Friday, January 13, 2017

Confused About Nutrition?



Confusion!! 



Do you feel confused and frustrated by all the mixed messages out there regarding nutrition?  Remember being told that fat makes you fat and that saturated fat was the worst culprit?  Now we know that that was one of the BIGGEST nutritional myths of all time.  Our bodies need fat!  When people cut out fat from their diet we saw a huge increase in obesity and type 2 diabetes. 

With all the false info out there it becomes really confusing as to what nutritional advise to follow.  Here are some tips to help you figure out what advice to pay attention to.

1.               When you read an article that cites a specific study, you need to look deeper into a few things.  First of all, who funded the study?  What do the funders stand to gain if you believe this info?  When it comes right down to it, money is always a part of the picture.  Big corporations can fund studies that will prove whatever they want in order to make financial gains.  It’s also important to know that media will quite often only portray and publish parts of a particular study and therefore you are not getting all of the information.  This is how they can steer consumers in the direction they want.

2.               Use common sense.  Your body instinctually knows what to eat in order to achieve optimum health.  The problem is that we get too busy to listen to the signs and signals our bodies give us and we’re too bombarded with confusing and often conflicting information.  You get so confused that you actually stop listening to your body because the messages we get from media are basically saying that they know better than mother nature so you better listen up and ignore your own body.  Listen to your body’s signals.  What happens when you eat sugar?  For most people they feel sluggish and gross and then experience a sugar crash and feel even more sluggish and grumpy.  This is your body telling you that sugar is not good for you so if you then see an article that says sugar is good for you, you know that this information is false.

3.               Rates of obesity, diabetes and cancer have been skyrocketing.  If all of the nutrition advice we have been given, including the Canada Food Guide and My Plate was true, then why are we seeing deteriorating health in our population?

4.               There’s always going to be a ton of misleading information out there regarding nutrition.  Most of it is misleading for the purpose of getting you to spend your money.  What you need to do is find someone who has a nutrition background and has worked with hundreds of clients to help shed some light on what information you should pay attention to and what information that you should ignore.  Please don’t be shy to reach out to me.


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