Unjunk Your Junk Food Book Review

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Unjunk Your Junk Food: Healthy Alternatives to Conventional Snacks by Andrea Donsky
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I admit that as I went into the reading of this book, I figured it would be a nice read, but it wouldn't change my thoughts about eating.  I like organic and natural foods, but I figured that what I normally eat couldn't be that bad.  After all, I am a pretty health-conscious person, and I lost a lot of weight several years ago and kept it off.

Was I ever wrong!  As I read this book, I was blown away by how much I did not know about healthy eating!  I had no idea that so much bad stuff was hidden in foods that I eat on a regular basis.  I enjoy eating snack and dessert foods, but it was amazing to discover how misguided my eating choices were.

While I do not buy into everything in the book (I have no problem with some artificial sugars such as sucralose), I am keeping this book as a good guide.  I have found that I have been checking the ingredient lists of everything I consume (even our vitamins), and I have been surprised to discover that things I figured would not be healthy were, and things that I thought were healthy weren't.  I plan to try a lot of the items discussed in the book.

I love the fact that there is a glossary of ingredients in the back, and there are reference websites for the snacks discussed in the book.  I was most amazed by the fact that food manufacturers insist on using trans fat, but because there is less than a half gram per serving, it is hidden!  You have to read the ingredients in order to discover that it is included.

I look forward to reading more from "Naturally Savvy" in the future.  I can only hope that one day they will publish a cookbook.  I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.  I was not financially compensated, and all opinions are 100 percent mine.


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