Nutrition science is complex. Unfortunately, it is not usually taught that way.
Instead, we are fed over-simplified diets based on cherry-picked data.
We are told to follow "this diet" and you will be healthy.
What we are not told is that a healthy diet comes in many different forms, and what is healthiest for you is going to be based on your unique body and lifestyle.
As for figuring out what foods best support your health... well that can take some time.
No worries, though. You can get started right now making healthier dietary decisions.
It begins by un-learning all those harmful pieces of advice we've been fed for decades as we learn to choose foods that best nourish our own selves - body and mind.
Take your healthy eating knowledge to the next level. Learn more about building a healthy diet from the blog:
When it comes to choosing what to eat, it is easy to be overwhelmed with all the dietary information out there. The good news is that it is easy to avoid all this, because all we really need to do is keep one thing in mind: Eat Real Food.
An Argument to Forget about Calories
A focus on the caloric content of food and exercise has been the reigning method of weight management for years. Given the limited success of calculated calorie restriction to result in sustained weight loss, it is past time we re-evaluate the methods used to lose weight.
Update your weight management toolbox by learning the true drivers of weight management while understanding the role calories play in the Reprogrammed Systems Approach.
Calorie Balance: Understanding the theory and its limitations
Using Food to Reprogram Your Body
Insulin Resistance is a serious pathophysiologic condition impacting the ability of millions of individuals to properly regulate internal energy. As a first step on the path to Modern Disease, addressing insulin resistance now should be a top priority so that you don't have to deal with that disease diagnosis later.
Solving the Insulin Resistance Problem with Diet
Insulin Resistance and Macronutrient Wars: An argument to drop this argument
Testing the Saturated Fat Hypothesis: What is Saturated Fat's True Role in Insulin Resistance?
Macronutrient Misconceptions
High-Carb Low-Fat or Low-Fat High-Carb? Understand how macronutrients signal to your body so you can decide if these are the right questions to be asking
Macronutrients, weight-loss, and misplaced blame
Low-Carb eating - clearing up common mistakes