At Last
There is a book explaining what people do who don’t diet:
The Body Intelligent Diet
(The Anti-diet book)
People have lived on this planet for millions of years without having to diet to be healthy. Some people lead lives like that today. They are not at risk of obesity, diabetes, heart attacks, and Alzheimer’s disease. They eat what their body needs to be trim and healthy. You can learn to do what they do, without pain or deprivation.
Diets don’t work. If they did, no one would be suffering from obesity and all the other noninfectious diseases caused by the popular lifestyle. All diets do is interrupt the old lifestyle.
You will change your lifestyle, sooner or later.
1) You can change it now to avoid obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and more, or
2) You can change it later, buying bigger clothes, cutting back on physical and social activities, having joint replacement surgery, taking insulin injections, and so on.
3) The only other alternative is to die early.
All of this can be done without feeling deprived. The common lifestyle deprives you of the level of fitness that makes life truly enjoyable.
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Principles of the Body Intelligent Diet:
Health and fitness is a natural state that we’re born with. It can be cultivated by a more natural lifestyle, not purchased through surgery, pills, and artificial foods.
Our popular lifestyle does not support our potential for health. Unfortunately, most of us don’t know what the attitudes and habits truly are, any more than a fish knows water. We’re unaware of how artificial our lifestyle is. This is why the authorities on diet continually contradict each other; they’re often guessing, often using bad assumptions, and they don’t understand what’s natural.
Your genes are not the primary causes of noninfectious diseases. The nations that our ancestors came from don’t have the same problems we do. Immigrants coming to the US who share the common lifestyle develop the same problems that most Americans have. Your genetic background will indicate where trouble is likely to show up.
There is no one diet or lifestyle perfect for everyone. We have very different lives, metabolisms, tastes, and so on. Furthermore, these elements of our lives change because of age, bearing children, different levels of activity, and more.
Your body knows what you need to be fit and trim. When given the proper food and exercise, your body will let you know what to eat and when you’ve eaten enough of it, as surely as your body lets you know when you’re hungry.
Anyone can become his or her own fitness guru. We live in the information age, and anyone can learn to separate the wheat from the chaff. Real understanding comes from the application of knowledge in one’s life, and you can learn to embark on a life of increased understanding instead of trying to adhere to a list of do’s and don’ts.
Knowing what you should do is not sufficient to do it. Most people do not understand motivation and what it takes to change a habitual attitude that has kept them locked in place.
Patrick Plaskett has spent almost three decades investigating what is more natural for the human body. He has seen fads and bad advice as they came and went. He has seen the rates of obesity and noninfectious diseases rise, while the social institutions we rely on for health advice have been powerless to change things.
He has collected the best facts of what is natural and enjoyable. He has made observations that have eluded most nutritionists. And he has compiled many psychological tools to empower people to make a gradual, sustainable, and enjoyable change in their lives. His academic training in psychology has allowed him to approach the topic of lifestyle change in a new and refreshing way. Never has there been a more diverse body of knowledge on nutrition and lifestyle brought together in one place.
