47. Mediterranean Women Stay Slim, Too

by Melissa Kelly and Eve Adamson (336 pgs)

Rating: 3

Americans are the most diet crazed people out there. So why is it that we are also some of the heaviest out there. Partially it's reflective, we as a society obsess about food and about weight so we also obsess about weight loss. Part of it is a reflection of our work-aholic expectations...who has time to eat, let alone eat well. So the premise of this book, much like French Women Don't Get Fat, is that we wouldn't have such problems if we slowed down, listened to our bodies, and applied some common sense. Be a food snob, it says, better to put good food in the body than junk.

While not as good as French Women Don't Get Fat, Mediterranean Women Stay Slim, Too is a good read promoting common sense and rejecting extreme fad diets and unrealistic body expectations. The text isn't nearly as empowering to me but there is a lot of good information and many good looking recipes.

Recommended to all of us who struggle against dieting fads. rawr!!