Tag: Nutrition
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Nutrition Education – Won’t Help You Lose Weight
On yesterdays post James mentioned that he might want to go to college to study nutrition because he enjoys learning about it. The important thing James said was that he “enjoys learning about it”. This is probably the only reason to ever study nutrition. As of 2010 north american (and most industrialized countries) are experiencing…
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What Are You Eating?
Food is one thing all people have in common…let me re-phrase that…EATING food is one thing we all have in common…and the similarities seem to end right there. It’s very hard to find two people who eat exactly the same diet. These are all the factors that make up your diet: 1. # of Meal…
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Nutrition Rules – Follow At Your Own Risk
I was standing in line at the grocery store the other day scanning the magazines at the check out counter and I kept seeing headlines with the words ‘nutrition rules’ or ‘rules of nutrition’. This is disturbing because people tend to believe things that are written in magazines (I have no idea why)…and when something…
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Real Weight Loss Doesn’t Require Belief
The fitness and nutrition “industry” sells supplements, workouts, workout equipment, diet programs, functional food items, magazines and just about anything else they can pin a weight loss, health or muscle building claim on. They are trying to sell you complex systems to believe in. The industry is selling you dozens if not 100’s of rules…
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The Sad State of Nutrition Education
So a friend of mine that was on campus at the university here today sent me a text message that perfectly sum’s up how screwed up and hypocritical our society is when it comes to nutrition ‘education’ vs ‘application’ This is the message she sent me: “The student nutrition awareness program is giving away candy treat bags…