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6 million workdays are lost every year to obesity-related dis- eases, and American businesses are losing more than $4 billion per year in lost productivity. Now, those are not very good statistics. The reason that the low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet does not work is simple: fat does not make you fat! That's right! Contrary to what nutritionists and the food industry have been spouting for decades, eating fat is not the reason so many Americans are overweight. The real culprit is the high carbohydrate content of our diets. I grew up in the state ofWsconsin, and we did not fatten the pigs and cows with fat, we fattened them with low-fat grain-the same foods the nu- tritional establishment has been telling us to eat for the past twenty years! The way to understand why fat does not make you fat and low-fat grains do is to take a look at the dietary-hormonal connection and how food acts as a drug. The Low-Fat Diet Myth The kind of food you eat has a tremendous effect on your body, your en- ergy levels, your mental alertness, and the quality of your life. Like a drug, the food you eat causes powerful biochemical reactions in your body. The bottom line: the kind of food you eat and when you eat it tells your body whether to burn fat or store fat. So how is food like a drug? First, like a drug, food can be very addictive. Second, like a drug, food causes strong biochemical reactions in your body. And finally, like a drug, food can be used or abused. We all know how easy it is to abuse food. For some people, there are strong psychological forces behind their eat- ing behavior. Some of these factors may relate to past or present emotional issues that can trigger unhealthy eating patterns, or what many people call "stress eating." The first step in gaining control over our emotions, which cause feelings leading to potentially destructive eating patterns is protecting our thoughts related to the events in our daily lives. This is the basis of cognitive behav- ioral therapy, developed by Aaron Beck and used in the field of psychology to break destructive patterns. Example Let's say the event is that you're getting ready to go to work and discover that your husband has accidentally taken your only set of house keys and is already on a plane to Saint Louis for a business trip. Your immediate thought is "Oh, my God, this is horrible! I'm going to be late for work, and my boss is going to fire me." The feelings related to the emotions of your thoughts may be depression and anxiety about possibly losing your job. The action or behavior associated with your feelings is to "stress eat" your way to the bottom of a box of Krispy Kreme donuts. One of the keys to gaining control of your actions or behavior is to change your thoughts, which can change your feelings. So instead of the thought "That idiot husband of mine went off with my keys, and now I'm going to lose my job," leading to feelings of anger, depression, and anxiety, you may consider the thought "Well, I'll call the locksmith to make another key and catch up on some paperwork until it arrives.