The obesity epidemic is reversible. The only way to lose weight permanently is to detoxify fattening chemicals out of the body, and to avoid foods that are highly toxic. Chemicals bring about their fattening effect by damaging our body's natural weight control mechanism, or "Slimming System" which has worked relatively well for hundreds of thousands of years. Synthetic chemicals such as pesticides, plastics, solvents, etc. are known to damage critical parts of our fat-burning hormones. This damage results in an increased appetite, reduced fat-burning metabolism, and a fall in the basic desire to exercise. The dirty dozen list below has been prepared from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) published data: (1) Butter, regular & salted; (2) Salmon steaks or fillets, fresh or frozen, baked; (3) Spinach, fresh or frozen, boiled; (4) Strawberries, raw; (5) Cream cheese; (6) Raisins; (7) Apples, raw & unpeeled; (8) Dill cucumber pickles; (9) Summer squash, fresh or frozen, boiled; (10) Green peppers; (11) Collards, fresh or frozen, boiled; (12) Processed cheese.