| A book has been written entitled, The New American | | | | take into our body. The truth is probably somewhere |
| Diet. In this book the authors describe some of the | | | | between these two ideas. |
| negative effects of certain foods that are common | | | | Certainly there is a excess of fat in the typical |
| in the American diet. I would like to agree with the | | | | American diet, and most of us would do well to cut |
| authors that it is time for all of us to become more | | | | back on our fat intake. The fact is, though, that the |
| aware of the foods we eat and make a conscious | | | | body needs fat. There actually are ways to eat fat |
| effort to eat more healthy. If we could just develop | | | | to promote weight loss. The to understanding this is |
| these new healthy eating habits, we could call this a | | | | to realize that the body naturally secretes a hormone |
| new diet for America. | | | | to burn off fat in the body. Unfortunately, when |
| Perhaps for dramatic effect, the authors of this book | | | | there is no fat in the diet, the body stops secreting |
| proclaim that a hamburger can fight heart disease | | | | this hormone. As a result, it is difficult for your body |
| and a pork chop might help take off the pounds. This | | | | to burn off the fat that you would like to get rid of. |
| goes against traditional calorie counting diet theory | | | | So, a diet that is too low in fat can actually have a |
| and diets that try to limit the amount of fat that we | | | | negative effect. |