The Slow Down Diet: Eating for Pleasure,

Energy, and Weight Loss

Our modern culture is very interested in doing as much as possible in the least amount of time. As a result, most people rush through life at a speed that makes a healthy lifestyle impossible. We eat fast, on the run, and often under stress. As a result, we not only lose most of the pleasure we might get from our food, but we also damage our health. Many of us come to the end of the day feeling depressed and overweight.

In The Slow Down Diet, Marc David presents a new way to understand our relationship with food, encouraging us to look for quality ingredients and to take pleasure in eating. He presents an eight-week program that allows readers to analyze their own connection to food, helping them get rid of old habits and any guilt they may have. He explains the disadvantages of all “quick-fix” diets and tells the truth about common myths, such as “the right way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more.” Instead, he shows us strategies that help both the body and the soul, proving that a full enjoyment of each meal is the best way to a healthy body.

Clive Oxenden & Christina Latham-Koenig. American English File, Workbook 3, p. 46, Oxford University Press, 2008.