LISTEN UP!

Terry Gross has an always intriguing line up of folks who speak about all types of different topics on her show on NPR. Last night she featured a fellow that talked about overeating and why we do it. Shockingly enough...the triggers that make us overeat are the foods that aren't good for us to begin with! Please take a minute to listen to this great piece which features some great ideas for how we can make a "critical perceptual shift that will allow us to see foods for what they are" and how to change our "conditioned hyper-eating."

*** Former FDA commissioner David Kessler warns that sugar, fat and salt can hijack our brains and cause us to overeat. In his new book, The End of Overeating, he describes the way the food industry works with the advertising industry to create the food cravings that are so hard to resist.***

After doing some snooping around to find out more about Mr. Kessler, I happened upon a publisher of his RODALE, Inc. that had some other great resources on their website including a book that every parent should probably own called Eat This, Not That! for Kids! (in addition to your Chickin Feed Primer! of course). There are some shocking facts like how many calories, fat and sodium are in a banana walnut muffin!...Use your own judgement about which things actually constitute REAL FOODS...

Good Stuff Peeps!!!