One of the greatest downfalls of the health and wellness industry is that it is creating weak humans.
Health and wellness endeavors have now turned into anti-aging, but many of the things promoted are promoting rapid, unhealthy, aging, instead.
Here’s why.
In an effort to look a certain way, people have been instructed or advised to compromise just about anything.
Here are two examples:
- Compromise food quality by purchasing a liquid food that has a shelf-life of multiple months in the name of hitting a protein goal. (Ex: “Boost” drink.)
Why and how is it acceptable to eat something they give patients in the hospital who can’t chew food, something that has cancer causing ingredients, yet not acceptable and so “unhealthy” to eat a sandwich?
The truth:
Your digestive system starts in your mouth.
When you chew food, your digestive system and stomach starts to release enzymes and stomach acid necessary to break down the food. Drinking your food bypasses that process. Sure smoothies can be healthy, but don’t underestimate the power of chewing your food.
Have you ever thought that it’s odd that a dairy based product can have a long shelf life non-refrigerated? It is odd. And that’s why many of these drinks require additives that are detrimental to health and have been linked to cancer. - Skip meals or undereat for weight loss and never focus on maintenance.
A calorie deficit is required for fat loss. Yet, what continually fails to be addressed is, what’s the plan after the calorie deficit? How will you maintain your results?
Controlled starvation is just that - starvation. It should be temporary. Not ongoing.
However, when it is prolonged, the foundations become compromised. Afterall, if you start robbing a plant of sunshine and water, would you be shocked if it wilted away? Of course not.
Bone and muscle loss occur —> metabolism slows down.
Less food = less vital nutrients —> nutrient deficiencies that lead to health issues.
Higher stress = less sex hormone productions (the body chooses to create cortisol rather than testosterone or progesterone for example) —> more abdominal weight, and all the joys that come along with low sex hormones.
Higher stress also slows down thyroid function by increasing reverse T3.
So, how is any of the above sustainable? It’s not.
And consistently underfueling your body will rob you of the energy to go for those walks, to do that cardio, to build muscle, and even to get a good night's sleep.
So what is the plan after fat loss?
Maintaining fat loss. And maintaining results requires changing your habits.
Our body is a system.
It is a miraculous system that is constantly trying to create homeostasis or balance.
When you view food as fuel, you can transform your health and your results.
We need food to survive, to function well, to heal, and to not with away like a wilting flower.
In helping hundreds of clients over the years, and working on my own health, it is increasingly clear our habits dictate our health. Habits are just that, habitual. What we do repeatedly.
And if your habit is to constantly rob your body of what it needs, it will not flourish.
Our habits have the power to bring health and vitality.
Our habits have the power to decrease stress and make us resilient.
Our habits have the power to make us stronger so that we can be strong for those who need us the most.
You can create the small, consistent habits that reap the greatest reward.
Keep fueling your body, you are worth it.
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