Are Diets Helpful or Harmful?.........................
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svengali
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Diets are vitally important for everyone.
The important thing is to establish and maintain healthy eating habits - there is enough information on that topic out there these days - and keep the "naughty" foods as special treats to be indulged in occasionally.
No use trying crash diets because unless you are a masochist you just won't go the distance and fads like Paleo, Atkins, etc come and go with monotonous regularity.
Good tucker and sensible exercise is the only way to go.
The important thing is to establish and maintain healthy eating habits - there is enough information on that topic out there these days - and keep the "naughty" foods as special treats to be indulged in occasionally.
No use trying crash diets because unless you are a masochist you just won't go the distance and fads like Paleo, Atkins, etc come and go with monotonous regularity.
Good tucker and sensible exercise is the only way to go.
Everything in moderation...I've read a few "diet" books...but the one I really enjoyed which gave me, I believe, a healthier understanding of food relationships was "French women dont get fat". The book itself isn't a how to on loosing weight as much as it is about developing a good relationship with what you put on your plate.
I have a love affair with food. I'm lucky enough to like food and like different styles, from pretty much everywhere. There is no way I would ever cut a food from my diet just to be skinny. I love bakeries and pastry and pasta and cakes and chocolates way to much. But I've learnt to create a balance by eating fresh, local produce as much as possible. I love veggies and fruit and have a good amount of raw food knowledge to whip up some pretty tasty clean foods...so I can have richer foods every now and again...
Where I have missed the boat since working is hitting the gym. Sometimes I really miss that time and sometimes I look back and wonder why would I want to spend money on a memebership when I can do more enjoyable forms of excersise by just enjoying life... Utlising my pushbike, walking when I don't need to use my car, getting out more, and make time for sex. Like I said...I sometimes miss the gym and the good feeling after a weights session...so not sure how I feel about not finding a new one now that we have moved house.
At the end of the day I think good nutrition and food knowledge is way more important and needs to be promoted more, along with healthy lifestyle choices...which means being mentalty and emotionally healthy as well.
I have a love affair with food. I'm lucky enough to like food and like different styles, from pretty much everywhere. There is no way I would ever cut a food from my diet just to be skinny. I love bakeries and pastry and pasta and cakes and chocolates way to much. But I've learnt to create a balance by eating fresh, local produce as much as possible. I love veggies and fruit and have a good amount of raw food knowledge to whip up some pretty tasty clean foods...so I can have richer foods every now and again...
Where I have missed the boat since working is hitting the gym. Sometimes I really miss that time and sometimes I look back and wonder why would I want to spend money on a memebership when I can do more enjoyable forms of excersise by just enjoying life... Utlising my pushbike, walking when I don't need to use my car, getting out more, and make time for sex. Like I said...I sometimes miss the gym and the good feeling after a weights session...so not sure how I feel about not finding a new one now that we have moved house.
At the end of the day I think good nutrition and food knowledge is way more important and needs to be promoted more, along with healthy lifestyle choices...which means being mentalty and emotionally healthy as well.
