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Chap te r7 : De tox : Acce fle ra t fingtheChange T ox fi cT fime s Ch flo rophy fl fl :L fiqu fid Oxygen TheC fl ean Aud fi t Wha tI sC flean s fingandDe tox fiﬁ ca t fion?

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PARTI I I : G ETT INGSTARTED Ju fi ce s Smoo th fie s T ea sandHo tD r fink s B reak fa s t Soup sandS tew s Sa flad sandD re s s fing s V ege tab fleD fi she s F fi sh ,Sea food ,and Mea t Sna ck sandDe s se r t s Th ree -DayGu fidedDe tox Hea fl thyL fi fe s ty fleT fip s P roﬁ flefinHea fl th :F rankG fi g fl fi o Seven -Day Mea flP flan V ege ta r fianSeven -Day Mea flP flan

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tea spoon so fsuga rea chday , wea refl fiv fingfinafoodn figh tma re ,as c fi fi ho r ro rshow . Theve ryfa c ttha t wea rehav fingana t fiona flconve r sa t fionabou t wha t weshou fldea t ,tha t wea res t rugg fl fing w fi thhowtodefinethe“be s t ”d fie t , fi ssymp tom a t fi co fhowf a rw eh av es t r ay edf romth en a tu r a flcond fi t fion s th a tg av er fi s etoou rsp e c fi e sandf romth es fimp fl ea c to fe a t fin gr e a fl , who fle ,f re shfood . Whenea t fingrea flfoodfi sarevo flu t fiona rya c t , wea re fint roub fle . Th efoodfindu s t ry—wh fi chfi sth es e cond -fl a r g e s temp floy e rfinth e Un fi tedS ta te s ,a f te rthefede ra flgove rnmen t ,and wh fi chheav fi flyfinfluen ce sbo ththe med fiaandthegove rnmen tagen c fie stha tregu fla tefi t( the D ep a r tm en to fA g r fi cu fl tu r e ,th eFoodand D ru g Adm fin fi s t r a t fion ,and Cong re s s )— fin ten t fiona fl flycon fu se sandcon found su s .Low fa tfi sgood , soany th fing w fi th“ flow fa t ”ontheflabe fl mu s tbehea fl thy .Bu tasodafi s 100pe r cen tfa t -f ree ,andtha tdoe sn ’ t makefi thea fl thy .Now wea rebe fing to fldtoea t mo re who fleg ra fin s ,soafewfle ck so f who fleg ra fin shavebeen sp r fink fl edonsu g a ryc e r e a fl s .Th a tdo e sn ’ tm ak eth emh e a fl thye fi th e r . Thebe s tadv fi cefi stoavo fidfood sw fi thhea fl thc fla fim sonthe fi rflabe fl s .Be tte rye t ,avo fidfood sw fi thflabe fl sfinthefi r s tp fla ce . Ou rta s tebud s ,ou rb ra finchem fi s t ry ,ou rb fio chem fi s t ry ,ou rho rmone s , andou rk fi t chen shavebeenh fi ja ckedbythefoodfindu s t ry .Thefood fl fike sub s tan ce sp ro f fe redbythefindu s t r fia flfoodsy s temt r fi ckou rta s tebud s fin to momen ta ryp flea su rebu tno tou rb fio flogy , wh fi chrea c t s ,re je c t s ,and rev fi fle sthejunkp fl fiedonou rgene sandou rho rmona flandb fio chem fi ca fl pa thway s .W eneedto“un junk ”ou rb fio flogy . Indu s t r fia flp ro ce s s fingha sg fivenr fi setoana r rayo fadd fi c t five ,fa t ten fing , me tabo fl fi sm -jamm fingchem fi ca fl sandcompound s ,fin c flud fing MSG (mono sod fiumg flu t am a t e ) ,a sp a r t am e ,h fi gh f ru c to s eco rnsy rup ,and t ran sfa t s ,tonametheb figge s to f fende r s .Re sea r che r su se MSGtos tudy obe s fi ty .I tfi san“ex c fi to tox fin ”tha ts t fimu fla te stheb ra finfin to wan t fingto ea tun con t ro fl flab fly . Whenfedtoflabo ra to ry m fi ce ,the m fi cep figou tand

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ge tfa t . MSGfi sfin80pe r cen to fa fl flp ro ce s sedfood s , mo s t flyd fi sgu fi seda s a“n a tu r a flﬂ avo r fin g . ”T r an sf a t s ,ano th e rex amp fl e ,a r ed e r fiv edf rom vege tab fleo fi fl sandthenchem fi ca fl flya fl te redtore s fi s tdeg rada t fionbyba cte r fia , wh fi chfi s whys to re bough tcook fie scanfla s tonyou rpan t ryshe fl f fo ryea r s .Bu tthean c fien tene rgysy s temo fou rbody ’ sce fl fl sfi sde s cended f romba c te r fia ,andtho se m fi to chond r fiacanno tp ro ce s st ran sfa t s . Ou r m e t abo fl fi smb e com e sb flo ck ed ,and w e fi gh tg a finandtyp e2d fi ab e t e s en sue . Ou rtongue scanbefoo fledbyandou rb ra fin scanbe comeadd fi c ted tothes fl fi ckcomb fina t fion so ffa t ,suga r ,andsa fl tpumpedfin tofa c to ry madefood s ,bu tou rb fio chem fi s t rycanno t ,andthere su fl tfi sthed fi sa s te r o fobe s fi tyandch ron fi cd fi sea setha t wehavefintheUn fi tedS ta te stoday . I tfi sno wond e rth a t68p e r c en to f Am e r fi c an sa r eov e rw e fi gh tand tha t ,s fin ce1960 ,theobe s fi tyra teha sr fi senf rom13pe r cen tto36pe r cen t andsoon w fi fl flrea ch42pe r cen t . Ove rthefla s tde cade ,thera teo fp red fiabe te so rd fiabe te sfinteenage r sha sr fi senf rom9pe r cen tto23pe r cen t . Rea fl fly? A flmo s tonefinfou ro fou rk fid snowha se fi the rp red fiabe te so r typ e2d fi ab e t e s . And37p e r c en to fth ek fid s whoa r eno tcon s fid e r ed ove rwe figh thaveoneo r mo reca rd fiova s cu fla rr fi skfa c to r s ,su cha sh figh b floodp r e s su r e ,h fi ghcho fl e s t e ro fl ,o rh fi ghb floodsu g a r ,b e c au s eev en thoughfa c to ryfoodha sn ’ tye t madethemfa t ,fi tfi s mak fingthems fi ck ! I tfi st fimetotakeou rk fi t chen sandou rhome sba ck .T ran s fo rm fingthe foodfindu s t rys e em sa monum en t a flund e r t ak fin g .Bu tfi tfi sno t .I tfi sa sm a fl flp rob fl em .I tfi sfinth esm a fl flp fl a c e so fou rfl fiv e s :finou rshopp fin g ca r t s ,ou rf r fidge s ,ou rcupboa rd s ,ou rk fi t chen s ,andou rd fin fingroom s . Th fi sfi s whe rea fl flo fou rpowe rfi s .Thehund red so ffl fi t t flecho fi ce s we make eve rydaycantopp flethe mono fl fi th fi cfoodfindu s t ry .Thepa s tcen tu ryfi s fl fi t te red w fi ththerema fin so ffa fl flende spo t sandde spo t fi creg fime s .F rom thefa fl flo ftheBe r fl fin W a fl fltother fi seo ftheA rabSp r fing ,the refi snofo r ce mo repowe r fu flthanasma fl flg roupo ffind fiv fidua fl sw fi thade s fi retoend fin ju s t fi ceandabu se .

