I was with a patient last week who had initially come to me with several concerns, one being that he to lose weight, but he also wanted to become a healthier eater. We may take it for granted that the two should be the same. He has since lost about 16lbs in 30 days on my program, feels great, and eats a super healthy diet. He has more energy, recovers from his sport faster, and just plain feels good inside.
He started to tell me about two women in his office who are looking to lose weight so they started a high protein, no carb diet. What did their lunch consist of? Microwaved cheese, so overcooked so that it was crunchy like bread, dipped in cheese! I thought he was kidding! As if that wasn’t bad enough, they coupled it with a side of microwaved hot dog. Can you even believe someone would think this was healthy, or helpful in weight loss? But the sad thing is, many people eat these high protein diets thinking it is OK. What they maybe don’t realize is that by eating all that cheese they are eating growth hormones, steroids, and antibiotics, and meat is loaded with the same, along with nitrates, nitrites, and often MSG and dyes. All of these things promote ill-health and weight gain in the body. In my new upcoming book I state that there should be no difference in a program that helps you lose weight and a program that helps you eat better. What good is it to lose a few pounds perhaps but at the same time load your body up with junk, preservative-ridden food, and dead food which has had all the nutrients cooked out of it?
I’ll never understand why a person could see how another person has lost weight, feels great, is eating healthy, and is making great lifestyle changes would then turn around and choose a program of the complete opposite, like this microwaved cheese one. Perhaps because it is better marketed? I don’t know. But this should be renamed the Quadruple Bypass Diet, or the My Arteries are Screaming for Relief Diet, or the Let’s Dig My Early Grave Diet. But no, wait, then it probably wouldn’t sell so well.
Many people are under the false impression that carbohydrates are bad for you and make you gain weight. The truth is, it depends on the carbohydrate. If it’s refined, bleached, white flour, yeah, that’s no good for you. But if it’s whole, organic, sprouted grains, organic steel cut oats, a sweet potato – carbs that have retained their integrity as nature created them, these are so good for your body, and necessary to help you digest protein adequately. Just as there are good fats and bad fats, there are good carbs and bad cards. People that know me well see that half my diet consists of carbs – bread, potatoes, rice, fruit. Am I 300lbs? No, not even close. But I am very careful to eat only whole grain, organic, sprouted, and unadulterated carb sources. That’s what matters.
My tip for the day: microwaved cheese dipped in microwaved cheese is not good for you, and not the way to lose weight.
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