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Or, at least, that’s what it feels like.
So, they make you miserable and don’t even work."
Personal trainer, sports nutritionist, andwellness coachAmanda Dale further broke down this idea.
As Dale explained, not all calories are created equal.
“Recently the trend is to claim the effectiveness is proven by ‘science’.
And yet the so-called diet gurus touting them constantly contradict one another.
We need to be conscious of additives too.
Give in and you’ll start to gain excess weight accordingly.
Jamie Logie, a certified personal trainer, nutritionist, and health coach, denounces this idea entirely.
“The secret is avoiding the bad fats and embracing the good ones.
The bad fats are the trans fats and hydrogenated oils, etc.
Good fats like olive oil, coconut oil, avocados, etc.
provide the fat our body needs.”
Fat is actually a necessary and crucial part of our diets.
The truth, nutritionistKaleigh McMordietold me, is much more sinister.
“Juice cleanses and other ‘detox’ diets are expensive marketing scams.
Your body is designed to detox itself, that’s why you have kidneys and a liver.”
Skip breakfast to lose weight
Breakfast used to be the most important meal of the day.
Franklin Antoian, the founder ofiBodyFit.comand one ofSHAPEmagazine’sTop 50 Trainersin America, rejected this idea completely.
“You cannot out-exercise a bad diet.
[Eating] terrible food creates hormone imbalances in your body like leptin and insulin resistance.”
“Any activity is good activity, even if it’s a fifteen-minute walk.
As with eating before bed, as Chapman explained, timing isn’t necessarily everything.
“Recent research has shown that it doesn’t matter how frequently you eat.
It’s not necessary to ‘stoke your fat-burning engine’ with frequent feedings.”
If your goal is fat loss or strength, the quantity of meals you eat per day is irrelevant.
Results stem from the quantity and quality of calories you consume.”
As Buckley explained, the wealth of information on offer makes it seem more complicated.
Just make informed choices.
As Ficek advised, it’s not about acquiring the must-have super-foods.
Some of the healthiest foods in the grocery store are also actually the cheapest.”
