Eat everything in moderation?
True story time. I love chocolate. There's almost nothing I would not do for chocolate including sometimes, unfortunately, eating something that only resembles chocolate on the outside but really is mostly sugar.
A generous colleague brought the temptation to our lunch room and I could not resist the pretty truffle wrapped up beautifully. I took more than one. The first one didn't seem to affect me but I had it after a heavy meal so I think the meal might have masked the effects. When I ate the second one after a light breakfast, the effect was almost instantaneous. My tummy complained, quietly. I knew it could be nothing else: the 'chocolate' truffle was to blame.
This and other reactions to things I consume tells me a few things. First, I should have left the 'chocolate' on the table.
Second, there is no substitute for real food to make you feel good after eating.
I have a theory based on these observations that many of us have become desensitized to the point where our bodies no longer signal to us that we have consumed something we should not have. We think it's fine because we do not see an impact or feel an impact in the short term and we ignore all the long term effects, blaming our long term concerns on Ol' Father Time. Poor ol Father Time! The truth is, we simply need to get back to that state of being where our bodies recognise a toxin and signal to us so we remember to stay away the next time. It is a supremely valuable thing for your body to have the capacity to recognize (and perhaps reject) something we should not have eaten and give us a tangible signal to warn us or confirm what we already knew. Mind you, I did not bite into that truffle expecting to be affected in such a tangible way. Who does? All I was thinking was I didn't eat too many carbs so I earned the truffle! Next time I will reward myself with some carbs that are enrobed in real Trinitario dark chocolate! I've gotten lots of experience figuring out the best things to eat that are healthy and tasty. I share on these in the NSNG Club newsletter.
The question in the title of this post is something doctors like to recommend. I think it is the lazy way of approaching nutrition. At the very least, it is outdated knowledge. Doctors who are still saying that ought to be prohibited from earning an income practising medicine....no one should earn an income peddling untruths. The days when there were no publications refuting that lie are gone. The evidence is there and the evidence is clear. Eating everything is a no-no if you want to treat your body with kindness and have a body that is not ravaged by disease. Want to know what to eat? I've been sharing ideas in a newsletter. They say it's useful - so perhaps you might find it so too: http://tiny.cc/nsngclub
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