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Not all foods are equal. Don't treat them equally. Some foods provide more nutrition than others. Some foods ‘harm' you more than others. Some foods are more enjoyable than others. The important thing is how you prioritise them and which ones you eat more or less of. 1) Foods that are good for you and that you enjoy: Eat loads of this type! (E.g. steak and eggs). 2) Foods that are good for you and you enjoy less: Find ways of increasing your intake of this. (E.g liver or broccoli). 3) Foods that are bad for you and you enjoy: Don't cut them out, just minimise them in your diet and eat more of 1 and 2 instead! (E.g. bread and cake). It’s all about food priorities and management! #eatrealfood #lifestylenotdiet #getlean #doctorhud #fitbodydoc https://www.instagram.com/p/B1YCnR9gjDc/?igshid=mozz38pvulo

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Interesting story recently about ‘vegan influencer’ Yovana Ayres who was ‘caught’ eating fish on a YouTube video (and subsequently attacked by her followers). She advocated a raw vegan diet and had almost 3 million followers. The important thing to learn from this story is WHY she started eating fish and eggs (I’m not here to celebrate her being ‘caught’!). It’s because her raw vegan diet was significantly affecting her health. She was profoundly anaemic, had stopped menstruating and had developed bowel bacterial overgrowth. A raw vegan diet is probably the worst diet for anybody. Not only do plants have less macro and micronutrients than animal products (e.g. fish, meat and eggs) but the proteins and micronutrients are less bioavailable than animal proteins. This means your body cannot absorb the nutrients as well. This is made worse when you’re eating uncooked plants your body absorbs even less readily. Most young, fit and healthy people do OK (just ok) with a vegan diet but it’s significantly inferior to an omnivore diet. In fact so inferior it’s actually dangerous at the extreme ends of age and during pregnancy. That’s why this poor girl was forced to eat eggs and fish so she could solve the health problems caused by her extreme vegan diet. She’s been attacked by many followers because of their ethical stance. But no one can really argue with the scientific stance that a vegan diet is not sustainable or safe and if you want to THRIVE you should eat meat, fish and/or eggs. #eatrealfood #yes2meat #vegandiet #fitbodydoc #doctorhud #getlean https://www.instagram.com/p/BvosFLPgm6D/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1945upo3s2pmq

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There are 21 meals a week. Breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. You don’t need 21 perfect meals to take control of your health. You only need the majority of your meals to be very good or ‘as good as you can’ to correct your metabolism to stimulate your body to burn fat and stay lean. So if 80% of your 21 meals are mainly healthy protein, non-starchy vegetables with added fats and minimal carbs, the remaining 20% doesn’t have to be as strict. The problem with the standard western diet and ‘everything in moderation’ approach is that many meals are carb heavy and nutrient-poor. Particularly when you consider jacket potatoes, wholemeal sandwiches and pasta are considered ‘healthy options’. DONT take that approach. Save the carbs for 20% and maximise the good nutrients for the bulk of your meals. #eatrealfood #lowcarblifestyle #doctorhud #fitbodydoc https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvi5SrEAygZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=akty639v3nt8

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If you want to compare yourself to others on social media who have a ‘better body’ than you then you need to take into consideration a few things first. 1. Their age vs your age. Self explanatory. You can’t change that! . 2. How long have they been on their ‘health journey’. Are you comparing your beginning to their middle? Are their health habits ingrained whilst you’re still learning yours? . 3. Family and social life: perhaps they don’t have the responsibilities you have OR they have sacrificed their social life to MAINTAIN the (often) unrealistic perfect body. . 4. Their job vs yours: This isn’t meant to be negative. But if they’re a fitness professional or model it’s their JOB to be ‘perfect’ so their life revolves around that. You can’t excel in your career/business AND have the perfect body (but you CAN still have a GREAT body!). . 5. Their mental health: That’s something that you can never tell. The pressures of ‘looking perfect’ aren’t without their consequences. I do believe in the importance of working hard to get a healthy body and with that comes a ‘good looking’ body too. But the ‘perfect’ body isn’t achievable by most without some effect on your mental state. . Just a few things to think about when social is getting you down rather than motivating you ;0) . #reallifelean #nutrientdensity #eatrealfood #getlean #fitbodydoc #doctorhud https://www.instagram.com/p/BtsqbZSASPj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rn0fr9fi94cj

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Interesting article about Fitbits and other fitness tracker devices. This article focuses on whether these devices overestimate the calorie burn for a particular device. Maybe. But they’re actually missing a BIG POINT which is more important. You CANNOT out-exercise a bad diet. Calories burnt may give you an indication of intensity of exercise and may reflect how much you’ve exercise your cardiorespiratory system and your muscles But the calories burnt are almost irrelevant when it comes to your weight loss goals if your diet is poor. Why? Cos for most people you cannot ever do enough exercise to burn off the fat storage effects of a diet rich in carbohydrates or excessive calories. Unless you’re doing Olympic levels of exercise which is another job in itself! You cannot out exercise the effects of excess carbs on your insulin or excess fructose on your liver. You definitely cannot impact the inflammatory effect of processed fake foods like vegetable oils and processed-carb-rich foods. This is particularly the case when people feel they need to eat more carbs to ‘feed’ their exercise when most people don’t do near enough exercise to require that (the point is they don’t need to do that much, they should focus on their diet more!) Fitbits are useful for monitoring and tracking workouts but their calorie estimates are probably a distraction and can falsely reassure you that you’re burning off enough calories to keep eating more. #cantouttrainabaddiet #cantoutexerciseabaddiet #eatrealfood #lowcarblifestyle #fitbodydoc #getlean #doctorhud https://www.instagram.com/p/BtQGu5MAF3D/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xc9u3g7qlnk3

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Fun fact. When Tom Hanks was asked what he ate to gain weight for the 2000 film Castaway he said "pizza". But why is Pizza fattening? Weight Watchers will tell you it's cos of calorie content or even fat content. But pizza is fattening because it's 90% processed wheat which almost has the same effect as pure sugar when it enters your blood stream. It stimulates insulin and results in fat-storage (on your hips, thighs and belly). Nobody claims it's healthy, but understanding why it's not helps you understand what similar 'fat-storing' foods to be wary of, including foods marketed as healthy such as pasta or wholegrain bread. #eatrealfood #eatmore #lowcarblifestyle #fitbodydoc #getlean #weightloss #pizza #funfacts #getlean #doctorhud #fitbodydoc https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp3sI-Rgrt1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=km3dgq67gvgp

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‪Early lunch again cos the 5 hour case starts shortly!‬ ‪Leftover mix. Minced beef, spinach and artichoke cheese dip plus some fresh spinach on top.‬ ‪#surgeonslife #lowcarblifestyle #fitbodydoc #doctorhud ‬ https://www.instagram.com/p/BoOdO-UAzf5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19w7luzz32b2m

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It’s not easy finding a healthy drink. And it doesn’t help when fruit juice and smoothie bars market their drinks as healthy. Unfortunately they’re not! The blended or juiced fruit is full of free and concentrated sugar that’s quickly absorbed and raises your blood sugar levels causing havoc for your metabolism (and your waistline!). And don’t worry about the vitamins and minerals. You can get more of them from vegetables and even from cheese and meat! Have green smoothies for the health benefits but consider all fruit smoothies as treats! #lowsugarlifestyle #lowcarblifestyle #eatrealfood #greensmoothie #fitbodydoc #doctorhud https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn-_te-gbSH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=att5s5rsyz1u