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youpu ta ttheendo fyou rfo rkfi s mo repowe r fu flthanany th fingyou w fi fl fleve rﬁnda tthebo t tomo fap re s c r fip t fionbo t t fle . HUNGRY FOR CHANGEo f f e r su sas fim p fl ero ad m aptoh e a fl th .R e a fl food ,adequa tes fleepandphy s fi ca fl movemen t ,se fl f flovera the rthanse fl f floa th fing ,andho fld fingontoahea fl thyfimageo fyou r se fl f— so flu t fion sto bo thou rh e a fl thc r fi s fi sandou rob e s fi tyep fid em fi ca r eno tcomp fl fi c a t ed . Hea fl thandhapp fine s sa reo f tenju s tafewday saway .P flu s ,by mak fing sm a fl flch an g e sfinou rfl fiv e s ,e a cho fu sh a sth ec ap a c fi tytoe f f e c tb fi g change sfinou rfoodfland s cape ,ou rag r fi cu fl tu resy s tem ,andevengov e rnmen tpo fl fi c fie s .IhopeHUNGRYFOR C HANGEfi sthes ta r to fat ruefood revo flu t fion . Ma rkHyman ,M .D . W e s tS to ckb r fidge , Ma s sa chu se t t s May29 ,2012

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thedo c to r s wou fldfindachem fi ca flso flu t fion .Hehadnorea sontobe fl fieve o the rw fi se . Even tua fl fly ,howeve r ,Royhadtose fl flh fi sbu s fine s s .I t wa sasadday— fo rh fimandfo ra fl flo fu s .Th fi scompanyhadbeenad r fiv fingpu rpo seand m fi s s fionfinh fi sfl fi fe ,anda shefle tfi tgo ,hefe fl ttha the wa sg fiv fingupa pa r to fh fim se fl f ,apa r to fh fi sfiden t fi ty .A tthesamet fime ,h fi scond fi t fion con t finuedto wo r sen ,andtheemo t fiona flfimpa c to ftheflo s so fh fi sbu s fi ne s sfledtoch ron fi cdep re s s fionandseve reanx fie ty .The mo re med fi ca t fion s hetook ,the wo r sehebe came . Lau ren t fineandIknew wehadtofin te rvene .W ehada flway staken anfin t e r e s tfinnu t r fi t fionandh e a fl thandh adsh a r edou rth enfl fim fi t ed know fl ed g ew fi thRoy .Bu tev e rya t t emp ttoh e flp w a sm e tw fi thk e en re s fi s tan ce .“The sedo c to r shavespen tthe fi ren t fi refl five st ra fin fingtohe flp me . Wha t make syouth finkyoucandobe t te r? ” Bu ta sRoy ’ shea fl thandsp fi r fi tsp fi ra fled ,Lau ren t fineandIcon t finued toflookfo ran swe r s .Inea r fly2003 wefoundou r se flve sa t tend fingaT ony Robb fin ssem fina r .T ony fi san fin te rna t fiona fl flyrenownedpeak -pe r fo rman ce and mo t fiva t fiona flexpe r t .H fi sta flktha tdayopenedou reye s .D fi s cu s s fing thefimpo r tan ceo fnu t r fi t fion ,T onyta flkedabou tg reen s ,a flka fl fi z fing ,de tox fifi c a t fion ,andth ed an g e r so f mod e rnp ro c e s s edfood s ,conv en t fion a fl f ru fi t sandv e g e t ab fl e sfl ad en w fi thp e s t fi c fid e s ,andf a c to ry f a rm ed m e a t andda fi ry .W eknewafl fi t t fleabou thea fl thandnu t r fi t fion ,bu tT ony ’ sta flk fin sp fi redanewde s fi retod fi s cove rthefa c t sabou thea fl thand we fl flne s s . W eg rabbedeve rybook wecou fldfindands ta r tedre sea r ch fing . W esoonflea rnedtha thea fl thyfoodcou fldbeu sedtohea fl .W ea fl so d fi s cove redtha tthehea fl th ca re ,food ,andag r fi cu fl tu ra flfindu s t r fie s we re no tpa r t fi cu fla r flycon ce rnedabou tou rhea fl th .They we rep r fima r fi flyfin te re s tedfinp rofi t s .Fo rexamp fle , weflea rnedtha tthep ro ce s s fingo f many o fou rba s fi cfood s wa sno tfo ranyhea fl tho rnu t r fi t fiona flbenefi t .In s tead , fi t wa sfin t rodu ceda sa waytofin c rea setheshe fl ffl fi feand ma rke tab fi fl fi ty o fthefindu s t r fie s ’p rodu c t s .

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W ecou fldn ’ tbe fl fieve wha t weun cove red . Ou rnewd fi s cove r fie sconv fin c edu stofo rm a fl fi z eou rknow fl ed g eth rou ghth eG flob a flCo fl fl e g eo f Na tu ra fl Med fi c fine ’ s Nu t r fi t fiona flCon su fl tan tp rog ram .A f te rcomp fle t fing ou rs tud fie s , wefe fl teven mo reconﬁden ttha t wecou fldhe flpRoy . W es ta r tedsend fingh fimsomeo fthebook s wehadbeens tudy fing . Un fo r tuna te fly ,th fi sseemedtohaveve ryfl fi t t flefimpa c t .Ge t t fingh fim mo t fiva tedtoreadth reehund redpage sonna tu ra flhea fl fingremed fie s wa sfl fike t ry fingto make wa te rﬂowuph fi fl fl .W eneededabe t te r way .

FOOD MATTERS : o YuAre Wha tYouEa t Th fi sfi showL au r en t fin eandIc am eup w fi thFOOD MA TTER S.I fw e cou fldn ’ tge t myfa the rtoreadabou tnu t r fi t fionandna tu ra flhea fl th , we figu red wecou fldp robab flyconv fin ceh fimto wa t chafi flmonthesub je c t . W eh adr e s e a r ch ed m anyo fth efi flm sth a tex fi s t edonth etop fi c . A fl though many we regoodandsome we reex ce fl flen t , we we ren ’ tconv fin cedtha tanyo fthe sefi flm s wou fld w finove r myfa the r .Le t ’ sfa cefi t , thea fl te rna t fivehea fl thfindu s t ryha sab fi to fabadrepu ta t fion . When mo s t peop flep fi c tu reana tu ra flthe rap fi s t ,theyenv fi s fiona mano ra womanfin swea tpan t so rada sh fik fisp finn fingc ry s ta fl sfinh fi so rhe rba ckya rd .They ce r ta fin flydon ’ tp fi c tu reado c to r whocanhe flpthemge tbe t te r .AndRoy wa snod fi f fe ren t .W eknewheneededtoseena tu ra flhea fl thfinanew fl figh t .So wede c fidedto makeafi flmtha t wou fldre s to rethefimageo fthe wond e r fu fl m enand wom en who ,th rou ghth e fi rfl fi f e -ch an g fin g wo rk , fl fiveuptoH fippo c ra te s ’ sfamou ssay fing ,“Le tthyfoodbethy med fi c fine andthy med fi c finebethyfood . ” W efinv e s t edou rfl fi f e ’ ss av fin g sfin to m ak fin g FOOD MA TTER S. W e bou gh tsom efi flmequ fipm en tandt r av e fl eda roundth e wo r fld—f rom Ho fl fland ,Lau ren t fine ’ shomecoun t ry ,andEng flandtotheEa s tand W e s t Coa s t so ftheUn fi tedS ta te s ,andthenAu s t ra fl fia—tofin te rv fiewa fl flo fthe

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do c to r s ,nu t r fi t fion fi s t s ,s c fi en t fi s t s ,and w e fl fln e s sexp e r t sw eh adb e en s tudy fingth roughou tRoy ’ sfi fl flne s s . A f te rou rse cond mon tho fﬁ flm fing , web rough ttherawfoo tageto Roy ,te fl fl fingh fim we we ren ’ tfleav fingun t fi flhego t we fl fl .W e we reona m fi s s fion ,andnoonecou flds topu s—no tevenRoyo rh fi steamo fdo cto r s .A safam fi fly , we wa t chedtheuned fi tedfin te rv fiew s .Be fo reflong ,Roy wa shooked . Wha ts toodou t ,heto fldu sfla te r , wa sthes to ryabou tone o fh fi s many med fi ca t fion sandhowfi to f tencau sedsu fi c fida flthough t s .Th fi s w a sRoy ’ s wo r s tf e a r .H ecou fldn ’ tb e fl fi ev eth eph a rm a c eu t fi c a fland m edfi ca flfindu s t r fie s wou fldknow fing flyp rodu ceandse fl flap rodu c ttha tcou fld po ten t fia fl flycau sepeop fletophy s fi ca fl flyha rmthem se flve s .No ton fly wa s mode rn med fi c fine ’ sbe t te r -fl fiv fing th rough chem fi s t ryapp roa chno the flp fin g ,fi tw a sm ak fin gh fim wo r s e .A flmo s tfimm ed fi a t e fly ,h ew en tf rom b e fl fi ev fin gfinth em ed fi c a flp ro f e s s fiontob e fl fi ev fin gfinth ea g e -o fldad a g e “Youa re wha tyouea t . ” T oge the r ,Lau ren t fineandIcondu c ted wha t wefl fiketoca fl fla“ f r fidge aud fi t . ”W eth rewou tanyfoodtha t wa sn ’ trea fl .Th fi sfin c fludeda fl flo fthe d fie tp rodu c t s ,a fl flo fthep ro ce s sedfood sandfa t s ,anda fl flo fthefa c to ry fa rmed mea tandda fi ry .W ethengu fidedRoyth roughade tox fiﬁ ca t fion p ro g r am ,add fin gfin mo r eand mo r eh e a fl thyfood stoh fi sd fi e t .A tth e samet fime , wehe flped weanh fimo f fh fi s med fi ca t fion sbypu t t fingh fimon asp e c fi a fl—andc flo s e fly mon fi to r ed—n a tu r a flsupp fl em en tr e g fim en .Roy ag reedtoou rhe flpaga fin s tthe w fi she so fh fi steamo fdo c to r s .Theyt r fied tos ca reh fimandpu shedfo r mo re med fi ca t fion s . Whenheto fldthemhe wan tedtos top ,thedo c to r sre sponded w fi thho r ro rs to r fie sabou t wha t wou fldhappenfi fhed fid ,fin c flud finga fl flo fthepo ten t fia flsymp tom sa s so c fia ted w fi th w fi thd rawa fl . W fi th finafew mon th s ,Roy wa sba cktoh fi so fldse fl f . Maybeevenbe tt e r .H ew a sou to fb ed , mov fin gf r e e flyanden e r g e t fi c a fl flya roundth e hou se .Heflo s t we figh tand wa snoflonge ranx fiou so rdep re s sed .Hes flep t th roughthen figh tand wokeupea ch mo rn fingre f re shedandreadyfo r

