The book Why Diets Make Us Fat: The Unintended Consequences of Our Obsession with Weight Loss makes a spirited case for abandoning diets in favor of behaviors that will truly improve and extend our lives. Author Sandra Aamodt, PhD, neuroscientist and former editor of a leading brain research journal, believes traditional diets just do not work and often leave the dieter worse off than before. She points out that the brain responds to any substantial weight loss by lowering me