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Eating Yourself Sick: How to Stop Obesity, Fatty Liver, and Diabetes from Killing You and Your Family
Stop Eating Yourself Sick
Take Control Of Your Health
The United States will not be able to afford metabolic syndrome,
a combination of disorders including obesity, diabetes,
cardiovascular disease, elevated cholesterol and fatty liver―
all of this is caused by poor eating habits. This could be a
potentially fatal epidemic if not controlled, and most importantly, it can
significantly impact the health of your children. If present trends continue,
an American has a 57 percent chance of being obese at the age of thirty-five.
So, what’s the solution?
Joseph S. Galati, MD, has decades of experience researching and
studying the effects of poor eating habits. After witnessing so many
patients with metabolic syndrome, he wrote Eating Yourself Sick: How
to Stop Obesity, Fatty Liver, and Diabetes from Killing You and Your Kids
to raise awareness of the health issue that’s sweeping across the United
States. In this book, you’ll learn:
The symptoms and challenges of metabolic syndrome
How family structure is critical to your physical well-being
Different diets and food choices that can prevent and treat diseases
The importance of exercise in the face of metabolic syndrome
Now is a time to take charge of your well-being, whether you’re
maintaining good health, or striving to achieve it. Dr. Galati
seeks to give you the knowledge you need to defeat metabolic
syndrome, and live a happy, healthy life.
Take Control Of Your Health
The United States will not be able to afford metabolic syndrome,
a combination of disorders including obesity, diabetes,
cardiovascular disease, elevated cholesterol and fatty liver―
all of this is caused by poor eating habits. This could be a
potentially fatal epidemic if not controlled, and most importantly, it can
significantly impact the health of your children. If present trends continue,
an American has a 57 percent chance of being obese at the age of thirty-five.
So, what’s the solution?
Joseph S. Galati, MD, has decades of experience researching and
studying the effects of poor eating habits. After witnessing so many
patients with metabolic syndrome, he wrote Eating Yourself Sick: How
to Stop Obesity, Fatty Liver, and Diabetes from Killing You and Your Kids
to raise awareness of the health issue that’s sweeping across the United
States. In this book, you’ll learn:
The symptoms and challenges of metabolic syndrome
How family structure is critical to your physical well-being
Different diets and food choices that can prevent and treat diseases
The importance of exercise in the face of metabolic syndrome
Now is a time to take charge of your well-being, whether you’re
maintaining good health, or striving to achieve it. Dr. Galati
seeks to give you the knowledge you need to defeat metabolic
syndrome, and live a happy, healthy life.
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224 pages, Hardcover
Published June 14, 2018
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September 8, 2020
I spent the Labor Day weekend on a mission to arm myself with knowledge for battling some new health problems I've encountered. This book is extremely detailed on what makes up the diseases associated with "metabolic syndrome", and I feel like I learned a lot as far as background and easy-to-understand explanations. I would've liked some sort of recommended eating plan, but as a lifelong dieter and reader of self-help books, I know where I'll go next.
June 21, 2018
No Excuses—“ You Gotta’ Wanna’ Do It”
Texas author Joseph S. Galati, MD earned his MD from St. George’s University of Medicine and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at SUNY-Health Science Center-Brooklyn/Kings and expertise in liver disease/transplant medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is the founder of the Liver Specialists of Texas and he is devoted to caring for his patients suffering with both acute and chronic liver disease, as well as individuals with digestive tract disorders. Dr. Galati is an international lecturer in the US and in Latin America, Europe, and Asia. He lives in Houston, Texas.