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theday . Heevens ta r tedjogg fingaga fin ,some th finghehadn ’ tdonefin yea r s . He wa srenewed . As fimp flecomm fi tmen ttona tu ra flfood sf reed h fimf romthech ron fi cfa t figuesynd rometha thadt rappedh fimfo rove r ﬁveyea r s .I t wa sama z fingto wa t ch . Lau ren t fineandIknew wehadtoshowou rdo cumen ta rytoa s many peop flea spo s s fib fleandexp fla fin whe rethefood ,ag r fi cu fl tu ra fl ,andpha r m a c eu t fi c a flfindu s t r fi e sh av egon ew ron g , wh fi fl eo f f e r fin gth eaud fi en c e na tu ra flso flu t fion stoeve rydayhea fl thp rob flem s .S fin cefi t sre flea sefin May 2008 ,FOOD MA TTERS ha sbeenseenby m fi fl fl fion so fpeop fleon fl fine ,fin thea te r s ,onte flev fi s fion ,ona fi r fl fine s ,andevenfinho sp fi ta fl sandcommun fi ty cen te r sa roundthe wo r fld ,f romConne c t fi cu ttoCambod fia ,finn fined fi f fe ren tflanguage s .

HUNGRYFOR C HANGE : You r Hea fl thI sfinYou r Hand s Wha ts t ru cku s mo s tabou tRoy ’ sre cove ry wa stherea c t fionf romh fi s f r fiend sandfam fi fly .A tfam fi flyga the r fing sandeven t s ,thefi r s tth fingthey wou fldsaytoRoy wa s“Wow ,youflookama z fing !You rsk finfi sv fib ran t , you ’veflo s tso mu ch we figh t ,andyouevenflookyounge r ! Wha thave youb e endo fin g ? ”Th eyh adfl fi t t fl efin t e r e s tfinh e a r fin gabou thowh e k fi ckedh fi s med fi ca t fion sandconque redh fi sfi fl flne s s .Theyon flyca redabou t h fi sphy s fi ca flappea ran ceandhowtheytoocou fldflo se we figh t ,fimp rove the fi rappea ran ce ,andrega fin mo reene rgy .A tth fi spo fin t weknewtha t wehadano the rfi flmonou rhand sandtha tfi thadthepo ten t fia fltorea ch aneven w fide raud fien ce . W ed fi s cov e r edth e r ew e r eso m any p eop fl e whoh av et r fi ed—and fa fi fled— toflo se we figh tth roughthefla te s tfadd fie t so r we figh t flo s sp rod u c t s .A fl fltoo manypeop fle , werea fl fi zed ,dea fl w fi thex ce s s we figh t ,b floa tfing ,a c fidreflux ,sk finfi r r fi ta t fion s ,foodc rav fing s ,emo t fiona flea t fing ,h figh

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b floodp re s su re ,andanadd fi c t fiontop ro ce s sedandsuga ryfood s .A fl flo f the sea res fign stha tthebodyfi sou to fba flan ce . Manytu rntod fie t sand d fie tp rodu c t sandbe comes flave stoanend fle s scy c fle : wha t weca fl flthe d fi e tt r ap .Bu tth egoodn ew sfi sth a tato t a flh e a fl tht r an s fo rm a t fionfi s po s s fib fleth roughana tu ra fld fie to ff re sh ,de fl fi c fiou s ,and wonde r fu flfood s pa cked w fi thfl fi fe su s ta fin fingnu t r fien t s . HANGEfi sded fi ca tedtohe flp fingpeop flee s capethed fie t HUNGRYFOR C t rap .Thefoodfindu s t ryha sfledu stobe fl fievetha tfi t sp rodu c t sa rego fing to m ak eu sh e a fl thy ,h appy ,s exy ,andyoun g .Th e s ep rom fi s e sa r ea s emp tya sthefoodandd r fink sthey ’ ret ry fingtose fl flu s .Thet ru thfi s we ’ve neve rbeenfa t te ro rfin wo r sehea fl th .HUNGRYFOR C HANGE revea fl sthe d fie t , we figh t -flo s s ,andfoodfindu s t r fie s ’de cep t fiveand man fipu fla t fings t ra t e g fi e sth a tk e epu scom fin gb a ckfo r mo r e ,ev en wh en w eknow w e shou fldn ’ t . W e wan tedtoshow peop fletha ttheon fly waytoa ch fievethebody andhea fl th wea fl fl wan tandde se rvefi sth roughana tu ra fld fie t .Bu t we cou fldn ’ tdoth fi sonou rown .Ju s ta sw ed fidfo rFOOD MA TTER S, w e en fl fi s t edth eh e flpo fth e wo r fld ’ sfl e ad fin gn a tu r a flh e a fl thand m ed fi c a fl expe r t s ,and menand women whod fi s cove redfla s t fing we figh tflo s s ,abundan tene rgy ,andv fib ran thea fl tha f te ryea r so fbe fings fi ckandove rwe figh t . Th e fi rs to r fi e sp rov eth a tfi t ’ spo s s fib fl etob r e akf r e ef romy e a r so fb ad ea t finghab fi t sands ta r tonajou rneytobe t te rhea fl th . W efinv fi teyoutojo finu sandtakecon t ro flo fyou rhea fl thandyou r fl fi fe .You rhea fl thfi sfinyou rhand s .

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C H A P T E RO N E

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h rou ghou th fi s to ry ,hum an sh av es t ru g g fl edtoﬁndc a flo r fi e s . Thou s and so fy e a r sa go , wh en w efl fiv edou tdoo r s ,w ed fidn ’ t a flw ay sknow wh eno r wh e r ew e ’dﬁndou rn ex tm e a fl . Ou r

bod fie she fldontoex t ra we figh tfino rde rtop ro te c tu sf romfam fine s .Th fi s fi sbe cau se whenou rhun te r ga the rer ga rdeneran ce s to r s— andth fi sgoe s r figh tuptoafewhund redyea r sago— foundsou r ce so ffa to rsuga r ,fi t mean tsu rv fiva fl .I t mean ttheycou fldca r ryfo r ththe fi rgene t fi cfl fine . “ I t ’ sno tyou rf au fl t , ”s ay sCh r fi s t fi an e No r th rup ,M .D . ,ab e s t s e fl fl fin g au tho randanexpe r ton women ’ shea fl th .“You ’ rep rog rammedtopu t onfa t wheneve rthe refi sfoodava fi flab fle .Th fi sfi show wea rea s mamma fl s . W e ’vefl fivedontheea r thfo rm fi fl flenn fia whe rethe re wa safoodsho r tage . Bu tnowthe refi saflo to ffoodava fi flab fle ,bu tfi t ’ sthe w rongk find .Andso we ’vebeenp rog rammedfo rm fi fl flenn fiatos to reupfo rthe w fin te r ,bu t the w fin te rdoe sn ’ tcome . ” Thehumanbodycome sw fi thready -madefa tp rog ram s ,a c co rd fing toJonGab r fie fl ,a we figh t flo s sexpe r tandfin te rna t fiona flbe s t se fl fl fingau tho r o fTh eGab r fi e fl M e th od,be cau sethe sep rog ram sp ro te c tu saga fin s tfam fine s . “Thehumanbody , ”hesay s ,“evo flvedtosu rv fivedu r fingafam fineo ra co fld w fin te ro r wha teve rk findo fs t re s s . Wha tth fi s mean sfi syou rbody fi sde s fignedtoho fldex t ra we figh tdu r fingape r fiodo fs t re s s ,andfi fyougo

