You should study nutrition because...
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...even professionals are leading you in the wrong direction. Learning about proper nutrition will save you a lot of wasted time and you'll get to your goals faster.
When I take on clients I make them do ridiculous amounts of research. Its not enough for me to just summarize things to them. People always end up trying to tweak things when they don't understand the mechanics of proper nutrition. It never works out as well as it could have. I always tell them that if they spent two less hours training a week and used those two hours to read they would inevitably reach their goals faster in the long run. I believe that when I say it.
Tons of people have mild eating disorders. Probably half the people reading this have mild eating disorders. Ive been a victim myself. Its not your fault really. You just have misinformation flying at you from every direction. Even people who understand nutrition often find themselves doing some things they shouldn't. Bad habbits die hard. Stop them before they start.
By mild eating disorders I mean
-You eat too little
-Nutrition outweighs friendship and social occasions
-Your diet has ruined friendships
-You consider certain foods to be taboo
-You do extra exercise when you eat things you feel guilty about
-You fast if you over eat for the day
To name a few.
If you've done any of these things, ever, I consider you as risk for serious health issues in the future. Eating disorders don't just manifest themselves overnight. So, don't think , "I'm special, that'll never be me". You're not special.
This is why people should spend some serious time doing real research on proper nutrition.
Heres the sources I suggest.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/forumdisplay.php?f=13
Read stickies^
www.bodyrecomposition.com
www.alanaragonblog.com
www.leangains.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/IceCreamFitness
If you read all that you'd know more than ~99% of people everywhere. You can learn it in a month easily. Spend all your time learning rather than asking questions.
When I take on clients I make them do ridiculous amounts of research. Its not enough for me to just summarize things to them. People always end up trying to tweak things when they don't understand the mechanics of proper nutrition. It never works out as well as it could have. I always tell them that if they spent two less hours training a week and used those two hours to read they would inevitably reach their goals faster in the long run. I believe that when I say it.
Tons of people have mild eating disorders. Probably half the people reading this have mild eating disorders. Ive been a victim myself. Its not your fault really. You just have misinformation flying at you from every direction. Even people who understand nutrition often find themselves doing some things they shouldn't. Bad habbits die hard. Stop them before they start.
By mild eating disorders I mean
-You eat too little
-Nutrition outweighs friendship and social occasions
-Your diet has ruined friendships
-You consider certain foods to be taboo
-You do extra exercise when you eat things you feel guilty about
-You fast if you over eat for the day
To name a few.
If you've done any of these things, ever, I consider you as risk for serious health issues in the future. Eating disorders don't just manifest themselves overnight. So, don't think , "I'm special, that'll never be me". You're not special.
This is why people should spend some serious time doing real research on proper nutrition.
Heres the sources I suggest.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/forumdisplay.php?f=13
Read stickies^
www.bodyrecomposition.com
www.alanaragonblog.com
www.leangains.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/IceCreamFitness
If you read all that you'd know more than ~99% of people everywhere. You can learn it in a month easily. Spend all your time learning rather than asking questions.
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Great post. Agreed. What we are fueling are bodies with, the one body we get for our whole life, should be well studied and known by everyone. The crap people put in their bodies is amazing.0
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Good post, great list of resources.0
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But...the toxins...0
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Bump - saved to read later0
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bump!0
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Thanks for caring!!! Must check out those sources; please give us more! Book recommendations too!0
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:flowerforyou:0
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Bumping for later reading! Thanks!!0
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Bump for later-0
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Would also love book recs!0
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Nice links.0
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By mild eating disorders I mean
-You eat too little
-Nutrition outweighs friendship and social occasions
-Your diet has ruined friendships
-You consider certain foods to be taboo
-You do extra exercise when you eat things you feel guilty about
-You fast if you over eat for the day
To name a few.
If you've done any of these things, ever, I consider you as risk for serious health issues in the future. Eating disorders don't just manifest themselves overnight. So, don't think , "I'm special, that'll never be me". You're not special.
I'm special, none of those apply to me.0 -
bump for later reading... thanks!0
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Edit: switch out "mild eating disorders" to "patterns of disordered eating" and you're golden!
Thanks for the links.0 -
I try to read information written by scientists and studies that have been peer-reviewed and published in reputable scientific journals.0
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I predict you'll do well here.0
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...even professionals are leading you in the wrong direction. Learning about proper nutrition will save you a lot of wasted time and you'll get to your goals faster.
