While studying chemistry at San Jose State University, I discovered a link between obesity and processed foods. There are many studies that have shown that refined carbohydrates and food additives are major contributors to obesity and degenerative diseases. In 1992, I eliminated refined carbohydrates from my life and began to lose weight quickly.

Dee tells of her time at San Jose State this way -

I started as a bench chemist at a local environmental lab where my job was to perform analytical tests on water and soil samples. During this time I started reading ingredient labels of the foods I would buy. Doing these two unrelated tasks together at the same time became the eye-opener of my lifetime. On a fateful day in a grocery aisle, I was reading an ingredient label and realized it contained some of the same chemicals that I was trained to watch for in our water and soil samples.

So, the same chemicals that we are supposed to not have in our water and soil is in our food supply! Legally! On that day forward I became a missionary with a cause - I swore I would do everything in my power to spread the word about this unconscionable practice.

If you want to help Dee with her cause, visit her non-profit, the Center for Processed-Free Living, at www.processedfreeliving.org.