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th roughas t re s stoday ,you rbody w fi fl flho fldontoanex t ra10pound s top ro te c tfi t se fl f . ” Be cau seou rbod fie sa reb fio flog fi ca fl flyadap tedtos to refa t , wecon t finue toseekou tca flo r fie s ,pa r t fi cu fla r flyfa t sandsuga r s .I f weta s tesome th fing fa t ty ,fo rfin s tan ce ,o rsome th fingswee t ,thebodysend su sanfimmed fia te s fi gn a flth a ts ay s ,“Y e s ,I w an t mo r eo fth fi s . ”C r av fin gth e s efood sfi sp e r f e c t flyno rm a fl .So wh en w eb fi t efin toabu r g e ro rt ak eas fipo fa m fi flksh ak e , and w et a s t etho s ef a t sandtho s esu g a r sa g a fin ,ou rbod fi e st e fl flu stoe a t , b e c au s eth eya r eu s edtofl fiv fin gfinanenv fi ronm en t wh e r eth e r efi sf e a s t andf am fin e .“Th ep rob fl emtod ay , ”s ay sD an fi e flV fi t a fl fi s ,afl e ad fin gh e a fl th , nu t r fi t fion ,andp e r son a fld ev e flopm en ts t r a t e g fi s t ,“ fi sw e ’v ego tf e a s tfl fik e nobody ’ sbu s fin e s s .W eju s tdon ’ th av eanyf am fin e .W eh av eana flmo s t un fl fim fi t edsupp flyo fc a flo r fi esou r c e s .Andth fi sfi s wh e r ew erunfin top robfl em s .W e ’ r ee a t fin gtoo mu cho fth ew ron gfood s . ” I f weflooka roundthe wo r fld , weseetha thumanbe fing shavebeen ab fletofinhab fi tthe who fleg flobe .They ’vebeenab fletodofi tonaho s to f d fi f f e r en tfood s—f romth eex t r em eA r c t fi c , wh e r ep eop fl eh av ee a t en a flmo s tex c flu s five flyan fima flfa tand mu s c fleando rgan mea t s ,tothejung fle , whe repeop flehada c ce s stofa r mo ref ru fi t sandp flan t ma te r fia fl . “On eo fth eth fin g sw es e efinth efoodo ftod ay ’ shun t e r g a th e r e r ga rdene rpeop flefi stha tfi tcon ta fin sanex t reme flyh fighamoun to fnu t r fit fionandanex t r em e flyflowamoun to fc a flo r fi e s , ”s ay sV fi t a fl fi s .“W es e e p eop fl eth r fiv fin gandp eop fl es t ay fin gfl e anandh e a fl thyandavo fid fin g d e g en e r a t fiv ed fi s e a s e sandno tpu t t fin gonex t r aw e fi gh t ,r e g a rd fl e s so f wh a to rhow mu chth eye a t .W es e ep eop fl efl fiv fin gfinh a rmony w fi th the fi re co sy s tem sandthe fi rbod fie s . ” T oday ,ou rd fie tnoflonge rre semb fle stha t .Ou rso -ca fl fled mode rnfood s con ta finave ryh fighnumbe ro fca flo r fie sandave ryflowamoun to fnu t r fi t fion .W enoflon g e re a tth efood sw e ’ r eb fio flo g fi c a fl flyad ap t edto— th e s fimp fl efood s :p fl an tfood s ,f ru fi t s ,nu t s ,s e ed s ,v e g e t ab fl e s ,andan fim a fl food so fh fighqua fl fi ty .W e ’vegonef romfl fiv fingo f fou rna tu ra flenv fi ron -

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Nu t r fi t fion C a flo r fie s Im agecou r te syo fPe te r Men ze fl ,Hung r yP flane t : Wha tthe Wo r fldEa t s

m en ta shun t e r -g a th e r e r g a rd en e rp eop fl ed fid—ands t fi fl fldofinsom e p fl a c e s—toe a t fin gfindu s t r fi a fl fi z ed ,g en e t fi c a fl fly mod fifi ed ,anda r t fifi c fi a fl fly p rodu cedfood s .A tthesamet fime , we ’veadop tedth fi sre fla t five flynew findoo r ,seden ta ryfl fi fe s ty fle . Ou rbod fie sa reno tde s fignedtos fi ta tde sk s unde rfluo re s cen tfl figh t sandea tp ro ce s sedjunkfooda fl fldayflong . Byov e r flo ad fin gonp ro c e s s edfoodand fi gno r fin gth ev fi t am fin s ,m fin e r a fl s , fib e r s ,andh e a fl thyf a t sth a tw en e ed ,w ea r ee s s en t fi a fl flypo fi son fin gou r-

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s e flv e sw fi thc a flo r fi e s .W ea r es fimu fl t an eou s flyov e r e a t fin gan ds t a rv fin gou r s e flv e stod e a th .Andso w ek e epe a t fin gandk e epe a t fin gandk e epe a t fin g , wh fi ch fl e ad sto mo r eand mo r ep rob fl em s .W es e eth fin g s fl fik ed fi ab e t e s .W e s e eb floodsu g a rfimb a fl an c efi s su e s ,and w es e eaflo to fw e fi gh tg a fin . “Th fi sfi sno ttheca se w fi thfind figenou scu fl tu re s , ”V fi ta fl fi ssay s .“The fi r d fie tfi styp fi ca fl flyflowe rfinca flo r fie sbu tha stent fime sthefa t -so flub flev fi ta m fin s ,fl fikev fi tam fin sA ,E ,D ,and K ,thanou r mode rnd fie t . Andfind figenou sd fie t scon ta finfou rt fime sthe wa te r so flub flev fi tam fin s— v fi tam fin sB andC .The refi s mo renu t r fi t fionfinthe fi rfoodthanfinou rre commended d a fi flya fl flow an c eo fnu t r fi en t s .W edon ’ ts e eth es am ech ron fi c ,d e g ene ra t fived fi sea se s weseefinso ca fl fled mode rnpeop fle .W edon ’ tseethe p reva flen ceo fcan ce r .W edon ’ tseehea r td fi sea se .W edon ’ tseea r th r fi t fi c cond fi t fion s .I f wecon t finuetofl fiveon flyonthep ro ce s sedfood s weﬁnd finou r mode rnsupe rma rke t s , we ’ rego fingtocon s tan t flyhavep rob flem s . “Be cau sethe sefood s makeu sfa t . “The sefood s makeu ss fi ck . “The sefood sb reakdownou rpan c rea sandg fiveu sd fiabe te s . “The sefood sg fiveu scan ce r . ” So ,howdo we weanou r se flve so f fthe sefood s?Ea sy .Byea t fingfood finfi t ss fimp fle s tand mo s tw fi fldfo rm . When wes tepou t s fideo ftha tsupe r ma rke tse t t fing , when wes ta r tgo fingtothefa rme r s ’ ma rke t s , when we s ta r tgo fingtothefa rm s , wedon ’ thaveto wo r ryabou tthe sep rob flem s anymo re .W ecanfle tou rbod fie sgu fideu s .W edon ’ thaveto wo r ryabou t pu t t fingon we figh t—o rkeep fingfi to f f—be cau sethebodydoe sn ’ t wan t tobeove rwe figh t . You rbodyfi sde s fignedtobehea fl thy .I twan t s tobehea fl thy . Oneo f theb figge s tt r fi ck sthe ma rke t fingfindu s t ryha su sedaga fin s tu sfi stocon v fin ceu stha tou rbod fie sa ret ry fingtoge tfa t .And wehavetosomehow wh fipthemfin toshape ,s topthem ,ﬁgh tthema fl flthet fime .Tha t ’ ss fimp fly no tt rue .

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I f wefle tou rbodydo wha tfi t wan t stodofinanenv fi ronmen tfu fl flo f hea fl thycho fi ce s ,then wecanfl five w fi thou tfea ro f we figh tga finand we canfl five w fi thou tfea ro fdegene ra t fived fi sea se .

