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My World Has Been Rocked

I'm always open to ideas and research that impel me to improve my life.  I've been very lucky, especially in the area of food, to have come across several books and films that have changed me for the better.  The short list includes: Print: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Ominvore's Dilemma and Food Rules by Michael Pollan What to Eat by Marion Nestle Film: Super-Size Me Food Inc. King Corn And now, I suspect I'll be able to add the film "Fat Head" to the list.  This film essentially rebuts the premise of "Super-Size Me"; in this documentary, Tom Naughton sets out to demonstrate that eating fast-food for one month straight is not as detrimental as stated in "Super-Size Me".  At the end of the month (in which he'd had mostly McDonald's), Tom Naughton actually lost twelve pounds and had better cholesterol numbers than before the experiment.  Following on the tail of that shocker were some equally disturbi...