Food Your Best Friend Maintain a Healthy Relationship
according to the oxford dictionary
a diet is defined as a kind of food that
a person
animal or community habitually eats
however
countless people in the world do diets
as a shortcut to lose or gain weight
get healthier or to experience an
overall change in lifestyle
there have been numerous controversies
over health and diet where what is
considered to be the best diet
or what is eating habits are considered
healthy
the real issue in this controversy is
that many people don’t see
eye to eye on what is considered to be a
healthy diet
and the question of what leads a
successful
and realistic healthy lifestyle
in this day and age we can easily go to
the supermarket and be tempted to buy
the most unhealthy foods that are full
of preservatives
improper nutritional value and much more
we have to remember that the food
industry is not concerned about the
impact their products have
on our health or our size they use
marketing tactics
to make us consume more food than we
actually need such as minimizing the
serving size labels
and the majority of people who buy
processed food will overeat the serving
size due to their lack of knowledge
about the calories that are there in
watson
although one might not think so
corporations in the food industry have
quite sinister
intentions for not providing the real
calories that are in one product
the maximization of profits by causing
their customers to overeat their foods
this is a tactic the food companies use
to make people
overeat and while people are overeating
and struggling to lose weight
the diet industry will play their part
in order to
provide people with quick quick fixes
such as certain drugs
magical food that will make you drop
large chunks of weight
and other fat diet scans that won’t help
you out in the world
going on a diet implies dietary
restriction of some sort
insert the adjective of your choice low
fat low carb
low sodium gluten free or whatever other
kinds of diet
the most common of course is the weight
loss study
on top of the unethical food and diet
industry
the beauty industry is not helping with
people’s health either
while the beauty industry has personally
equated health with extreme
slimness often as a result of eating
disorders
however true health lies in achieving a
healthy weight
i myself have my own struggles with
weight
and weight gain at the middle school
simply due to the fact that i did not
have proper knowledge or control
over the food i was putting in my body
and more importantly
the amount of food i was in taking i was
not disappointed by
what i appeared but with the way my body
reacted due to the extra weight i was
carrying
i was out of breath easily i was
constantly lethargic
and tired from the beginning of high
school i started doing my research about
how i can regain my health back
according to the who worldwide obesity
had nearly tripled since 1975
and as a result medical problems such as
heart disease were on the rest
in today’s world eight percent of deaths
are due to this disease
most commonly being stroke high blood
pressure diabetes
cancer sleep apnea and so much more
i wonder how can i possibly reach a
healthy weight without negating
certain food groups or starving myself
or working out at the gym for hours on
end
this initiated my start to a journey
that i will continually endure for the
rest of my life
intuitive eating and high intensity
interval training
intuitive eating is learned is a learned
procedure
that rejects strict popular diets it is
a form of eating that helps one
understand
how to respectfully honor your body and
help i consciously
acknowledging your hunger making peace
with food that you
tend to overeat and discovering when to
stop eating
i believe that every person is different
and it is necessary
to understand that in order to lead an
ongoing healthy lifestyle
one has to discover their own diet that
works the best for them
while trying to stay under the
recommended calories
one should consume in a day my personal
journey with intuitive
eating made me discover that a ketogenic
diet was the ideal
i was ideal for my own health a
ketogenic diet consists of consuming
large percentage of high fat
foods and moderate amounts of protein
rich foods and a very low percent
of carbohydrates this diet when followed
properly
helps the body burn fat rather than
burning carbohydrates
helping the fat percentage of the body
to go down
following this diet is a game changer
for me as i have struggled with
overeating as a habit
i was consciously aware about the
nutrients that were going into my body
and over time i was able to have a
healthy and conscious
relationship with the food that i wasn’t
taking therefore the true solution
to leading a healthy lifestyle is one’s
personal diet that is chosen by me
and the intake of food preferably a
consistent one
as the definition of a diet is whatever
you eat on a regular basis
the more your diet is based upon real
foods such as legumes
foods and natural sources of protein and
fats
while practicing into intuitive eating
by restricting the calories
that you may over consume you will be
leading a healthier lifestyle
and ultimately initiate your own health
journey that hopefully lasts a lifetime