When I take on clients I make them do ridiculous amounts of research. Its not enough for me to just summarize things to them. People always end up trying to tweak things when they don't understand the mechanics of proper nutrition. It never works out as well as it could have. I always tell them that if they spent two less hours training a week and used those two hours to read they would inevitably reach their goals faster in the long run. I believe that when I say it.
Tons of people have mild eating disorders. Probably half the people reading this have mild eating disorders. Ive been a victim myself. Its not your fault really. You just have misinformation flying at you from every direction. Even people who understand nutrition often find themselves doing some things they shouldn't. Bad habbits die hard. Stop them before they start.
By mild eating disorders I mean
-You eat too little
-Nutrition outweighs friendship and social occasions
-Your diet has ruined friendships
-You consider certain foods to be taboo
-You do extra exercise when you eat things you feel guilty about
-You fast if you over eat for the day
To name a few.
If you've done any of these things, ever, I consider you as risk for serious health issues in the future. Eating disorders don't just manifest themselves overnight. So, don't think , "I'm special, that'll never be me". You're not special.
This is why people should spend some serious time doing real research on proper nutrition.
Heres the sources I suggest.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/forumdisplay.php?f=13
Read stickies^
www.bodyrecomposition.com
www.alanaragonblog.com
www.leangains.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/IceCreamFitness
If you read all that you'd know more than ~99% of people everywhere. You can learn it in a month easily. Spend all your time learning rather than asking questions.
And tell me, sir, why are YOUR sources unbiased?
Truth is they aren't.
These sources support the "eat pop tarts and ice cream" crowd if anyone was wondering. There are many, many other valid viewpoints on nitrition, presented by people who aren't obnoxious like Aragon.0 -
...even professionals are leading you in the wrong direction. Learning about proper nutrition will save you a lot of wasted time and you'll get to your goals faster.
When I take on clients I make them do ridiculous amounts of research. Its not enough for me to just summarize things to them. People always end up trying to tweak things when they don't understand the mechanics of proper nutrition. It never works out as well as it could have. I always tell them that if they spent two less hours training a week and used those two hours to read they would inevitably reach their goals faster in the long run. I believe that when I say it.
Tons of people have mild eating disorders. Probably half the people reading this have mild eating disorders. Ive been a victim myself. Its not your fault really. You just have misinformation flying at you from every direction. Even people who understand nutrition often find themselves doing some things they shouldn't. Bad habbits die hard. Stop them before they start.
By mild eating disorders I mean
-You eat too little
-Nutrition outweighs friendship and social occasions
-Your diet has ruined friendships
-You consider certain foods to be taboo
-You do extra exercise when you eat things you feel guilty about
-You fast if you over eat for the day
To name a few.
If you've done any of these things, ever, I consider you as risk for serious health issues in the future. Eating disorders don't just manifest themselves overnight. So, don't think , "I'm special, that'll never be me". You're not special.
This is why people should spend some serious time doing real research on proper nutrition.
Heres the sources I suggest.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/forumdisplay.php?f=13
Read stickies^
www.bodyrecomposition.com
www.alanaragonblog.com
www.leangains.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/IceCreamFitness
If you read all that you'd know more than ~99% of people everywhere. You can learn it in a month easily. Spend all your time learning rather than asking questions.
And tell me, sir, why are YOUR sources unbiased?
Truth is they aren't.
These sources support the "eat pop tarts and ice cream" crowd if anyone was wondering. There are many, many other valid viewpoints on nitrition, presented by people who aren't obnoxious like Aragon.
Wow, you just love to try to start trouble dont you?
And just yesterday I was saying to other people here it seemed like you were making some sense and not being as...well, I dont want to attack, so just what is your problem?0 -
And tell me, sir, why are YOUR sources unbiased?
Truth is they aren't.
These sources support the "eat pop tarts and ice cream" crowd if anyone was wondering. There are many, many other valid viewpoints on nitrition, presented by people who aren't obnoxious like Aragon.
I thought you had decided to like poptarts after all?0 -
bump to access resources later0
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You left off over-eating/bingeing,
Chronic weighing (defined as more than once per week by the AND)
and a host of other ritualistic food behaviors and food associated behaviors that can be considered disordered eating habits. It's rampant. :-)
I haven't read the sources... but I will eventually and I'm sure I'll have something snarky or complimentary to say, mostly because I just like to say things.0 -
These sources support the "eat pop tarts and ice cream" crowd if anyone was wondering. There are many, many other valid viewpoints on nitrition, presented by people who aren't obnoxious like Aragon.
