The End of Overeating by David A. Kessler, MD
I don't know where all this book is being publicized but it's got over 50 hold on it last time I looked and for a non-fad diet book that's a lot. Kessler is a pediatritian that admits to being what he calls a "hyper-eater" and writes about how the obesity industry creates and enables him and others like him. After reading the book I realized I am not a hyper-eater but now understand the peer pressure of others who unknowingly try to coax me into one by constantly asking me about my diet especially the not eating cheese and high fat foods part of animal products. They are so conditioned into constantly thinking about and longing for the Fat-Salt-Sugar combo of most common gourmand foods that they need to draw others into their addiction. The final third of the book is different tools to help re-condition you lifestyle to overcome to pull of foods you know are not good for you. I didn't find that part very helpful to me, it was a lots of stuff I'd already figured out when I was quitting smoking but it might help Momcat. (as I am writting this I am eating a bunch of Halloween candy with milk chocolate in it from the Burgi collection:( I actually don't even like chocolate that much!)
Cheap; The High Cost of Discount Culture by Ellen Ruppel Shell
I am more than halfway through and am thoroughly enjoying it as much as window shopping at a discount outlet mall. I don't know what to call this genre of book other than non-fiction but it's a very interesting current western cultural history of shopping much like the book I read a couple months ago, "Delux: How Luxury lost it's Luster and this other book I can't remember the name of but Shell's book reminds me of it. The other book was about how the corporate chain stores took over the mom and pop grocery store at the turn of the century. I totally recommend all.
I don't quite understand why I like these types of non-fiction books so much, it's not like it will help me with a crossword puzzle or answer a trivia question or anything important like that.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
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