Nutrition Is Not Common Sense
by Marc
David
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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
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Marc David is a bodybuilder, writer, and author of the the e-book
"The Beginner's Guide to Fitness and Bodybuilding" (BGFB): What Every
Beginner Should Know but Probably Doesn't. Please visit his site at: http://www.beginning-bodybuilding.com/
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