“You did what you knew
how to do, but when you knew better, you did better”
~ Maya Angelou
“The reason you don't
change for long is because you have a set of beliefs that support the person
you are, not the person you want to be”
This conundrum
of people wanting to know, versus people seeking affirmation, creates a serious
dilemma within the health industry.
(Do we give them the science? Or do
we give them what they want?)
How is one
to know the truth about nutrition when magazine advertisements, self-proclaim
fitness gurus, and television commercials bombard us with diet programs all
claiming to be the “best” method to incinerate fat with minimal effort?
To
complicate matters, these “health” books and commercials are followed by ads of
tempting foods… pizza, burgers, chips, sweet drinks, and alcoholic beverages
that increase our temptations.
So here we
are…..
Several
times a day, you get hungry and you have to eat. And if you are like most people, you wonder, “Is this food good for me? How much should I
eat?” Or you berate yourself, “I probably shouldn’t be eating this…I’ll
never lose weight.”
Let me be
totally honest with you… there is a correct way to eat and science has most of
the answers.
Science can
tell us the best way to choose foods, plan our meals, and design our diet
wisely to enhance our health and improve our performance. I will be guiding you
through the next couple of blogs to explain the science of nutrition.
I’m going to
take on the daunting task of making the complex subject of nutrition as simple
as possible. As I said in my first blog…the first step in change is acknowledgement
(you)…the second step is increasing
knowledge (diet and exercise).
As I begin,
I will mainly focus on the three macronutrients…Protein, Carbohydrates, and
Fat. I will explain what each of these 3 macronutrients provide for our
bodies…I will also explain the many misconceptions and lies told to us by the
fitness industry.
Remember, I
have nothing to gain from this…no money…no agenda…just the truth.
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