The Healthy Diet
We live in a world where we are expected to produce high quality work in absurdly fast turn-around times. This is due to the convenience and speed that computers, PDAs, cell phones, and other gadgets have brought to our lives. Much of these expectations are unrealistic, but they have infiltrated our psyche. This thought process has worked its way into other areas of our lives as well. We now have come to expect immediate results on things like investments, home improvement projects, and our diets, whether it is realistic or not.
That is why so many highly intelligent people have been attracted to the world of fad diets. These food plans promise quick results but are often pushing unhealthy, unbalanced nutrition. They are promoted on television shows and magazines. By their popularity, we can mistakenly believe that they are a good, healthy choice. We forget that they are promoted to bring the author wealth, not health.
Why Do We Eat
When you ask yourself the question, “why do I eat,” the obvious answer seems to be “because I”m hungry.” If that gnawing feeling in the pit of your stomach was all there was, hunger would be considered a comfort, not a necessity to life. The fact is that food keeps us alive. It nourishes our bodies. It feeds our bones, our blood, and our brains. Without the right balance of the right foods, we cannot function at optimum capacity.
We gain weight for two reasons. Number one, we consume more food than we need. Number two is that we don”t get enough exercise to burn off the calories that we consume. There are many reasons that we eat. Stress, boredom, and fear are just three. But if you look carefully, you will see that these are all emotional responses and have nothing to do with hunger or nourishment.
When we respond to an emotional need by eating, we consume food our bodies do not need and therefore do not use up, making us put on weight. This is naturally not healthy, but neither is starving your body of the essential nutrients it needs, as many fad diets recommend. Carbohydrates for example, are a necessary part of a healthy, balanced diet. Which carbohydrate, and how much of it you consume will influence how much weight you gain.
A Little Bit of Everything
Fad diets don”t talk about health and nutrition. They sell the idea of quick fixes and miracles. Miracles sell books. Healthy eating is about moderation. You can still have a cookie every now and then. The problem is when you make the choice to have the bag of cookies, or chips, or anything while you are sitting, watching television. By the time the show is over, the bag is empty. The solution to this problem is not to harm your body with a fad diet, it is to choose to not eat a bag of cookies in one sitting.
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