Review of "10 Habits that Mess Up a Woman's Diet" by Elizabeth Summer

Yesterday, I was reviewing my favorite books for our upcoming Emotional Eating class at Evergreen Hospital. I found some interesting facts in this book, and I will quote her.

• "If you're like most women, you probably rate your eating habits somewhere between "really good" and "pretty good". She then states that 90% of women polled think their diets are reasonably healthy and that almost all of them are delusional!
• 70% of Americans say they are eating "pretty much whatever they want," and the whatever is not the stuff of which healthy, trim bodies are made.
• We're eating more calories and moving less than we did 20 years ago.
• We are currently averaging 158 pounds of sugar eaten per year.
• Most of us eat 11 serving of grains per day, most of them highly refined and lacking nutrients.
• 40% of us are regularly eating fast food weekly.
• We are not eating enough healthy foods like fruits, veggies, and real foods.

Her book then has chapters on Mindless Eating, Your needs, Honesty, Healthy Eating, Planning, Excuses, Moods, Habits, Drinking, and All or Nothing Thinking. I would say that this book is the most practical one that I own for the person that does not want to diet, but wants to make healthy changes to their eating, work on mindless and emotional eating, and also change the way they look at the world. It is my favorite book and she makes it fun and easy to read!

This book is a must buy book for your library! Kerry