Wha t ’ san Unhea fl thy D fie t? “Youa re wha tyouea t . ”I t ’ sasay finga so flda sw r fi t tenh fi s to ry .Bu tbe fo re wecaneventa flkabou tthecon sequen ce so funhea fl thyfoodcho fi ce sfo r ana t fion , wehavetoengagefinsomehone s tta flkabou t wha tfi scon s fid e redanunhea fl thyd fie t . The U .S . Depa r tmen to f Ag r fi cu fl tu re(USDA ) wan t s Ame r fi can sto ea t mo reo feve ry th fing—mo reda fi ry , mo re mea t , mo reg ra fin s ,and even mo resuga r .T ofi t sm find ,“poo rnu t r fi t fion ”ju s t mean speop fle a ren ’ tea t fingenoughda fi ry , mea t ,g ra fin s ,andsuga r .The USDA rema fin ss tu ckfinthe m find se to fthe1930 s , whenpeop fle we refl fi te ra fl fly s ta rv fingf romafla cko fca flo r fie s .Sothe USDApo fl fi cyfin ce s san t fly rema fin s ,“Ea t mo re ! ” Bu tAme r fi can sdon ’ tneedtoea t mo re .Theyneedtoea tfle s s .Aflo t fl e s s . Ande sp e c fi a fl flyfl e s so fth eh fi gh flytox fi c ,d fi s e a s e p romo t fin gfood s de s c r fibedbe flow . A c co rd fingto M fikeAdam s ,re sea r che randfounde ro fNa tu ra flNew s . com ,the sea rethe ma fincha ra c te r fi s t fi c so fanunhea fl thyd fie t : fima r fi flycon s fi s t so fdeadfood s( cooked ,m fi c rowaved ,e t c . ) •Pr fima r fi flycon s fi s t so freﬁnedg ra fin s(m fi fl fled ,b flea ched ,e t c . ) •Pr fi t fie so ff re sh ,fl fiv fingf ru fi t sandvege tab fle s •Lacksflargequant fid sad equ a t ew a t e rhyd r a t fion( andfo cu s e son m anu f a c tu r ed •Avo beve rage s )

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fighfinp ro ce s sedsuga r sandp ro ce s sedca rbohyd ra te s •Isveryh fin sgene t fi ca fl fly mod fified(GM )food s ,su cha sco rnandsoy ,and •Conta suga rf romGMsuga rbee t s flude safla rgeamoun to fho rmone fladenandpa s teu r fi zedconven •Inc t fiona flda fi ryp rodu c t s ,su cha scow m fi flk fi thhund r ed so fd fi f f e r en tch em fi c a flfoodadd fi t fiv e s ,f rom •Is made w MSGanda spa r tametochem fi ca flp re se rva t five s fi ccon ta fine r sfin c flud fingp fla s t fi c sandepoxyre s fin s •Ispackagedfintox tha tcon tam fina tethefood w fi thb fi spheno flA(BPA ) fima r fi flycon s fi s t so fconven t fiona fl flyg rown ,pe s t fi c fide con tam fina ted •Pr food s fin safl a r g equ an t fi tyo funh e a fl thyo fi fl s ,su cha sco rn ,soy ,o r •Conta pa r t fia fl flyhyd rogena tedo fi fl s fi s t so fafla rgenumbe ro ff r fiedfood so rfood scookeda tave ry •Cons h fightempe ra tu re , wh fi chde s t roy snu t r fien t s wh fi flea fl soc rea t fingca rc finogen fi ccompound s fi th many mod fified ,unna tu ra flfing red fien t s ,su cha shyd ro •Is made w gena tedo fi fl s ,refinedsuga r s( therefin fingp ro ce s sremove sthe m fine ra fl s ) ,homogen fi zed m fi flkfa t s ,andsoon fi s t so fafla rgequan t fi tyo ffa c to ry -fa rmedandfa c to ry fedan fima fl •Cons p rodu c t s

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g rewup fintheUn fi tedS ta te s finthe1980 s ,ared -b floodedp rodu c to fthe findu st r fia fl foodcomp fle x .Iwa se xpo sedt oa fl flk find so fp ro ce s sedandre finedfood s .Ia t e

wh fi t eb read ,wh fi t eflou r ,p ro ce s sedco rn -andso y -ba sedp rodu c t s .Ig rewupon pa s t eu r fi zed findu s t r fia flda fi r yp rodu c t s ,and m y mea tcamew rapped finS t y ro foam andp fla s t fi c . Mo s t fl y ,though ,Ia t efoodtha tcamefind fi f fe ren tshape sandco flo r s— food s ,I unde r s tandnow ,tha twe re mo reabou t ma r ke t fingthannu t r fi t fion .Bo xedce rea fl s we re m yfa vo r fi t e . When m y mo the rb rough t met othesupe rma r ke t ,ab fig ,g fl fi t z y ,

g flamo rou sma fl flo fp ro ce s sedfood s , Iu sedt orunr figh tt othece rea fla fi s fle ,begg fing he rfo raspe c fi fi ck findo fce rea flbe cau seo ftheca r t ooncha ra c t e ronthepa c kagfing . Ic ra ved fi ta fl flthet fime . L fi kee ve r yonee fl sefin m ygene ra t fion ,Ig rewupfinag fian tfin t e rna t fiona flfood e xpe r fimen t .Ca fl flu stheGene t fi ca fl fl y Mod fi fiedGene ra t fion .Bu the re ’ stheth fing . Tha te xpe r fimen tfa fi fledu s . Ihada flo to fre sp fi ra t o r y fi s sue sa sak fid .Ithough tIhada s thma .Iwa sh ype r fin flameda fl flthet fime ,and Ihadno fidea fi twa sbe cau seo fthek find so ffood Iwa s ea t fing . Un t fi fl Iwa sabou tfi f t een .Af r fiendo fm finehandedmeacop yo fTheG rapeCu re , wh fi chba s fi ca fl fl ych ron fi c fledag roupo fpeop flewhoha r ve s t edg rape s finEu ropefo r

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w fine .Du r fingthep ro ce s s ,the yfa s t edong rape sfo racoup fleo fwee k s .Be cau se o fth fi sfa s t ,a c co rd fin gt otheboo k ,the yp re ven t edaflo to fthesamech ron fi c , degene ra t fi ved fi sea se sweseet oda yfinou rcu fl tu re ,pa r t fi cu fla r fl ycan ce r s .Tha t ’ s whenIs ta r t edt ounde r s tandthe fideatha tfoodcou fldbe fl fi kea med fi c finefo ru s , andwecou fldu sefoodt oc flean seandre ju vena t eou rbod fie s .And fi fwed fidtha t pe r fiod fi ca fl fl y ,we m figh te venbeab flet o fl fi ve flonge r ,hea fl th fie r fl fi ve s . Wh fi ch made meth fin kabou tthefoodIwa sea t fing . Whe red fidfi tcomef rom ? Wh ywa s Iea t fing fi t ?Que s t fion s fl fi kethe se made mewan tt ochange m yd fie t .And youknowwha t ?On ceId fid ,m yhea fl thp rob flem ss ta r t edt ogoawa y .E ve rs fin ce , I ’ vebeenonaque s tt ob r fingth fi s me s saget othewo r fld . Th roughou tm yca ree r , I ’ ves tud fied find figenou speop fle so fthep flane t .Upun t fi fl 200yea r sago ,find figenou speop flefl fi vedfinha rmon yw fi ththe fi re co s y s t em sand the fi rbod fie s .The yd fidn ’ tha vethech ron fi cdegene ra t fi ved fi sea se sweha vet oda y . The yd fidn ’ tb rea kdownthewa ywe ’ reb rea k fingdownt oda y . W e ’ vegonef romano rgan fi smtha tfl fi ve sfinen v fi ronmen t sju s ta sthehun t e r ga the re rpeop flea fl flo v e rthewo r fldd fid ,ands t fi fl fldofinsomep fla ce s ,t oafu fl fl y dome s t fi ca t edspe c fie stha tsu r v fi ve sons yn the t fi ca fl fl yp ro ce s sedfood sandcome s finregu fla rcon ta c tw fi thd fi f fe ren tp fla s t fi c sandpe t ro chem fi ca fl s ,wh fi chweab so rb th roughou rs k fin s—e ve r y th fingf romce fl flophanet oan y floncom f o r t e r . W e ’ vebe comes t range r st ona tu re .Andthebe s twa yt o fl fi ve flonge r ,hea fl th fie r fl fi ve s fi st ore -w fi fldou r se fl ve sb yre tu rn fingt ona tu rewhene ve rwecan .Rep fla cethe n y floncom fo r t e rw fi thaco t t ono rdownone .Rep fla cetheGORE TEXja c ke tw fi th woo fl .Rep fla cethep fla s t fi ccou chw fi thna tu ra fl ma t e r fia fl s .Addfinflo ca fl fl yp rodu ced flou rfo rwh fi t eflou r .Addfinflo ca fl fl yp rodu cedo r gan fi cm fi fl kfo rpa s t eu r fi zedand ma s s -p rodu ced m fi fl k . Mo v efinad fi re c t fiontha tb r fin g syouc flo se rt owa rdare app ro x fima t fiono fyou rna tu ra fld fie t . Is t fi fl flea tthesamek find so ffood s Ig rewupw fi th . I ju s tea ttherea flve r s fion so f them ,thew fi fldve r s fion sw fi tha fl flo fthegoodne s sandnu t r fien t stha tkeepme flean , t r fim ,v fib ran t ,andhea fl th y . An a t u r e b a s e dp h fi fl o s o p h e r ,D a n fi e flV fi t a fl fi s fi sa fl e a d fi n gh e a fl t h ,n u t r fi t fi o n ,a n dp e r s o n a fl › › d e v e fl o pm e n ts t r a t e g fi s t .H et e a c h e st h a to u r fi n v fi n c fi b fl eh e a fl t h fi sap r o d u c to f fl fi v fi n g fi n

a fl fi g nm e n tw fi t ho u rb fi o fl o g fi c a fld e s fi g na n do u rr o fl e fi nt h ee c o s y s t em .H e fi n c o r p o r a t e st h e w fi s d omo f fi n d fi g e n o u sp e o p fl e s fi n t oo u rm o d e r n fl fi v e s .H fi sw e b s fi t e fi swww . d a n fi e fl v fi t a fl fi s . c om .

