"A fun book that looks at why animals are people."--Back cover

Today more than ever, people are searching for solutions to excess body weight and other health problems. If It's Not Food, Don't Eat It! answers the call. This timely book unveils the pitfalls of our fake-food culture and provides the inspiration and practical know-how the entire family can use to build a healthier eating lifestyle - and actually enjoy doing it! From toxic, chemical additives to the unscrupulous antics of the food industry in concert with the media, Kelly Hayford takes an honest, often scary look at what we're eating, why we're eating it and the devastation it is causing. This recovered junk-food junkie turned nutrition and health coach also offers practical, easy-to-implement solutions. Readers learn simple, do-able ways to conquer food cravings, ease digestion, increase energy, shed weight, alleviate symptoms and prevent disease. Most importantly, they learn how to cut through nutritional confusion, overcome social and psychological obstacles, and make lasting changes to their diet and lifestyle with ease. Other topics include food allergies, emotional eating, whole food supplements; tips for helping children eat better, timesaving food preparation, menu planning, recipes and more. This is a comprehensive reference guide that people can refer to again and again as they make the transition to a natural foods way of life.

Examines the physical, emotional, and spiritual problems behind eating disorders

Kane describes a program that is a sane, balanced approach to food and eating.

An unexpected visitor from another planet refuses to eat Jen?s favorite snack, calling it ?Not Food.? He won?t even taste her Halloween candy! What could explain this strange behavior? Find out by joining this fun, food-finding adventure. Using alien technology (and common sense), dodgingray beams (and misunderstandings), deflecting dangerous chemicals (and ignorance), we are led to the inevitable truth: What you eat not only affectsyour health, but the health of the entire planet!

Millions of us are locked into an unwinnable weight game, as our self-worth is shredded with every diet failure. Combine the utter inefficacy of dieting with the lack of spiritual nourishment and we have generations of mad, ravenous self-loathing women. So says Geneen Roth, in her life-changing new book, Women, Food and God. Since her 1991 bestseller, When Food Is Love, was published, Roth has taken the sum total of her experience and combined it with spirituality and psychology to explain women's true hunger. Roth's approach to eating is that it is the same as any addiction - an activity to avoid feeling emotions. From the first page, readers will be struck by the author's intelligence, humour and sensitivity, as she traces the path of overeating from its subtle beginnings through to its logical end. Whether the drug is booze or brownies, the problem is the same: opting out of life. She powerfully urges readers to pay attention to what they truly need - which cannot be found in a supermarket. She provides seven basic guidelines for eating (the most important is to never diet) and shares reassuring, practical advice that has helped thousands of women who have attended her highly successful seminars. Truly a thinking woman's guide to eating - and an anti-diet book - women everywhere will find insights and revelations on every page.

It has become popular to blame the American obesity epidemic and many other health-related problems on processed food. Many of these criticisms are valid for some processed-food items, but many statements are overgeneralizations that unfairly target a wide range products that contribute to our health and well-being. In addition, many of the proposed dangers allegedly posed by eating processed food are exaggerations based on highly selective views of experimental studies. We crave simple answers to our questions about food, but the science behind the proclamations of food pundits is not nearly as clear as they would have you believe. This book presents a more nuanced view of the benefits and limitations of food processing and exposes some of the tricks both Big Food and its critics use to manipulate us to adopt their point of view. Food is a source of enjoyment, a part of our cultural heritage, a vital ingredient in maintaining health, and an expression of personal choice. We need to make those choices based on credible information and not be beguiled by the sophisticated marketing tools of Big Food nor the ideological appeals and gut feelings of self-appointed food gurus who have little or no background in nutrition.