?"
8. "Why do Meat From Factory Farmed Animals Cause Weight Gain and Obesity?"
9.  "How do GMO Foods, MSG and Other Ingredients Affect Prgnant Mothers and Their Children?"
10. Epilogue 

The book ends with 12 Steps of the "Its not your fault" Dieting Rules, A Partial List of Hidden Sources of MSG, A Partial List of Hidden Sources of High Fructose Corn Syrup Found in Fast Foods, A Partial List of Hidden Sources of High Fructose Corn Syrup, A List of Corn Allergens and the top 50 Food Manufacturers & Processors in the US & their Lobbying Associations.

This really was one of the most fascinating and eye opening books I've read. 
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