Dear Gillian,

I am a 19 year old college student in Melbourne, Florida, USA and ever since I first watched You Are What You Eat I’ve slowly started changing the way that I eat and looking at labels a lot more.

I’m hoping that my family follows. Quite frankly I think that I’ve watched the show so much that I stop when I’m looking at my mom’s shopping list and just sigh and I think that I’m annoying her and my brother every time I tell them “That’s not good for you.” My Boyfriend even laughs when I tell him that I’m not eating chocolate (as much), because my mother and grand mother love their chocolate and I was picking up that habit.

Now, since I watched the Death By Chocolate episode I rarely, if at all, eat chocolate. I already ate pretty healthy and maintained a stable weight, more weight than I want but my doctors told me that I’m very healthy even though working out hurts due to health issues beyond my control.

I have 3 ruptured disks in my lower back due to a genetic thing, and just changing my diet with the information that I’ve learned from the show has helped. I just wanted to say that I do love your show and I always watch my recorded episodes before I go to bed at night when my day is done.

Thank you for your time,
Meghan