Eat To Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman
Diet and Weight Loss Products
The basic premise of ETL is that excessive consumption of animal products and processed foods causes obesity and disease. And that as fruit and vegetable consumption increases, obesity, disease and early death decrease.
ETL advocates eating mostly fruits, vegetables, beans, whole grains and raw nuts, ensuring that the greater portion of your calories comes from highly nutritious foods. However, ETL permits you to eat any type of food in reasonable quantities, including animal products.
Because ETL is highly nutritious, it makes it possible to lose a great amount of weight in a very short period of time without risk to your health. In fact, your health will very likely improve.
Losing Weight without Going Hungry
ETL has just the opposite effect of the typical low calorie diet, which is based on simply eating smaller amounts of the same highly processed, calorie-rich foods. Such diets typically result in hunger, poor nutrition, and only temporary weight loss.
By eating foods that are higher in nutrients and fiber and lower in calories, you become satisfied eating fewer calories. You can lose weight even though you are eating more food.
Losing Weight and Gaining Health
Many diets have a goal of weight loss and place that goal above the dieter's health. The goal of ETL is health, but there is an unavoidable consequence to eating healthy foods: achieving a healthy weight.
Many of the diseases that cause us to suffer and die prematurely are caused by the foods we eat. Following ETL can do a great deal towards reversing these diseases, and making it unnecessary to take the medications that merely attempt to control them. For example, most type 2 diabetics will be told by their doctors that they no longer need to take insulin.
Recommended Reading
While we continue to support people on all diet plans, we recommend that you read Eat To Live. Whether or not you choose to follow the plan, reading the book will make it more difficult to ignore the long-term impact of eating unhealthy foods. It will have a positive, lifelong influence on your eating habits, weight, and health.
