It never ceases to amaze me how many people profess they are in perfect health, yet they are somehow perplexed at how their bodies are misbehaving. Although they seem to believe that they are eating healthy, these people display all manner of physical manifestations. The evidence points to a person who does not actually eat as healthily as they think they do.
In their defense, there is such an overwhelming amount of nutritional information noise out there. Sadly much of it is misinformation and it becomes very confusing and misleading. Some of our dieting decisions can actually lead to more harm than good when it comes to our personal health.
It is inside a persons kitchen, that their true healthy eating colors are revealed. Generally you find out that they are, in fact, not eating as healthy as they think.
Here are three types of people who think they are on the right track. When, in fact, they might just be a bit off track:
THE VEGETARIAN
Of course a plant based diet is optimal for our overall health. However there are some people who suffer from deficiencies when they do not consume enough animal protein. If you happen to be a vegetarian who “secretly fantasizes” about eating meat, listen to your body! Small portions of grass fed organic, high quality meat could actually be healthier for you after all.
Many teens proudly announce: “I’m a vegetarian.” However, they are typically on the more inflamed or even chubby side. This tells me they ware filling their diets with wheat and gluten meat substitutes such as bread, pasta and or dairy. Be aware of the inflammatory issues that arise from this way of eating.
THE FAT ‘FRAIDY CAT’
It’s certainly true that consuming large amounts of saturated fat can have distinct health ramifications and make us fat. However, there are actually fats that are good for you and essential to our health. Another problem with “low fat” foods are that they are typically loaded with sugar, salt and other chemicals that store themselves in our adipose (fat). Thus they make us hold on to fat and never let it go!
Good healthy fats actually help us to speed the metabolism and loose weight. Good fats also help our skin hair and nails flourish as good oils act as anti wrinkle and anti-inflammatory substances. So go ahead, load up on coconut, avocado, olive, sesame and grape seed oils!
JUNK FOOD JUNKIE
Most of us lead busy lifestyles so we grab a bar on the go or packaged “organic” or “gluten free” foods that are quick and easy. However, we thus may be consuming mostly dead energy all day and never incorporating real live enzymes. GMO (genetically modified organism) foods are also a huge problem.
Buyer beware – nothing, nothing can ever replace the imperative whole home aide cooked foods that our bodies require to stay alive.
You must always keep in mind — there is no simpler equation than “what we put in we get out!
Now we’ve looked at the three types of people who think they are on the right track when it comes to their food choices when, in fact, they might just be a bit off track. Below are four additional so-called healthy eaters – Are you on this list?
THE CALORIE OBSESSOR
I love these people! They typically eat all manner of crap as long as it is low in calories. Honestly, calories are the last thing I am looking at. I want to know what is in the product I am consuming first and foremost, so I read the ingredients. It is truly not about the quantity of food, it’s all about the quality!!
THE DIET OBSESSOR
My advice is to enjoy eating and make foods that taste good. Try your best to eat organic, grass fed foods that are dairy, gluten and refined sugar-free. But by all means when you are out at a restaurant with friends simply do the best you can and enjoy your meal with no guilt. Then rein in the next day eating a bit cleaner as you will soon see how much better you feel on your own home cooked meals when you have control over the ingredients.
THE GLUTEN FREE GLUTTON
Buyer beware!, these people consume everything and anything as long as it says gluten free. But there are chemicals in so many of the gluten free products that are even more unhealthy, even dangerous than simply consuming a good quality sprouted whole grain so make sure you once again choose quality over quantity!
THE SELF DECEIVER
These are people who want to act as though they have no idea that genetically modified food even exist. These people look at me like I have three heads when I point out the obvious fact that there is MSG (monosodium glutamate) *in their Hidden Valley Ranch dressing or in the bouillon cube they are using to make their “healthy” soup. These are the same people who act shocked when I tell them that their sugar free Yoplait yogurt is loaded with chemicals that could kill a small horse.
Their chewing gum is such a shock that I must actually pull up the ingredients on the internet to show them just how bad it is to chomp all day on such a small seemingly harmless piece of gum. How do you think the flavor lasts so long? Those chemicals pack a powerful punch!
Food You Eat Should Make You Feel Great!
My motto is that all people are as unique as their finger print and require different foods to sustain their unique body types based on the environment in which they live. For the best results go with what your ancestors ate and what makes you feel great! Go ahead and gain that new sense of yourself, don’t give your power away.
You came into this world with all the inner knowing and guidance you will ever need, so simply follow your intuitive prowess. My dieting guru used to say, “eat it today if you feel good tomorrow keep eating that way, if you don’t then stop or enjoy the pain”.
Learn more about the fat burning foods you should be eating to get healthy and lose weight with our fat burning foods list. Also read our list of fruits that melt fat.
