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Conservative Diet Books As A Subgenre
- Maintenance Phase frames conservative diet books as a distinct subgenre tied to political identity and nostalgia.
- Hosts spot recurring themes like celebrity authors, themed one-food diets, and kitschy marketing across many titles.
Patriotism Used To Legitimize Dieting
- The I Love America diet frames weight loss as patriotic and cites federal guidelines to legitimize itself.
- Marketing blends public nutrition advice with moral appeals like "Can we depend on you?" to sell compliance.
Old Low‑Fat Meal Plans And Cottage Cheese
- Aubrey reads the I Love America meal plans as typical 1980s low-fat fare with reasonable recipes like baked potato, protein, and vegetables.
- She notes the book includes seasonal novelty recipes such as eggnog and gingerbread alongside cottage cheese dips.