On the road to good health, there are many ways you can get led astray, and actually end up more unhealthy than when you started.
Here’s 7 examples of things NOT to do when you’re trying to get healthy!
1) Hear about Raspberry Ketones for weight loss on the Dr Oz show. Proceed to supplement store to buy a 6 month supply of the “weight loss miracle supplement.”
Cost: $ 69.99 + tax and a giant {facepalm} with no results.
2) Read about your favorite Hollywood Diva that lost 10 lbs in 10 days by eating 1200 calories per day. Do that.
Cost: your metabolism, mental stability, a whole bunch of cortisol (stress hormone) and a whole lot of eating pleasure.
3) Recall your favorite talk show host went vegan and never looked back. Mimic her diet.
Cost: increased toxicity due to a lack of protein to drive detoxification, slowed hormone synthesis, decreased fertility, slowed thyroid function, and loss of craving intuition due to adherence to dietary dogma.
4) See your best friend doing this AMAZING 30 day juice fast, and decide to join her.
Cost: (see #3)
5) Jump on the paleo diet bandwagon overnight, and unintentionally cut most of the carbs out of your diet.
Cost: slowed thyroid function resulting in: decreased transit time (read: constipation), slowed hormone synthesis, and slowed detoxification (read: fatigue).
6) Spend half of your life savings on bars, shake powders and vitamin waters that guarantee to turn you into a super model in 21 days.
Cost $400, loss of pantry space, and powdered garbage that even your dog won’t touch (and quite honestly, you don’t want to touch it either…).
7) You tried 1-6 and now it’s years later. You don’t feel any better and you have less to show for it than before your DIY nutrition.
Cost: Feeling like a failure, increased fixation about food due to increased nutritional debt & increased medical bills.
And how do you evaluate any “health trend” so you never let it happen again?
When evaluating any health trend, ask yourself these 4 questions to avoid getting duped:
- Does it suggest you spend a lot of money on something other than high quality nutrient dense food?
- Does it tell you to ignore what your body is telling you in order to adhere to the “program”: ie. cravings, hunger, thirst, fatigue, etc?
- Does the program stress buying food or supplement items that your great grandmother would not recognize?
- Does it promise a “quick fix” or overnight results?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, chances are it’s going to lead you down a dangerous road!
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