Something You Should Know about Diet and Healthy Eating

 August 20, 2010

Interview with Barry Glassner, author of the book The Gospel of Food: Why We Should Stop Worrying and Enjoy What We Eat (P.S.)

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Mike Carruthers:
We have a unique way in this country of looking at the food we eat.

Barry Glassner:
The value of a meal lies in what it lacks rather than what it has.

June 16, 2010

Interview with Dr. Robert Butler, author of the book The Longevity Prescription: The 8 Proven Keys to a Long, Healthy Life

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Mike Carruthers:
Increasing human longevity it’s a hot topic because obviously we have a lot of control over how long we live.

Dr. Robert Butler:
Well in the last century the 20th Century we gained 30 additional years of life – that’s greater than had been obtained during the proceeding 5,000 years of human history – it’s an extraordinary change.
 

April 26, 2010

Interview with Dr. Rachael Heller, co-author of the book The Stress-Eating Cure: Lose Weight with the No-Willpower Solution to Stress-Hunger and Cravings

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Mike Carruthers:
Would you call yourself a stress eater?

Dr. Rachael Heller:
Stress eating is the recurring craving or intense desire for food (starchy sweets or junk foods) and it is a response to your body’s inability to handle the physical, emotional or psychological demands on it.
 

March 8, 2010

Interview with Michelle May, M.D., author of the book Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: How to Break Your Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle

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Mike Carruthers:
So many people struggle with food and being overweight but it probably wasn’t always that way.

Michelle May, M.D.:
You need to only look at most children and see that from the moment they’re born, they know when they’re hungry, they know when they’re full, they eat what they love, and they don’t obsess about food in between.