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the weight loss seen in people taking cancer chemotherapy drugs. 21 To the careful observer, people following low-carbohydrate diets look and act sick, too.
     
    A starch-based diet, on the other hand, brings radiant health along with the loss of excess body fat. Endurance athletes know the benefits of “carbo loading.” In addition to enabling peak performance, a starch-based diet improves blood flow to all tissues in the body. The skin glows with a clear complexion from the improved circulation. A welcome byproduct of eating low-fat starches is the elimination of oily skin, blackheads, whiteheads, and acne. From weight loss and the resulting relief from arthritis, people on a starch-based diet feel active, agile, and more youthful.
     

H EALTH I S A TTRACTIVE
    I learned the facts of life from my father many years ago. We were close and discussed all matters frankly. As we walked down a busy street one day, he noticed my eyes drawn to many of the young women passing by. He said, “The reason you find some of these girls especially attractive is that they look healthy.” My hormone-fueled boyish response was, “That’s not what I am looking at, Dad.” It took me many years before I understood how right he was. Health is attractive, by natural design, for the preservation of the species. Sexually, we are drawn to healthy people because those are the ones we want to mate—and share our genetic material—with. This characteristic of human nature enhances the chances that a loving relationship between man and woman will result in the highest quality offspring. Overweight, and even more so, obesity, is a glaring sign of malnutrition and poor health. Youth is associated with health; this is one reason young people are so attractive. As we age, our health deteriorates along with our good looks. One important benefit for people following the Starch Solution is graceful aging and preservation of the attractive spark of life.
     
    In platonic relationships health is also a magnet that pulls people together. In times past, villages depended on the strengths of their individual members in order to survive. Physically fit people could hunt, gather, and defend on behalf of all members in the community. The sick were a burden, and often banished. These same principles transfer to the business world of today. Appearing healthy means you are more likely to add to the common goals of the company. Hearty employees work harder, for longer hours, more cleverly, and more efficiently—they are valuable contributors. Good health radiates your worth to others, resulting in personal advancement.
The Starch Solution
provides you the best opportunity to be healthy and attractive.
     

M ODERATION I S I MPOSSIBLE FOR P ASSIONATE P EOPLE
    My great-grandmother, Laura Bristow, lived to be 106 eating a “well-balanced diet.” I recall her telling me when I was a young child, “Johnny, you eat too much meat; it’s going to make you sick.”
     
    Years later, when I was 31 and had given up almost all animal foods, and she was 102, she asked me to drive to McDonald’s to buy her a hamburger—a 30-cent paper-thin patty of ground beef with two pickle slices and a blob each of mustard and ketchup, all hidden between two halves of an airy white bun. She cut the hamburger into quarters, shook one quarter in my face, and admonished, “If you ate a little more meat you would be healthier.” She ate two of the quarters and put the rest away for later.
     
    My great-grandmother picked at tiny platefuls of traditional American foods, drank a quarter cup of diluted coffee each morning, and had one small glass of red wine on holidays. Unlike me, she was the picture of moderation.
     
    I am not a restrained person and neither are most of my patients. In my youth, I started the day with several mugs of strong coffee. I frequented all-you-can-eat buffets and fast-food restaurants, and I smoked two packs of Marlboros a day. Often, I unwound at the end of my