As you can imagine, scientists have thousands of questions about optimal nutrition, and they’ve answered some questions more thoroughly than others.
The big problem with this field is most people start with the internet when they don’t know what to do to get healthier.
Wondering what to put in your smoothie? What to eat before you work out? How much bacon you should eat?
There are all sorts of answers on Google, not to mention Facebook and Instagram.
You don’t have to look far to discover a charismatic person with an excellent body and sales pitch offering up their own beliefs as a “protocol” or “system”.
These systems tend to include:
⛔ A set of certain foods and/or supplements to eat. (Like acai berries hand-picked at sunrise.)
⛔ A set of certain foods to avoid. (Nothing a caveman wouldn’t eat. Nothing that isn’t “natural”. Nothing that’s been sold, bought or processed.)
⛔ Rules about how much to eat, when to eat (or not eat), and possibly even where to eat. (No food after 6:30 pm!)
If the belief system (or the person who invented it) is compelling or “truthy” enough, it can be pretty tempting to believe them.
When we buy into a belief system, we’re looking for help. We want to make a change, or finally find a solution to a problem that’s bothered us for a long time.
Don't get lost on Google or with influencers to make real changes in your life.
My goal as a nutrition coach, and with Dead Set, is to improve my client’s nutrition knowledge.
I commit to putting the beliefs away and embracing a lifelong process of learning, studying, thinking critically, and applying evidence-based analysis to every decision and recommendation I make.
📩 See the difference that individualized, educated coaching can make.
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