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Why Black People Can't Lose Weight:
The Psychology, The Challenge, and The Solution to Overall Wellness
by Makeisha Lee
AuthorHouse
Paperback, $14.99
172 pages, illustrated
ISBN: 978-1-4343-4738-1
Review by Kam Williams
 “Weight
loss. Why is it such a vicious circle? Why does it seem unattainable
for us as a community, despite the hundreds of diet plans available?
Why do we as Blacks lead in the highest percentage of obesity cases
in all gender, age and ethnic groups to date? These questions
deserve convincing and satisfying answers…
In this book, we will answer all the questions you may have had
unanswered before… in a clear, concise manner without getting too
technical… This written work of art will reveal all the hidden
schemes that mainstream society has kept from us, and break it down
so that a 3 year-old can understand why we as Blacks have been
unsuccessful as a whole at getting and/or keeping the weight off.”
Excerpted from the Prelude (pages xiii-xiv)
After the annual eating season which starts with Thanksgiving and
doesn’t end until somewhere around January 1st, most of us put
losing weight high on our list of New Year’s resolutions. If you are
one of those people who’s always fighting the battle of the bulge,
perhaps the problem has to do with more than merely how much food is
on your diet.
This is the contention of Makeisha Lee who believes that “We cannot
even begin to confront obesity and/or its related illnesses without
first addressing the toxicity in our bodies that exists.” Ms. Lee, a
nutritional advisor and nationally-syndicated writer, has conducted
extensive researcher in the field of alternative health. And in her
new book, Why Black People Can't Lose Weight, she sets out a
straightforward formula for overcoming obesity.
First, she informs us that “the food industry devises deliberate
strategies to get people to eat more food,” most of which have been
processed and stripped of “98% of the natural nutrition.” The author
also says that not only are these refined foods addictive, but they
are of no nutritional value.
Ms. Lee goes on to discuss why a variety of conventional approaches
to weight loss simply don’t work, before suggesting a
carefully-conceived, complex regimen combining internal cleansing
with whole and organic foods, vitamins and supplements, and aerobic
exercise and strength training. She refers to nutritional cleansing
as the missing link and the “ultimate solution to helping Blacks
reclaim their throne to a higher health status and lose weight.”
Well-crafted and convincing, Why Black People Can't Lose Weight
offers a revolutionary, step-by-step approach to health aimed at
changing the body by first eliminating destructive attitudes about
dieting from the mind.
To order a copy of Why Black People Can't Lose Weight, visit:
http://www.authorhouse.com/bookstore/ItemDetail~bookid~48825.aspx
Or call: (888) 519-5121
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Lloyd Kam Williams
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Kam Williams is a syndicated film and book critic who
writes for 100+ publications around the U.S. and Canada. He is a member of
the African-American Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics
Online, the NAACP Image Awards Nominating Committee, and Rotten Tomatoes. In
addition to a BA in Black Studies from Cornell, he has an MA in English from
Brown, an MBA from The Wharton School, and a JD from Boston University. Kam
lives in Princeton, NJ with his wife and son.
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