Mainstream Diets

A post by Blanche Scharf http://www.yourhealthupdates.com I have been studying natural healing modalities for the last 25 years. In that time I have had the privilege of working with some of the greatest minds in Natural Healing including Naturopaths, Scientists, and Energy Healers. I have seen people miraculously heal from all kinds of dis-ease thru non-invasive methods. Personally, I have experienced all kinds of diets from Macrobiotics to Raw Foods. Now is a very important time to start sharing this health information with as many people as possible, so people can make well informed decisions about their health and not fall victim to a sickcare system based on profit, rather than one of supporting wholeness, compassion and love To see more posts by Blanche Scharf, click here

Mainstream diets are sometimes really fad diets. I am surprised that there is such extraordinary amount of fad diets on the market. What they all have in common is they promise more than they can deliver.

They either imply that they burn fat, or increase fat loss due to metabolic action. What these diets look like is calorie restriction done in a detrimental way. Most diets do not make the grade, and above all put your health and weight in danger. Most blame behavior and lack of physical activity as the sole reasons for the obesity epidemic. This is blaming the victim. Scientifically there are underlying factors that cause excess fat.

There are all kinds of human studies that measure the effect of calories. That is what most diets are based on. Our food supply has changed enormously; the game plan has to change. Research suggests that the sugar substitutes, high fructose corn syrup, artificial coloring, fillers, processing, and pasteurization are contributors to the underlying obesity epidemic

Almost all of the mainstream diets allow some of these products into the regiment. Long term results show that weight is gained back in spades. What is going on is that these diet programs are relying on calorie consumption vs. calorie expenditure. Skeptics are concerned that the component of optimal nutrition is the mechanism that triggers weight reduction. The profound effects of good nutrition are that it produces profound results.

To reach your healthy weight you need the nutrients and foods that are right for your body. The overabundance of food makes this concept more important than ever. Initiating weight loss today is to understand that the food supply far surpasses anything we have seen. Mainstream medical practitioners hold to the idea that we all benefit from the same nutrition. One of the most common misconceptions is that the beneficial effects of a food are the same in everyone.

This can explain the difference in metabolism that occurs when the same diet has different results. One person may lose weight quite easily, while someone on the same exact diet fails to lose as much fat.

The metabolism will be said to be slower in a person who does not enjoy the same results. These two people need a completely different road map. This indicates that the logic that dieting is based on is as flawed as our eating habits.

The rationale behind most fad diets is that all weight problems are a result of calories, metabolism, physical activity level, if these diets were right we would not be facing an obesity epidemic.

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