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On eo fth eb fi g g e s tc au s e so fob e s fi tyfi sadd fi c t fion .P eop fl es fimp flyc an ’ t s topea t fingfood stheyknowa rebadfo rthem .W ea fl flunde r s tandadd fi c t fiontoc figa re t te s .W ea fl flunde r s tandadd fi c t fiontoa fl coho fl .Bu t wedon ’ t ye tfu fl flyunde r s tandadd fi c t fiontofood ,eventhoughthefoodfindu s t ry know fing flyadd sadd fi c t fivechem fi ca fl sfin toou rfood ,no tun fl fikehowthe tob a c cofindu s t ryknow fin g flyadd edn fi co t fin etoc fi g a r e t t e sfino rd e rto makethemadd fi c t five . Thefoodfindu s t ryeng finee r sadd fi c t fion sfin to manyo fou rfood s .I tfi s a mu fl t fib fi fl fl fion do fl fl a rfindu s t ry w fi thth es c fi en t fiﬁ cr e sou r c e sandth e whe rew fi tha fltofiden t fi fy wha tta s te sgoodtotheave ragecon sume rand th en m anu f a c tu r ech em fi c a fld e r fiv a t fiv e so fth a tﬂ avo rfin toou rfood . Tho sechem fi ca flde r fiva t five so f tenfin c fludeanadd fi c t fivecomponen t . “Theob je c t fiveo fthefoodfindu s t ryfi sno ttog fiveyouap rodu c ttha t fi sh e a fl thy , ”s ay sA fl e j and roJun g e r ,M .D . ,b e s t s e fl fl fin gau tho ro fC fl e an: Th eR e v o flu t fi ona r yP r o g ram t oR e s t o r e th eB od y ’ sNa tu ra flAb fi fl fi t y t oH ea flI t s e fl f . “ I tfi stog fiveyouap rodu c ttha tw fi fl fl makeyou wan ttobuyfi t ,tha tw fi fl fl haveaflongshe fl ffl fi fe ,andtha tw fi fl fl makeaflo to f moneyfo rthe peop fle p rodu c fingfi t . ”Thefoodfindu s t ry ’ sgoa flfi stose fl flyou mo refood . “And wha t ’ sthebe s t waytodoth fi s? ”a sk sadd fi c t fionspe c fia fl fi s tand b e s t s e fl fl fin gau tho rJa sonV a fl e .“By m an fipu fl a t fin gthech em fi ca fls t ru c tu r e

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FASTFOOD ,FA TPRO F ITS S fin ce2001 ,theyea r -on -yea rannua flre venue so fAme r fi ca ’ sfa s tfood fi ndu st r yha vefin c rea sedb yabou t20pe r cen t .A tthesamet fime ,thenumbe ro f fa s tfoodad sd fi re c teda tAme r fi canch fi fld renha sa fl sofin c rea sed .A c co rd fing toE r fi cS ch flo s se r ,au tho ro fFa s tFoodNa t fion,thet yp fi ca flp re s choo fle rnow see sabou tth reefa s tfoodad sonte fle v fi s fione ve r yda y ,wh fi flethet yp fi ca fl teenage rsee sabou tfi ve .“ Theend fle s sba r rageo fad s ,to y s ,con te s t s ,and ma rke t fingg fimm fi ck sfue fl sno ton fl yfa s tfoodsa fle s ,bu ta fl soaw fiderangeo f d fie t -re fla ted fi fl flne s se s , ”hew ro teonTheDa fi fl yBea s tontheten thann fi ve r sa r y o fthepub fl fi ca t fiono fh fi sbook .“ Abou ttwo -th fi rd so ftheadu fl t s fintheUn fi ted S ta te sa reobe seo ro ve rwe figh t .Theobe s fi t yra teamongp re s choo fle r sha s doub fled finthepa s tth fi r t yyea r s .Thera teamongch fi fld renageds fi xtoe fle ven ha st r fip fled .Andb ysomeoddco fin c fiden ce ,theannua flco s to fthena t fion ’ s obe s fi t yep fidem fi c—abou t$168b fi fl fl fion ,a sca fl cu fla tedb yre sea r che r sa tEmo r y Un fi ve r s fi t y— fi sthesamea stheamoun to f mone yAme r fi can sspen tonfa s t food fin2011 . ”

o ffoodsofi t ’ semp tybu tta s te sfl fikefi t ’ sthebe s tand mo s tfu flfi fl fl fingth fing we ’veeve rea ten . ” Ap ro ce s sed ,refined -suga r ba sedfood ,fo rfin s tan ce ,o rasoda made w fi thh fi gh -f ru c to s eco rnsy rupd e fl fiv e r sab fio ch em fi c a flch a r g etoou r b ra fin stha t make su sfee fl momen ta r fi flyup fl fi f tedo r momen ta r fi flyhappy . And wege tu sedtotha tfee fl fing , wh fi ch make su s wan ttos flamcook fie s o rfa s tfoodo rsoda stoge t mo reo ftha t momen ta ryfee fl fingo fe fla t fion . Bu tthentha tfee fl fingve ryqu fi ck flyd rop so f fand we ’ refle f tun fu flfi fl fled . Wh e r ea r eth eth fin g sth a tth ebodyandth em findr e a fl flyc r av e ?Th e an swe r ,a c co rd fingtothefoodfindu s t ry ,fi stobuyano the rcano fsoda o rhaveano the rcook fieo rp fie ceo fcake . W efl fi te ra fl flycan ’ tge tenough .

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“H fi gh flyfin t e fl fl fi g en tp eop fl ea roundth e wo r flda r eg e t t fin g mo rb fid fly obe se , ”say sV a fle .“Theyknowfu fl fl we fl fltha tthefood stheya recon sumfing w fi fl flk fi fl flthem . Andtha t ’ sno tju s teven tua fl fly ,bu tonada fi flyba s fi s . They ’ redy fingave rys flowdea th . Whydotheykeepdo fingth fi s?Be cau se theycan ’ ts top .They ’ readd fi c ted . ”V a fleadd s ,“ I t ’ sfl fikebe fingfinqu fi ck sand andcon s tan t flybe fingto fldtoge tou t ,bu tthena tu reo fthebea s tfi sto d ragyoufa r the rdown . Add fi c t fion st ran s cendflog fi candfin te fl fl figen ce— flu ck fi flythe refi sa wayou t . ”

MSG ,Aspa r tame ,andCa f fe fine A tthehea r to fthe seadd fi c t fion sa re MSG ,a spa r tame ,andca f fe fine . Mono sod fiumg flu tama te , mo recommon flyknowna s MSG ,fi sap ro ce s sedg flu tam fi ca c fid . MSGfi sa fl soo f tenflabe fleda sE621 ,yea s tex t ra c t , au to fly z edy e a s t ,hyd ro fly z edv e g e t ab fl ep ro t e fin ,o rsod fiumc a s e fin a t e , amongo the r s . “MSGandf reeg flu tama te sa reu sedtoenhan cetheflavo rfinabou t 80p e r c en to fa fl flp ro c e s s edfood s , ”s ay sR aymondF r an c fi s ,an M IT t ra fineds c fien t fi s tandreg fi s te rednu t r fi t fioncon su fl tan t . I t ’ sfoundfinth ev a s tm a jo r fi tyo fp ro c e s s edfood s ,d fi e t a rysupp fl e men t s ,co sme t fi c s ,pe r sona flca rep rodu c t s ,pha rma ceu t fi ca fl s ,andpe tfood . “MSGfi r s ts ta r tedtobeu sedfinfooddu r fing wa r t fime[Wo r fld W a rI I ] andaddedfin totheseara t fion so fJapane seso fld fie r stofin c rea seta s teand s t fimu fl a t eapp e t fi t e , ”a c co rd fin gto Ru s s e fl fl B fl ay flo ck ,M .D . ,abo a rd ce r t fifiedneu ro su rgeonandno tedau tho r .“Theyhadd fi s cove redflong agotha tfi fyouaddafl fi t t fleb fi to f mono sod fiumg flu tama te ,fi t make sfood “MSGandf reeg flu tama tesa reusedtoenhancethefla vo r finabou t80pe rcen to fa fl flp rocessedfoods . ” —RAYMONDFRANC IS