Funny quote is funny!
Aragon isn't obnoxious, BTW. He just goes against the orthorexic point of view.0 -
If you've done any of these things, ever, I consider you as risk for serious health issues in the future. Eating disorders don't just manifest themselves overnight. So, don't think , "I'm special, that'll never be me". You're not special.
This is why people should spend some serious time doing real research on proper nutrition.
I especially agree with this. It actually happened to me and before I even realized what was happening I had a full blown eating disorder (it won't happen to everyone) now I'm fighting to recover and I wish I had noticed earlier so it didn't get so bad :drinker:0 -
These sources support the "eat pop tarts and ice cream" crowd if anyone was wondering. There are many, many other valid viewpoints on nitrition, presented by people who aren't obnoxious like Aragon.
Funny quote is funny!
Aragon isn't obnoxious, BTW. He just goes against the orthorexic point of view.
in a rather rude and obnoxious way...
I actually don't disagree with him so much (10-20% as discretionary calories for example) as I just don't dig the way he packages it. making fun of people and ripping on people for being concerned about their food choices, etc.0 -
I haven't read the sources... but I will eventually and I'm sure I'll have something snarky or complimentary to say, mostly because I just like to say things.
I like your honesty :laugh:0 -
...even professionals are leading you in the wrong direction. Learning about proper nutrition will save you a lot of wasted time and you'll get to your goals faster.
When I take on clients I make them do ridiculous amounts of research. Its not enough for me to just summarize things to them. People always end up trying to tweak things when they don't understand the mechanics of proper nutrition. It never works out as well as it could have. I always tell them that if they spent two less hours training a week and used those two hours to read they would inevitably reach their goals faster in the long run. I believe that when I say it.
Tons of people have mild eating disorders. Probably half the people reading this have mild eating disorders. Ive been a victim myself. Its not your fault really. You just have misinformation flying at you from every direction. Even people who understand nutrition often find themselves doing some things they shouldn't. Bad habbits die hard. Stop them before they start.
By mild eating disorders I mean
-You eat too little
-Nutrition outweighs friendship and social occasions
-Your diet has ruined friendships
-You consider certain foods to be taboo
-You do extra exercise when you eat things you feel guilty about
-You fast if you over eat for the day
To name a few.
If you've done any of these things, ever, I consider you as risk for serious health issues in the future. Eating disorders don't just manifest themselves overnight. So, don't think , "I'm special, that'll never be me". You're not special.
This is why people should spend some serious time doing real research on proper nutrition.
Heres the sources I suggest.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/forumdisplay.php?f=13
Read stickies^
www.bodyrecomposition.com
www.alanaragonblog.com
www.leangains.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/IceCreamFitness
If you read all that you'd know more than ~99% of people everywhere. You can learn it in a month easily. Spend all your time learning rather than asking questions.
And tell me, sir, why are YOUR sources unbiased?
Truth is they aren't.
These sources support the "eat pop tarts and ice cream" crowd if anyone was wondering. There are many, many other valid viewpoints on nitrition, presented by people who aren't obnoxious like Aragon.
Wow, you just love to try to start trouble dont you?
And just yesterday I was saying to other people here it seemed like you were making some sense and not being as...well, I dont want to attack, so just what is your problem?
Alright hold the phone. Are you saying he is a trouble maker simply for doing something other than agreeing. I have not done any fact checking on this post yet so I won't address his actual links as I don't know what they say. What I can tell you before I check anything is that this guy is advocating personal research which I completely agree with but he isn't bullet proof.
He opens with "even professionals are leading you in the wrong direction" and later he says "When I take on clients..." If you are taking on clients the implication is that you are being paid for what you are doing which makes you a professional. At this point we have to assume that what he means is that other professionals are misleading us but not this professional he is the good one. There is nothing wrong with that since all professionals should be advocating the information that has brought them success but it does illuminate the fact that the information provided here is going to be brand specific if you will excuse the metaphoric use.
All this other guy did was point out that there is still a bias present and then he gave his own biased position. BTW bias is not some horrible evil thing. If you tell any story from your perspective then it becomes biased the moment you give your opinion about anything in it. Then he makes an assertion about the actual content but he does not defend his assertion with anything he just sort of says it and the last thing he says is simply that there are multiple valid points on nutrition. If this constitutes being a trouble maker then why are we even wasting out time posting replies at all?0 -
You had me up until you listed your resources, then you lost all credibility.0
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Thanks for the resources.0
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Bump... Thus is interesting.0
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