The American diet is a catastrophe. We don’t have a health care crisis. We have a food crisis. 75% of our health care costs are spent on chronic disease linked to the diet…and that is bankrupting us. - Michael Pollan
What is the Main Street Diet? Let me briefly explain. Here's a tour of "my" Main Street.
Dr. William Castelli (former director of the Framingham Heart Study) states: "The American diet is the worst diet you could possibly eat anywhere in the world."
Of course, many people will state: "You don't have to eat the food that is available on Main Street." Yes, this is true. However, we consider Main Street America to be normal. It is not. It has led to a toxic food environment.
The choice is yours: Continue consuming these foods or make a change. You can learn how to make simple changes by purchasing Feed Your Head or attending one of my presentations.
What is the Main Street Diet? Let me briefly explain. Here's a tour of "my" Main Street.
- 13 Fast Food Restaurants
- 7 Gas Stations ... upon entering the convenience store, I am confronted with a vast array of junk food.
- Now let's do a few errands: PetSmart, OfficeMax, Home Depot, FedEx, and a few other stores - Upon checkout, each one of these offers an enormous amount of candy and soda.
- On "my" Main Street, there are three, yes three, CVS pharmacies (within a mile of each other). Upon entering, I am not sure if I have entered a candy store or a drug store.
Dr. William Castelli (former director of the Framingham Heart Study) states: "The American diet is the worst diet you could possibly eat anywhere in the world."
Of course, many people will state: "You don't have to eat the food that is available on Main Street." Yes, this is true. However, we consider Main Street America to be normal. It is not. It has led to a toxic food environment.
The choice is yours: Continue consuming these foods or make a change. You can learn how to make simple changes by purchasing Feed Your Head or attending one of my presentations.
Dr. David Kessler, former chairman of the FDA and author of The End of Overeating, provides a great explanation.
The church on my Main Street realizes there's a problem. Sunday's sermon is about the obesity epidemic. Or, maybe they're promoting the new Whole Foods on my Main Street.
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