It wasn’t until my late 20’s & early 30’s that I began to be health conscious. My father and both my mother’s brothers began to have series of small strokes and heart attacks while still relatively young men (in their late 50’s & early 60’s). I had my own blood test and my cholesterol count came out over 250.



My doctor reassured me that a 250 count was just fine and I shouldn’t be concerned. But I didn’t believe him. I began running every day. My cholesterol count began to drop a little every year (I have had annual exams since 30) but it never got down to the 200 level until several years later when I decided to drastically change my eating habits.



I stopped eating the greasy hamburgers I loved several times a week and began eating lean white chicken breast instead. Gradually I began to eat more and more fish and less chicken as I grew to love fish even more than the old hamburgers. And I radically increased my consumption of fruits and vegetables . . . literally eating them whenever I got a hunger pang.



An amazing thing happened. My weight dropped back to my high school weight and my cholesterol dropped below 200. So I thought up this catchy title, The “All You Can Eat” Diet, and wrote this book.



I am now in my 70’s, still running, still eating whenever I feel the slightest hunger pang, and still at my high school weight. I feel healthy and strong. I have no aches or pains and have no signs of cardiovascular problems.



My hope is that this book might inspire my family and others to adopt an exercise and eating style that will help them obtain the same health and happiness that I have enjoyed well into my later years.