Nutrition Is Not Common Sense
I'd like to explain an important concept that most online
trainers (even the "gurus") don't "get"...
Have you ever heard that 'nutrition is common sense?'
Have you ever thought about why the United States has an
epidemic of overweight individuals and kids that are out of
shape? Or that most people talk about how in their younger days
they were able to do this and that. Yet these people are only 30
years old?
Most people think nutrition is common sense. But these people
are completely wrong.
You see, common sense isn't specialized knowledge, but just
native good judgment. Many times common sense is when it comes
to many things in life are learned behaviors from parents,
teachers, mentors or coaches. We get at lot of this common
knowledge thru what we see as well. Driving on the right of left
side of the road is common sense in your country. You get this
from what you see.
The REAL four biggest problems when it comes to nutrition and
common sense is that:
1- You learn what to eat from T.V. How crazy is that? I don't
think I've seen a good commercial about just eating right. It's
always about diets, points, fad diets, crazy workout stuff or
fast food. Many kids get plenty of T.V. They don't understand
why sugar cereal isn't part of a complete breakfast.
2- You learn what you see at home. If you were a witness to a
lot of healthy eating habits (fruits, vegetables, moderate
portions) then you probably got a lot of your good eating habits
from your parents or guardians.
3- You learn to finish everything that's put in front of you.
Does it matter if your hunger was satisfied half-way thru the
meal? Or have you been told it was rude not to eat everything.
You start to learn that finishing what's in front of you is more
important then if you are hungry or not.
4- You learn nutrition at school. Some schools have good
programs. Many do not. The only exposure most school children
receive is the food pyramid. And then it's off to lunch period
where they are served fish sticks and a variety of other
unhealthy items. Only a few schools have a very healthy lunch
option. It's pretty rare. You learn more about ancient Egyptians
then you do about how to put together a healthy meal and what
the heck is a complex carb.
This is an important concept -- so let me break it down and
explain it in detail.
Most things we learn are common sense. It's common sense not to
touch a hot stove. Why? Somebody told you or you tried it and
your body responded by telling the pain receptors in your hand
that it didn't like that.
You learned the stove was hot and not fun to touch. Common
sense. It didn't require any specialized knowledge.
Then it hit me...
Neither should nutrition. It doesn't require any specialized
knowledge to eat correctly. But yet it's not common sense.
The reason most people get it wrong is because they were never
taught!
They received a lot of information from T.V. which was promoting
diets and fast food and sugar cereals.
Their parents didn't learn either so they passed that onto their
children.
There's a pressure to finish everything that is put in front of
you (don't be wasteful) ignoring the absence of the hunger
feeling.
The lack of sound nutrition in most schools. You learn how to
read in school. You learn how to write. You learn how to solve
math problems. You learn history and you learn different
cultures.
I'll bet you can guess what happened next.
You never learn the definition of a complete meal.
You start by learning that right now...
A complete meal always includes a lean protein and a natural,
complex carbohydrate. The best meal of all for muscle-building
and fat-burning purposes contains three things:
1. Lean protein (chicken, fish, egg whites, etc) 2. Starchy carb
(potato, rice, etc) 3. Fibrous carb (broccoli, green beans,
salad, etc)
And that, is the biggest benefit of having a complete meal and
understanding just how simple it is to create meals with these
three steps.
So watch for your next issue of this mini-course, where I'll
reveal the single most important question about how much cardio
should you do.
Yours For Continued Success