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Author: Danielle Milano
Publisher: Synergy Books
ISBN: 978-0-9842358-3-4
Author: Danielle Milano
Publisher: Synergy Books
ISBN: 978-0-9842358-3-4
Skinny is Overated: The Real Woman's Guide to Health and Happiness at Any Size aims to show us why skinny is overrated but
ends up telling us what we should be doing to keep slim and healthy.
As Milano points out, many of us eat because we feel worthless.
Consequently, we become fat thus making us feel bad about ourselves.
and The result is doing less and continuing to eat more. Eventually,
we become obese leading to health problems.
How can we tackle this problem? Well by eating less bad foods and having a more healthy lifestyle. This book shows you what you can do to start burning off those calories and lose weight.
The author knows a great deal about this kind of situation, having earned her MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1987. She has worked at the Boriken Health Center in East Harlem since 1999 and understands much of what there is to know regarding controlling eating.
She assures us that it is not necessary to be a size two but that losing weight is a good thing to do if you are overweight. There are lots of recipes in here to satisfy anyone, especially those of us who hate Brussel sprouts!
It is all to do with balancing foods and calories, eating the right meals and enjoying a happier lifestyle.
She explores every part of dieting and which emergency foods will be good to eat if you find you are hungry while stuck in the car. However we are reminded again and again that all foods must be eaten in moderation except of course for vegetables. You cannot expect to stay slim if you gorge yourself on fruit juice or bread etc. Everything in moderation.
Instead of sugary deserts we are told to eat fruit instead. In fact the more I read this book the more i came across passages telling me over and over again to avoid all sugary foods. It is all very well but it did make me question just where will people get enjoyment of food from if you ban all sweet treats? It is alright to watch what you eat but everyone surely needs a little treat here and there? Or am I missing the point altogether I wonder?
We are told how to follow the Mediterranean diet which is basically to avoid over-processing vegetables and use as little salt, sauce and spices as possible. However we are told to put pepper on our foods but I’m afraid I cannot stand pepper and will probably not try this one out.
There are some great recipes if you are vegetarian but again I’m afraid I would have to leave out the Brussels sprouts altogether and also the broccoli. However everyone has different tastes and those of you who enjoy these vegetables might like it. There are other recipes which don’t require these two vegetables which is fine by me.
Over all a very informative book and worth a look at.