Why do food recommendations keep changing?

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I’ve heard the same frustrations from hundreds of people:

“First they said eggs were good, then they were bad, now they’re good again, so which is it?”

“I heard fat was bad, now they say it’s good, is that true?”

“I’ve been told to avoid fat and meat and focus on grains my whole life, now they say that’s why we’re all fat. How am I supposed to know what I should be eating?”

It seems like the science of nutrition changes all the time. While our understanding of what we eat has evolved a bit over the years, for the most part it’s actually been pretty consistent. What has changed quite frequently is what gets reported to the public. A mixture of bad journalism, biased researchers, and special interest groups has thrown a lot of noise into a subject that actually has some pretty simple advice. See how our recommendations have been shaped (often to our detriment) and some simple tips to get back on track.

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Don't Obsess About Numbers

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Don’t become obsessed with numbers

  • “Count all the calories you eat.”
  • “You need to burn 3500 calories a week to lose a pound of fat.”
  • “Weigh yourself every day.”
  • “Calculate your BMI to know if you’re at a healthy weight or not.”
  • “Track all your numbers or you won’t succeed.”

We love numbers. We think of them as objective measures of the truth, but when it comes to our bodies, this is not true at all. In general my advice is don’t become obsessed with any numbers: calories consumed, calories burned, BMI, or body weight. These numbers are not true measures of anything, and I’ve seen obsessive focus on numbers cause people to adopt behaviors that prevent them from reaching their goals.

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Clean Protein Meal Plan

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As I’ve mentioned many times before, losing weight is hard. Choosing poor diet foods can not only leave you feeling hungry and miserable all the time, but improper dieting can send the wrong signals to your body, causing it to digest large portions of muscle tissue instead of body fat. That’s why we created our new Clean Protein Diet Plan.

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