Tara's Reviews > Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

I love what this book is saying, but it is VERY 80s-feeling.
The gist of the "program" - eat when you're hungry, stop when you're full, and stop guilting yourself when you eat what you TRULY want.
I think modern studies about the addict-ability of processed foods makes this slightly less factual. The authors claim the reason you overeat is because you've either been starving yourself, or you're planning to starve yourself, or you're thinking "oh well! I've already had one! Everything is ruined!". While that's true in a lot of chronic dieters, the fact that processed food is designed to keep you eating (read: Salt, Sugar, Fat)is another reason you "can't have just one." (In other words, no matter how permissive and self-loving you are, processed food is going to eat you up.