Book Review: The Nine Inch “Diet” by Alex Bogusky

Alex Bogusky writes what he says is NOT a diet book called “The Nine Inch ‘Diet’: Exposing the Big Conspiracy of America.”  It’s an easy to read, but very hilarious and interesting explanation as to America’s waist problem.  The message is simple: EAT SMALLER PORTIONS (specifically, make sure it fits on a 9 inch plate). 

For almost 40 years, America’s portions have increasingly gotten bigger and bigger (while the rest of the world does not), yet we think this is “normal.”  In the 60′s, the average plate size was 9 inches, yet now it’s 12.  With bigger plates we end up eating more due to our “clean the plate” mantra that our parents passed down to us, meaning we consume a good 33% more calories.  Looking at the data, obese Americans are up about 33% from the 60s.  Coincidence???

>You could easily just stop here and get the whole gist of the book, but Alex’s writing is so compelling it makes you want to learn why we want bigger sizes and why we can’t stop.  But I don’t want to keep rambling and give it all away.  Pick it up and try it, it won’t take too long to read.  Heck, you could top this book off in an hour if you have the time to hang out at Borders.  It won’t be an hour wasted, I guarantee it.