Title: Why Americans Are Fat and Sick: Hidden Toxins Cause Obesity, Heart Disease, and Cancer
Subtitle: Best Guide to Losing Weight, Looking Younger, and Being Healthy for Life
Author: Ahbonbon
Publisher: Ahbonbon LLC
ISBN: 978-1-942512-01-1
Pages: 216
Genre: Non-Fiction/Health & Fitness/Healthy Living
Author Interview with Lynn Dangtu, founder and publisher of Ahbonbon LLC
Interviewed by: Suzanne Gattis
Today we are talking to Lynn Dangtu, author of “Why Americans Are Fat and Sick: Hidden Toxins Cause Obesity, Heart Disease, and Cancer.”
PBR: What one small change can we all start with that would have a major impact?
Following the European lifestyle: Eat higher quality food in smaller portion and spend more time enjoying life.
PBR: Did a particular event or conversation inspire this book?
In 2010, I boarded an Air France departing from Los Angeles for Paris, Charles De Gaulle airport. While spending eleven hours inside the plane, I started playing the guessing game by identifying Americans vs. Europeans. It made me wonder and ask myself why there is such a big physical difference between an American passenger and a French or European passenger. Growing up in Europe (France and Germany) and regularly visiting friends and relatives in France, I am familiar with the European lifestyle and food quality. I began analyzing and comparing the two worlds to identify the factors that cause Americans to be fat and sick; my conclusion: hidden toxins, food quality, and lifestyle. This triggered the idea of Ahbonbon publishing this book to point out real facts and knowledge to help American live a healthier life. Everything that was written about healthy living did not cover the full spectrum of healthy living, with causes and solutions as this book describes.
PBR: What are other resources or guides that you would recommend to someone that would like to find out more about hidden toxins?
Ahbonbon listed more than one hundred reliable, credible sources in the reference section. They included articles published in various medical journals and scientific research data from Europe and the US. This book only summarized the important facts, but for those who are interested in more details of a particular study or subject, they can go directly to the sources and read more about them.
PBR: Where did most of the recipes for the book come from?
Having lived in five countries and traveled the world, I have collected thousands of recipes since I was ten. My hobbies include development healthier versions of these recipes and reading about nutrition and research data on healthy living topics. As a result, Ahbonbon published two books: Food Made at Home and Worldly Home Cooking. These recipes came from these two books. They provide the homemade versions of store-bought foods or pastries.
PBR: Do you think America has a food crisis with all these toxins in our food?
Yes, American lifestyle and taste buds have been changed and dictated by food corporations, switching from high-quality homemade meals to more convenient, cheaper processed food alternatives. In fact, Americans are bombarded with advertising and would consume whatever food corporations put in front of them: inexpensive, big portion, and convenient foods. However, these foods come with hidden toxins, GMOs, salt, sugar, chemicals, trans fats and preservatives for longer shelf life, and cheap fillers or lower-quality raw materials. For examples, more sugar is added to processed food because sugar is addicted and would make people crave more food and larger portion. The super-size fast food is invented by American food corporations. A single serving at some restaurants in America would feed a family of four in Europe. Finally, raw food materials are imported from China because they are less expensive, but the Chinese food supply is contaminated with toxins and pesticides. In short, American food corporations no longer produce the same high-quality food as they used to do in the good-old days, but now have turned into scientific laboratories to engineer food recipes that would generate maximum profits, and those foods are not necessary healthy or good for consumers. Therefore, Americans have become what they eat: fat and sick.
To learn more about “Why Americans Are Fat and Sick” please read the review at: Pacific Book Review