Obesity is rampant in this country and Dr. Galati is impassioned to alter this epidemic. How? By taking charge of our well being and following the “3 Fs” – family, faith and food. Or as Dr Galati states, ‘As a physician, the “3 Fs” are on my mind daily, and I question my patients regularly on how they view them, albeit in a somewhat roundabout fashion. I inquire about their families— who’s at home and the makeup of children and extended family members who live under the same roof. Why am I so interested? Because I have found that the lack of family cohesiveness is a risk factor for damaging health habits which increase the risk of disease. Research has clearly indicated the gradual erosion of the family unit in the United States has resulted in numerous social and health consequences. As the family unit fragments— the result of divorce, single parents, and working parents— everyone is too busy to stop and place any emphasis on the job of meal planning and cooking. While attention to millennials, who prefer take-out, has been stressed in the news, adults of all ages are too rushed to cook, and simply are not interested in cooking. Eating has become a “fetch-for-yourself” activity, and it is viewed as more of a nuisance than an important part of the day and source of good nutrition. These factors and more have resulted in a society of poor food choices that have ultimately led to an obesity epidemic. As for faith, I’m referring to it in the most general sense, as in a respect for self and others who surround us. A faithful individual spreads optimism, not gloom. It is taking responsibility for our children, spouses, and friends, a large part of which is thinking about what we feed them. That faithful responsibility my mother commanded in our kitchen has merit in today’s society. And when it comes to food, I ask my patients who in the household prepares the weekly menu (if one exists), who shops, who cooks, and what skills they have in the kitchen. I’m not asking questions to embarrass anyone but rather to evaluate what challenges they face in preparing healthful food. Those challenges include trying to understand what “nutrition” means in today’s food choices.’
This valuable book is presented in a near conversational manner – backed by facts and figures form Dr. Galati’s thirty years of experience on the subject. He tackles understanding obesity-related disease, fatty liver disease, learning how our bodies work, taking control of our health, reviving the ritual of ‘kitchen and family’, exercise, some cooking advice, and cooking basics. ‘If you’re a parent, you’re going to have to take a stand. You’ve got to fight popular culture and peer pressure. You’ve got to become the unpopular mom or dad who doesn’t have junk food in the house or who eats Happy Meals after sports. You’ve got to forego some of the more meaningless things in life to make time to plan, shop healthy, and cook. This is about your family, and it’s about your future.’
A caring physician and a leader in the field of defeating the metabolic syndrome, Dr. Galati writes well and encourages us all to wake up and eat right! Highly Recommended.
Texas author Joseph S. Galati, MD earned his MD from St. George’s University of Medicine and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at SUNY-Health Science Center-Brooklyn/Kings and expertise in liver disease/transplant medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is the founder of the Liver Specialists of Texas and he is devoted to caring for his patients suffering with both acute and chronic liver disease, as well as individuals with digestive tract disorders. Dr. Galati is an international lecturer in the US and in Latin America, Europe, and Asia. He lives in Houston, Texas.
Obesity is rampant in this country and Dr. Galati is impassioned to alter this epidemic. How? By taking charge of our well being and following the “3 Fs” – family, faith and food. Or as Dr Galati states, ‘As a physician, the “3 Fs” are on my mind daily, and I question my patients regularly on how they view them, albeit in a somewhat roundabout fashion. I inquire about their families— who’s at home and the makeup of children and extended family members who live under the same roof. Why am I so interested? Because I have found that the lack of family cohesiveness is a risk factor for damaging health habits which increase the risk of disease. Research has clearly indicated the gradual erosion of the family unit in the United States has resulted in numerous social and health consequences. As the family unit fragments— the result of divorce, single parents, and working parents— everyone is too busy to stop and place any emphasis on the job of meal planning and cooking. While attention to millennials, who prefer take-out, has been stressed in the news, adults of all ages are too rushed to cook, and simply are not interested in cooking. Eating has become a “fetch-for-yourself” activity, and it is viewed as more of a nuisance than an important part of the day and source of good nutrition. These factors and more have resulted in a society of poor food choices that have ultimately led to an obesity epidemic. As for faith, I’m referring to it in the most general sense, as in a respect for self and others who surround us. A faithful individual spreads optimism, not gloom. It is taking responsibility for our children, spouses, and friends, a large part of which is thinking about what we feed them. That faithful responsibility my mother commanded in our kitchen has merit in today’s society. And when it comes to food, I ask my patients who in the household prepares the weekly menu (if one exists), who shops, who cooks, and what skills they have in the kitchen. I’m not asking questions to embarrass anyone but rather to evaluate what challenges they face in preparing healthful food. Those challenges include trying to understand what “nutrition” means in today’s food choices.’
