In this straight-forward reading, The Best Darn Book About Nutrition and Health , Dorothy Ziegler shows you how to: Distinguish between nutrition and myth - Pinpoint nutritional areas in your life to change for the better - Learn what foods are healthy and when to eat them - Avoid the habits that keep you from becoming healthier and happier - Resist society pressures which unconsciously make you unhealthy - Change and maintain an active lifestyle with little sacrifice - And more Dorothy Ziegler, R.D. is a lecturer at Santa Ana College in southern California. She is a consultant and speaker to various organizations and corporations. Dororthy is a graduate of the Eastern Michigan Dietetics Program and is an active member of the American Dietetic Association. She is registered with the Commission on Dietetic Registration. She lives happily in southern California with her wonderful husband. INTRODUCTION There is mass misunderstanding of nutrition in the world today - especially in America. Many people listen to nutrition and fitness advice from unreliable sources. These people that listen to bad advice, often become fatter, more obsessive, unhappy and unhealthy. You should realize these people know just as much about nutrition as you do. You will become healthier and fit when you stop obsessing about what you eat. This book will teach how vital fat is in the diet and how it's bad to refrain from it. Instead of learning what expensive supplement will support your body the best, you will learn that no supplement supports your body like food does. You'll realize that a lot of the nutrition "hype" marketed through the media and heard through your friends and family is exactly just that...hype! You'll also see how complex nutrition isn't. It is complex in the chemistry and nutrient metabolic pathways. But it is not complex in terms of good and bad. I dropped extra weight, became less obsessed and more muscular from my dietetics education and experience. I feel proud of my health. I want to share this marvelous feeling with you. I am not healthy from a "super pill", a new and improved fitness gadget, or from eating no carbohydrates and sugar. I will provide you with the information and motivation to take you where you have never been before. I have included my best from years of counseling patients with all different types of nutrition, fitness and health issues. Read this book and incorporate what you learn. You can read one chapter and use what you discover to change your health habit. Focus on that one chapter until you've made it a good habit in your life. Then move on to the next chapter and build on to your new lifestyle. Each chapter takes less than ten minutes to read. Before you know it, you'll feel fabulous. You will want to share these health secrets with your friends and family too. My goal for you is to reach your optimal health. That doesn't mean that you're going to eat, exercise and think just like me. However, it means that you develop a healthy attitude to help you create a body you are proud to live in. So as we begin our journey together, I want you to set your goals higher than you think you can accomplish. The further your aspirations, the further you will take yourself. I am confident that you will experience self-actualization in health. You will revert back to the healthy instincts you were born with. Go get 'em! - Dorothy Ziegler, R.D.