Diet Guru Declares War on Fast Food, Soft Drinks and Television

The three biggest diet vices contributing to the growing epidemic of Obesity and Overweight in our nation are fast food and soft drink consumption and too much television viewing. Master Motivator Julia Havey explains how to solve the problem and permanently bust these vices out of one's life.

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) August 23, 2005

America awaits the next "fad" diet guru.

Julia is that person. Julia Griggs Havey knows first hand the crippling effects of obesity, as she lived for many years in a morbidly obese body, topping the scale at 290 pounds. She sought every weight loss gimmick offered, trying to shed the unwanted pounds, yet remained obese and growing increasingly unhappy and unhealthy. She found the strength within to go on to lose 130 pounds and has kept it off for over 9 years—now she helps millions of others to do the same as the Master Motivator at eDiets.com (Forbes-Best of the Net).

"The consumption of fast foods and soft drinks, coupled with a lack of exercise due largely to hours spent watching television and playing video games is what we can blame the Obesity epidemic on. We do not need to have our stomachs stapled in order to lose weight, we need to stop eating so much junk food and leading sedentary lives." --Julia Havey

Julia goes further to say: "Laws in my home state of Missouri now make it very difficult to buy a box of TheraFlu, yet the most obese person can freely buy a Big Mac. In addition to being the largest Meth producing state, Missouri is also one of the most Obese, therefore it is outrageous that we police the purchase cold medications that could be used to make illegal drugs, but do nothing about policing the purchase of fast foods and soft drinks that will undoubtedly do harm. Obesity kills more people than drug use, yet we feel the need attempt to save helpless drug user while simply condeming the Obese person as 'having no self-control' and therefore do nothing to save them from the fast foods and soft drinks that are killing them. It is outrageous and has to stop."

Julia is calling for a nationwide ban on fast food and soft drinks for the month of September and is urging readers to turn their TV sets off for the whole month. "If America answers my call, each person could lose 8 pounds or more during this 'eat-in'!"

Julia's book "Awaken the Diet Within, From Overweight to Looking Great!" (Warner Books), has earned rave reviews and best-seller status on Amazon.com, reaching #2 on the Health rankings…just behind the renown Dr. Atkins’. USA Today chose Julia's book as one of it's top diet books of the year, "a pound for pound must read book with heft."

Julia proves that healthy eating and motivation can change a person's life -- not through deprivation but through the realization of belief in one’s own abilities to succeed.

The Health & Wellness Institute recently launched an interactive digital version of Julia's popular Vice Busting Diet--The LifeChanger program on line, http://www.ViceBustingDiet.com . Thousands of women have realized success with Julia's simple and effective lifestyle makeover program. Vice Busting is the next diet that America hungers for -- and it is proving it will be the last one anyone ever needs!

In 2006 St. Martin's Press will release Julia's new book, The Vice Busting Diet, which has already gotten the endorsement of Dr. David L. Katz, M.D.—Oprah's nutrition guru, author of "The Way to Eat" and Yale University School of Medicine professor: "If you could design the ideal weight loss advice, your priorities would likely include reliability, practicality, simplicity. You would want advice that makes intuitive sense, fits into your life, accommodates your family. And if you could select your advisor, you would doubtless emphasize compassion, insight, intelligence, and experience. In other words, if you could design the ideal packaging of weight loss guidance, you would wind up with something remarkably like 'The Vice Busting Diet.' And if you could screen and select among candidates for the ideal weight loss advisor, you would almost certainly choose someone just like Julia Havey. You are fortunate; no need to design advice, or screen advisors. There is no one more like Julia Havey than Julia herself -- so the choice of advisor is clear."

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