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Don't demonize macronutrients
There’s no evidence that a low-carb diet is any healthier than one that includes a balance of all macronutrients. The same for low-fat diets.
A 2020 review of 121 previous trials found that none of the diets limiting certain macronutrients is more effective at improving health than a regular, varied diet.
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You don't need to burn anything off
We eat food for more than just to gain energy. We connect with our culture through food, we connect with others over a meal, and we eat for pleasure and nostalgia.
Trying to compensate with exercise when you feel you’ve eaten too much can have a significant negative impact on your quality ...
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Food rules impact your well-being
There's a vital difference between food rules and healthy eating habits:
- Food rules are rigid: you have strict parameters around how you should eat and feel guilty or worried when you don't eat according to that plan.
- H...
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There are no bad foods
If we think of food in terms of good and bad, and that eating is a bad behaviour, it is easy to believe you are a bad person for eating. Then food becomes a source of stress and shame instead of nourishment and pleasure.
Rather than feeling you're a terrible person without self-control bec...
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Macronutrient Dieting
If It Fits Your Macros (IIFYM) is a new diet that counts the daily macronutrients in the food and drinks we intake, mainly the fats, carbs and proteins. It provides flexibility and choice in our diet with the same results as a much stricter diet.
This popular new diet currently ha...
The Okinawan Ratio
The optimum ratio is 10 parts carb to one part protein (10:1) and is found in the Okinawan diet.
It is quite the opposite of current popular diets that advocate a high protein, low carb diet. We belive carbs are bad, but Okinawa diet is providing counter evidence.
Ketogenic diet
Unlike other low-carb diets, which focus on protein, a keto plan centers on fat, which supplies as much as 90% of daily calories. The keto diet aims to force your body into using a different type of fuel. Instead of relying on sugar (glucose) that comes from carbohydrates (such as grains, ...
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