Several months ago, I came across a show called "You are what you eat" on the BBC America channel.
It centers around individuals who call upon Dr. Gillian McKeith to assist them in loosing weight and getting fit as well as healthy.
I know that any of us who have tried diets of any kind have been told to keep a food diary. For some simply writing it down is a shell shocker to change those eating habits. Dr. McKeith takes it one step further after a week of writing down- she brings everything in and puts it in a huge pile on your dining table. Every one's reaction is horror. Can you imagine a week of fast food burgers, pastries, and bread...all in one big heap...
And yet I was thoroughly taken into the reality of the show. First let me say that Dr. McKeith has a degree in nutrition. After the shock of your weekly intake she also has blood work drawn and taken to a lab-where your deficencies are discovered. However going one step further once again she also requests a sample of your "poo". So between your blood work and your "stool" sample it reveles the sad fact of "you are what you eat".
She has written several books- one is called " You are what you eat". It was very enlightening.
The why behind why I am so interested in this. I am 56, and tipping the scales, dare I publish....sorry not ready for that. However I will post a picture. That should take care of the courrious.
I wasnt always this way either. It was not until my 40's that it started to build to its current state. I've tried the gambit of diets, with little success.
So onto her web site, and purchased her books. Then armed with some information I went to my doctor.
I had several of the tests she does or as close as possible-and then onto the nutricianist.
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