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t a s t ev e rygood .Sofi fyout ak eav e ryb adt a s t fin gfood ,p a r t fi cu fl a r fly cannedfood s , wh fi chhavetha tt finny typeta s te ,andyoupu t MSGfin fi t ,fi tju s tt a s t e ss c rump t fiou s .W e fl fl , wh enth efood m anu f a c tu r e r sgo t wo rdo fth fi sd fi s cove ry ,theytoos ta r tedadd fing MSGtofood ,fin c flud fing babyfood s . ” Inadd fi t fionto m ak fin gu sw an ttoe a t mo r e , MSGa c t fiv e flyex c fi t e sth e p a r to fou rb r a fin sfinch a r g eo fou rf a tp ro g r am s . On c eth a tp a r to fou r b r a fin s fi sex c fi t ed ,ou rbod fi e sa c t fiv a t eth e s ep ro g r am s ,wh fi ch m ak eu sho fld ontof a t .“Ev e rys c fi en t fi s tknow sth fi s , ”s ay sJonG ab r fi e fl .“Wh enyouw an t tos tudyob e s fi tyandyou w an ttos tudyaf a t mou s e ,youh av eto m ak e a mou s ef a t ,b e c au s em fi c ea r en ’ tf a t .Soth ew ayyou m ak ea mou s ef a t fi sbyf e ed fin gh fim MSG .Th e r e ’ sev enat e rmfo r fi t .I t ’ sc a fl fl ed MSGob e s fi ty findu c ed m fi c e .Andth fi sfi sfin80p e r c en to f mod e rn -d ayfood s . ” Goog flefi t . Ju s ta s MSG w reak shavo conou rb ra fin ,sotoodoa spa r tameand o the ra r t fiﬁ c fia flswee tene r s .The seswee tene r sfin c fludedange rou stox fi c sub s t an c e sth a tc an w r e akh avo conou rbod fi e s .A sp a r t am efi s mo s t common flyfoundfin m anyd fi e tandsu g a r f r e ev a r fi e t fi e so ffood sand d r fink s—eve ry th fingf romsoda stob rea th m fin t stocook fie stoce rea fl sto fi cedtea sandju fi ced r fink s . D r .Jo seph Me r co fla ,ano s teopa th fi cphy s fi c fian ,w ro teabookabou t a r t fiﬁ c fia flswee tene r st fi t fledSw e e tD e c ep t fi on. Hesay sthe sea refa r wo r se fo ru sthansuga r .“A spa r tamefi s ma rke teda sna tu ra fl ,bu tfi t ’ sa c tua fl fly ad fipep t fide , wh fi ch mean sthe rea retwoam finoa c fid sfl finkedtoge the r , a spa r t fi ca c fidandpheny fla flan fine .W e fl fl ,tho setwoam finoa c fid sa rena tura fl ,bu tthey we reneve rde s fignedtobefl finkedtoge the rfl fiketha tand th ent ak enfinsu chfl a r g eamoun t s .Th ey ’ r ea c tu a fl flyconn e c t ed w fi th wha t ’ sca fl fledane s te rbond . Whenth fi se s te rbondb reak sapa r t , me thano flfi st ran spo r tedpa s ttheb flood–b ra finba r r fie randgoe sfin totheb ra fin andtu rn stofo rma fldehyde , wh fi chfi sve ry ,ve rytox fi candcou fldcau se tumo r s ,se fi zu re s ,m fig ra fine s ,andheada che s . ”

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ASPARTAME Jame sS ch fla t te r ,achem fi s ta tG . D.Sea r fleandCompan y ,d fi s co ve reda spa r tamefin1965wh fi flere sea r ch fin ganan t fi u fl ce rd ru g .I twa sapp ro vedf o ru se find r ygood s fin1981andapp ro vedf o ru se finca rbona tedbe ve ra ge stwoyea r s fla te r ,fin1983 .A spa r tame—ma r k e tedunde rtheb randname sNu t raSwee t , Equa fl ,andCande re fl— fi so f ten fl fi s teda sE951 . A spa r tamecanbecommon fl yf ound finthef o fl flow fin gf ood sandd r fink s : B rea th m fin t s Ca rbona tedso f td r fink sM

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O th e ra fi flm en t sfin c flud en eu ro flo g fi c a flandco gn fi t fiv ep rob fl em sth a t o f ten m fim fi c mu fl t fip fles c fle ro s fi s . “No th finge fl sedoe sfi tfinyou rb ra finqu fi tefl fikead fie tsoda , ”say sD r . No r th rup .“Andtha t ’ sbe cau sethe re ’ sadead flycomb fina t fiono fa spa rtameandca f fe fine .Tho setwotoge the rc rea teave ryun fiqueb flendo f ex c fi to tox fintha tk fi fl fl so f fb ra fince fl fl s .Bu tbe fo retheyd fietheyhaveth fi s ex c fi temen ttha t ’ sfl fikeabu z z .So wha tyouﬁnd w fi thb rand -named fie t sodaadd fi c t s ,pa r t fi cu fla r fly women who wan ttokeepthe fi r we figh tdown , fi stheysome t fime sd r finkafl fi te rtotwofl fi te r saday .Theydon ’ tea t .They ju s thavethenex tbu z zo fd fie tsoda . Ove rt fime ,th fi scanfleadtosymp tom stha tm fim fi c mu fl t fip fles c fle ro s fi s .The re ’ sheada che s .The re ’ sneu ro flog fi cp rob flem s .The re ’ sa fl flk find so fp rob flem s . ”

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Suga rI sa D rug Thenumbe ronesou r ceo fca flo r fie sfintheUn fi tedS ta te sfi sf ru c to se ,and fi t ’ sh figh flyadd fi c t five . “Wh enfi tcom e stoh fi gh f ru c to s eco rnsy rup , ”s ay sM fik e Ad am s ,a con sum e rh e a fl thadvo c a t eanded fi to ro fN a tu r a flN ew s . com ,“ aflo to f p eop fl edon ’ tr e a fl fi z e fi t sd an g e r s .H fi gh -f ru c to s eco rnsy rupobv fiou s flycom e s f romco rn ,bu t fi t ’ sno tn a tu r a fl ,b e c au s e fi t ’ san fi so fl a t ednu t r fi en t .Fo rex am p fl e ,co c a fin ecom e sf romco c a fl e av e s ,andco c a fl e a ft e a fi sp e r f e c t flys a f efo r you rh e a fl th .Th e r e ’ snoh a rmfind r fink fin gco c at e a ,andfi t ’ sno tadd fi c t fiv e , bu tyouwou fldn ’ tw an ttosno r tco c a fin ef romth eh fi gh flyr eﬁn edco c at e a . “W e fl fl ,e a t fin gh fi gh f ru c to s eco rnsy rup , fin myop fin fion , fi sa flo t fl fik esno r t fin gco c a fin e .I t fi sth eh fi gh flyr eﬁn ed , fi so fl a t edandcon c en t r a t ed ,ch em fi c a fl fly m an fipu fl a t edv e r s fiono fsom e th fin gth a t ’ sfoundandg rownfinco rn . ” Wh fi chh e flp sexp fl a finwhyw e ’ r ehook edonf ru c to s eandwhyou radd fi ct fiontofi tfi sg e t t fin g wo r s e .Inth e1900 s ,th eav e r a g ep e r soncon sum ed abou t15g r am so ff ru c to s e ,o rfl e s sth ananoun c ead ay .Th eav e r a g ep e r sontod aycon sum e s70to80g r am sad ay ,andth e r ea r em anyk fid s ,p r fi m a r fi flyt e en a g e r s , whoa r et ak fin gfin120 ,130 ,o r150g r am so ff ru c to s ea d ay .Tha t ’ sfl fi te ra fl flytent fime stheamoun tpeop flefinge s tedacen tu ryago .

