There are so many reports out about different foods and supplements that contradict one another....so what do we believe? I think that the best way to figure this out is to use common sense. I can still hear my grandmother saying these words when I asked her why she eats so much butter, so many eggs, and whole milk when the FDA had just come out with reports saying this stuff was bad for you...... She said "I have been eating butter, eggs, and drinking whole milk my entire life and I am fit as a fiddle at age 60, the FDA can kiss my butt." I loved that woman. :) She was the queen of common sense.
If you hear a report from some doctor or from some institution or some company.....just ask yourself what they have to gain by coming out and saying what they are saying. Are they possibly selling a product? Are they working for an organization that has an interest in a billion dollar industry such as pharmacueticals or food sales? Also, does what they are saying make sense or is it against what you believe to be true based on your experiences?
Sometimes, the information that is being passed on is good and you would be prudent to heed the advice of these professionals, but you need to do some research and verify this information first using other sources. Be aware that there is a ton of propaganda and misinformation out there about food and drugs. Imagine if you had a marketing budget of millions and millions to put together a campaign for your products, how effectively you could brainwash millions of people to use it. Those of you out there that understand marketing and advertising know how easily it is to program someone to use a product that they do not need and that is potentially harmful to them. You just use testimonials from people they want to be like (happy, strong, sexy, wealthy, famous, etc.) and use repitition to drill it into their mind. Perhaps in a later post I will go into the specific ways that we are all brainwashed everyday to buy these products.
One of the best ways to find out what you should and should not do is to find someone who has had success in this arena in their own lives and imitate them. You would not go to the guy that is 200 Lbs overweight on wife number five to get health and fitness tips or relationship advice right? You probably have a friend out there that has more energy than you, has a better physique than you, or seems happier than you. Start changing what you are doing to model yourself after that person and make positive changes in your life.
Stay away from overnight success products. If it sounds too good to be true...it probably is. Use Common Sense! Nothing worthwhile ever comes easy..... lol, I just realized that I sound like my parents, but it is so true. You did not get unhealthy or unfit overnight, and it is not something that you are going to fix overnight. You have lived a certain way for years and years, so you are going to have to make lifelong changes in order to repair the damage that you have done.
Go out there and start making those positive changes in your life and use common sense when deciding on what you should do.
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