This valuable book is presented in a near conversational manner – backed by facts and figures form Dr. Galati’s thirty years of experience on the subject. He tackles understanding obesity-related disease, fatty liver disease, learning how our bodies work, taking control of our health, reviving the ritual of ‘kitchen and family’, exercise, some cooking advice, and cooking basics. ‘If you’re a parent, you’re going to have to take a stand. You’ve got to fight popular culture and peer pressure. You’ve got to become the unpopular mom or dad who doesn’t have junk food in the house or who eats Happy Meals after sports. You’ve got to forego some of the more meaningless things in life to make time to plan, shop healthy, and cook. This is about your family, and it’s about your future.’
A caring physician and a leader in the field of defeating the metabolic syndrome, Dr. Galati writes well and encourages us all to wake up and eat right! Highly Recommended.
May 10, 2019
An interesting read on liver disease. As the title suggests, we are eating ourselves to death. The wrong foods in the wrong quantities, lead to metabaloic syndrome and a whole slew of health consequences with an emphasis on fatty liver and cirrhosis. With a change in eating habits, fatty liver can be reversed. If you, or someone you know, is obese/overweight, has been told they have fatty liver and/or diabetes/pre diabetes, I highly recommend this book.
June 16, 2019
Great read for newly diagnosed fatty liver patients
Insightful, easy read that helps you get started with your own well-being plan. I recommend for all newly diagnosed fatty liver patients
Insightful, easy read that helps you get started with your own well-being plan. I recommend for all newly diagnosed fatty liver patients
November 21, 2025
Great information! Truly information overload.
But just telling someone to go do it and make time is not very helpful. There’s so many factors and nuances to this conversation that this book just simply didn’t cover.
But just telling someone to go do it and make time is not very helpful. There’s so many factors and nuances to this conversation that this book just simply didn’t cover.
November 12, 2025
Wisdom to Better Health
Dr Galati’s straight to the point that I have a choice what path I want to live - an unhealthy pain filled life or one that puts my best days ahead.
Dr Galati’s straight to the point that I have a choice what path I want to live - an unhealthy pain filled life or one that puts my best days ahead.
August 8, 2018
Written from Galati's perspective as a physician he brings real world, every day examples to the reader to show them they are not alone - everyone is struggling the days to make ends meet while still finding the time in the day to cook with their family and make dinner the event it used to be.
He is a specialist in what is apparently being called "The other MS" Metabolic Syndrome. Basically a collection of aggressively growing individual symptoms - Five risk factors that increase the likelihood of developing heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. The five risk factors are: increased blood pressure (greater than 130/85 mmHg) high blood sugar levels (insulin resistance), excess body fat around the waist, and abnormal cholesterol or triglyceride levels and a fatty liver.
Galati uses honest conversational tones to convey well researched and supported facts, along side every day ways to change your lifestyle.
He also uses the history of food, and tricks used in marketing and by large corporations to affect your eating habits and how you can beat the odds.
Genuinely valuable read with excellent and easy to follow information and facts, a great read.
He is a specialist in what is apparently being called "The other MS" Metabolic Syndrome. Basically a collection of aggressively growing individual symptoms - Five risk factors that increase the likelihood of developing heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. The five risk factors are: increased blood pressure (greater than 130/85 mmHg) high blood sugar levels (insulin resistance), excess body fat around the waist, and abnormal cholesterol or triglyceride levels and a fatty liver.
Galati uses honest conversational tones to convey well researched and supported facts, along side every day ways to change your lifestyle.
He also uses the history of food, and tricks used in marketing and by large corporations to affect your eating habits and how you can beat the odds.
Genuinely valuable read with excellent and easy to follow information and facts, a great read.
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