1 20– 150g P re sen t 70–80g 1900 s 15g

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Th fi stypeo fexpo su recanfleadtosomeve ryseve re me tabo fl fi cconsequen ce sandexa ce rba teadd fi c t fivep ro ce s se s , wh fi ch makefi tnex tto fimpo s s fib fletob reakthecy c fleo fc rav fingunhea fl thyfood sandd r fink s . Int e rm so fju s tth eg fly c em fi cfind ex( anfind fi c a t fiono fhowqu fi ck fly food sconve r tfin tosuga rfintheb flood ) ,h figh f ru c to seco rnsy rupfi sfl fike je tfue flfo ryou rbody .I fyoupou rje tfue flfin toyou rca r ’ sga so fl finetank , you ’ rego fingtoru finyou reng fineandbu rnfi tou t . Mu chthesameth fing happen sfinthehumanbody . Wh fi fl eth e r e ’ sno th fin gen t fi r e flyw ron gw fi tha fl fi t t fl esu g a rnowanda g a fin , fi t ’ sc ru c fi a fltod efin e wh a tw em e anby mod e r a t fion ,b e c au s ew es e emto h av eflo s tth eb a s fi ccon c ep to f mod e r a t fion . Am e r fi c an stod aycon sum e abou t150pound so fsu g a rand79pound so fh fi gh f ru c to s eco rnsy rup p e ry e a r .Th a tamoun t stoabou t22t e a spoon so fsu g a rp e rd ay . Su g a r fi s finev e ry th fin g—f romcou ghsy ruptoc r a ck e r stoc e r e a fltosu sh fi . I t ’ sa flmo s tfimpo s s fib fl etoavo fid .Bu th e r ecom e sth et r fi ckyp a r t : Wh en you ’ r eth fink fin gabou twh a ttoe a t , fi fyou ’ r ewo rk fin gtor edu c eyou rsu g a r fin t ak e ,you rd efin fi t fiono f wh a tsu g a rfi sr e a fl flyn e ed stoexp and . The rea re manyd fi f fe ren tfo rm so fsuga r—wh fi tec ry s ta fl fl fi zedsuga r , map flesy rup , ma fl tedba r fley ,f ru fi tsuga r ,andh figh -f ru c to seco rnsy rup , bu tevenp ro ce s sedca rbohyd ra te sa reafo rmo fsuga r .On ceyou rbody b r e ak sdownth e s ec a rbohyd r a t e s ,th eytu rntosu g a r ,fimm ed fi a t e fly fin c rea s fingsuga rfleve fl sfinyou rb flood s t ream .“Mo s tth fing scon ta finsuga r o ra re ,finfa c t ,suga r , ”say sJa sonV a fle .“Youth finko fsome th fingfl fikea c ro fi s s an t .P eop fl es ay ,‘ I ’v egon eonasu g a r -f r e ed fi e t , ’bu tth ey ’ r ee a t fin g ac ro fi s san t .AndIsaytha t ’ ssuga r . Wha tdoyouth finkfi sgo fingtohappen whentha ten te r stheb flood s t ream?Tha tfi ssuga r . ” Sofi t ’ s mo rethanju s tthe wh fi tec ry s ta fl s .I t ’ sb read ,pa s ta ,ce rea fl ,r fi ce , po ta toe s ,co rn , wa ffle s ,pan cake s ,andp re t ty mu chanyfood mo s tAme rfi can sea tfo rb reak fa s t . When we ’ redep re s sedo runde rs t re s s , wec ravefood stha t makeu s fee flgood ,com fo r tfood sfl fike ma ca ron fiandchee se , wh fi chg fiveu stha t

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suga rh figh .W ebe comeadd fi c tedtotha th figh ,ju s ta s wedo w fi tho the r d rug s ,and weneed mo reand mo reand mo reove rt fimetog fiveu stha t samee f fe c t . “ I t ’ sno tf a tth a tm ak e su sf a t , ”s ay sD r . No r th rup ,“ fi t ’ ssu g a rth a t make su sfa t . ”The mo resuga r wecon sume ,the mo re weexpe r fien ce ch ron fi cd fi sea se ,a s we fl fla sthe sefin c red fib fleupanddown moodsw fing s . Th fi sfi sbe cau sesuga rfin c rea se sbe ta -endo rph fin sfintheb ra fin ,thefee fl good ,na tu ra flop fia te , mo rph fine fl fikesub s tan ce . W eno rma fl flya s so c fia teadd fi c t fion w fi thco ca fine , he ro fin ,ando the rb fig d ru g s ,bu tth et ru thfi sth a t mo r ep r em a tu r ed e a th sa r eth er e su fl to f suga randa fl coho flandsmok fingthanco ca fineo rhe ro fin . “ I fyou wa flkthea fi s fle sfintheave rageg ro ce rys to reandflooka tthe amoun to fsuga rfinach fi fld ’ sb reak fa s tce rea fl , ”say sD r .No r th rup ,“you m fi gh ta sw e fl flb ero fl fl fin gupth ek fid ’ ss fl e ev eandpu t t fin gfinh e ro fin . Be cau sefi t ’ sthesame .I t ’ stha tadd fi c t five . ” W eknowthep rob flem scau sedbyco ca fineandhe ro finanda fl coho fl . W enowregu fla r flyre fe rtothema sd rug s .I t ’ st fime wes ta r tedre cogn fi zfing wh fi tesuga ra sad rug .T oge tahand fleonou radd fi c t fiontosuga r , we needtos ta r tth fink fingabou tthe se ma s s fivedo se so fsuga ra snod fi f fe ren t f romd rug sanda fl coho fl . Hea fl th ySwee tene rCompa r fisonCha r t L ESSH EA L TH Y

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e x t reme fl yra resa r comaca fl fledep fi the fl fio fidhemang fioendo the fl fioma(EHE ) ,wh fi ch a f fe c t s fle s sthan0 .01pe r cen to fthecan ce rpopu fla t fion .L fi t t fle fi sknownabou tm y anno y fing fl yha rd -t o -spe fl fl -and -p ronoun ced fi sea se ,andnoneo fthe“B figC ”can ce r bu c k sgofin t os tud y fin gfi t .Thecan ce r ,Iqu fi c k fl yfoundou t ,wa sfinope rab fle—no su rge r y ,rad fia t fion ,chemo the rap y—andhe re ’ sthekno c kou tpun ch :nocu re ! Fo r tuna t e fl y ,m ycan ce rwa ss flow mo v fingande s sen t fia fl fl ych ron fi c ,wh fi chga ve me wha ta fl flcan ce rpa t fien t s wan t :t fime .Ra the rthanta k finga wa fi t -and -see app roa ch ,howe ve r , Ide c fidedt ota keawa t ch -and -fl fi veapp roa chanddoe ve r y th fing fin m ypowe rt o ma kesu re m ycan ce rd fidn ’ t ma kethefi r s t mo ve . S t eponewa st o flea rnhowt ota keca reo fm y se fl f . Iwa sth fi r t y -one ,and Id fidn ’ t knowhowt ofeed m y se fl f .Ihadt os t ope ve r y th fingandgoba c kandflea rna fl flo f theth fing s Iw fi sh Ihadknowna sach fi fld ,a sat eenage r ,a sayoungadu fl t . M ywa ke -up momen tspa r kedfin meadeepde s fi ret os t opho fld fingba c kand s ta r t fl fi v fing fl fi ke Imean fi t ! I f Icou fldn ’ tbecu red , Iwonde red ,cou fld Is t fi fl flbehea fl th y ? And fi fso ,ma ybe , ju s tma ybe Icou fldhe flpm ybod yandm ym findkeepthed fi sea se finche c k .

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I madeat o ta flfl fi fe s t y fleupg radefin s fideandou t .Iflea rnedhowt ofl fi s t ent om y b r fi fl fl fian t fin t e rna flgu fide ,wh fi chb rough tmeba c kt ona tu re(m ychu r ch ) ,thega rden , andthepeop fleandan fima fl swhose tm yhea r tab fla ze .Iflea rnedtha tanu t r fien t den se ,p flan t -ba sedd fie tru fle s ,theS tanda rdAme r fi canD fie tk fi fl fl s ,s t re s ssu c k s(a fl fl fl fi fefo r ce ) ,e xe r c fi sefi snon nego t fiab fle ,jo yfi su t t e r fl ycon tag fiou s ,andha v fingfun mu s tbeta kense r fiou s fl y . K r fi sC a r r fi st h eN ewY o r kT fim e sb e s t s e fl fl fi n ga u t h o ro fC r a z yS e x yD fi e t ,C r a z yS e x yC a n c e r › › T fi p s ,C r a z yS e x yC a n c e rS u r v fi v o r ,a n dC r a z yS e x yK fi t c h e n.Am o t fi v a t fi o n a fls p e a k e ra n d

w e fl fl n e s sc o a c h ,s h e fl e a d sw o r k s h o p sa tw e fl fl n e s sc e n t e r st h r o u g h o u tt h eU n fi t e dS t a t e s a n d fl e c t u r e sa tm e d fi c a fls c h o o fl s ,h o s p fi t a fl s ,a n du n fi v e r s fi t fi e s .K r fi sh a sb e e nf e a t u r e do n T h eT o d a yS h ow ,G o o dM o r n fi n gAm e r fi c a ,T h eCBSE v e n fi n gN ew s ,T h eG a y fl eK fi n gS h ow , a n dT h eO p r a hW fi n f r e yS h ow .S h e fi st h ef o u n d e ro ft h eaw a r d -w fi n n fi n go n fl fi n em a g a z fi n e C r a z yS e x yL fi f ea tc r a z y s e x y fl fi f e . c om .

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