This isn’t the advice you’re going to see on the best-selling diet/nutrition books at the bookstore.
This isn’t the advice you’re going to see on those trashy magazines that wait for you when you check out at the grocery store.
This isn’t a diet with a name.
Your next door neighbor probably didn’t lose 20 pounds over the last two months with this advice.
MAGA/MAHA or whoever else is running the country won’t be putting a bow on this information.
No agency or organization can give you a flashy infographic making the advice any easier to understand.
You’ve seen this information over and over and over again throughout your adult life and you’ve probably ignored most of it because there’s nothing sexy, seductive, or even scary about it.
Because the “truth” is, the best advice on nutrition you don’t need to hire anyone to hear about.
You don’t need a coach to help you get to the root of.
Your doctor doesn’t need an advanced degree in nutrition to counsel you on it.
And dietitians didn’t need to spend tens of thousands of dollars on their education to share it.
Ready for it?
-Consume lean proteins
-Reduce (where possible) ultra-processed foods
-Drink more water
-Reduce your alcohol intake
-Keep saturated fats low
-Eat a colorful assortment of fruits and vegetables
-Eat until you’re satisfied but not overly full
-Put your fork down between bites
-Chew slowly
That’s it.
And yet, why is this information so hard for us to wrap our heads around?
Because we’re trying to overanalyze exactly how many grams of those lean proteins we need, ultra-processed foods are easily accessible, easy to overeat and often delicious, water is the least thrilling beverage to consume, alcohol is addictive, saturated fats are often part of delicious meals/food options, most of us don’t know how to cook/prepare fruits and veggies in a way that gives us more variety in our diets or enough fiber to keep our guts happy, portion sizes are so outlandish that we carry a VIP membership in the clean plate club, we’re so rushed that we wolf our food down as quickly as possible and many of us barely breathe long enough to know what flavors we’re savoring.
And…
Food intolerances/allergies do exist, many people feel the need to experiment with fad diets removing entire macronutrients or food groups, we’re overstressed and overworked, we don’t move our bodies anywhere near as much as we need to, our social circle isn’t even real, live people, it’s actually just our cellphones, and we don’t live in a nation that understands or adheres to this funny little thing called moderation.
We’re either “all in” or completely off the reservation.
After 17 years of coaching nutrition and fat loss for people, the more I’ve learned, the more I feel inclined to simplify…the best nutrition advice remains the most boring.
And that’s a really hard sell when the sexy thing to do is tell you that carbs make you fat, sugar is poison, your body is broken, your metabolism is ruined, your hormones are the reason you can’t lose fat, you have no self-control, you just don’t want it bad enough, and if you’ll just purchase this roster of supplements for only a $299 monthly investment it will transform your body forever…
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