35 – The real belly fat cure
(duration 17:12)
In this show we discuss the latest mainstream acknowledgement of what we’ve been saying all along: excess carbs (i.e., high insulin levels) have bad health effects, not saturated fat. We also explore The Belly Fat Cure, a book by Jorge Cruise, fitness guru and nutrition coach. He’s brought a message that’s quite similar to ours into the mainstream (even on Oprah), which is great, but we have our caveats and explain why our unique focus on the psychological side of weight loss, fitness, and nutrition is so important!
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Items mentioned in this episode:
Carbs against Cardio: More Evidence that Refined Carbohydrates, not Fats, Threaten the Heart
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=carbs-against-cardio
http://jorgecruise.com/how-it-works/
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Grant on Sat, 12th Jun 2010 10:41 pm
Hey guys I’m a podcast listener and I really like the fact that you guys focus on the influence of the mind on diet and exercise. I have recently been finally changing my diet and living a healthier lifestyle.
In this last podcast you touched on the subject of the “cheat day” where people eat whatever they want including high carb junk food items and so on. I have been incorporating a cheat day into my own dietary plans. I find that by giving myself a day where I can eat what i choose including McDonalds and all that garbage I can make it through the week. Also, I find that it makes me despise those foods a little bit more.
With that said I do plan to one day cut the cheat day entirely. Wouldn’t you say that a cheat day can be an effective tool for transitioning to a healthier lifestyle from a less ideal one? It’s not a permanent fix of course but couldn’t it be a way to curb the cravings someone such as myself might have?
Kevin on Tue, 15th Jun 2010 9:42 pm
Hi Grant,
Thanks for your comment.
My view on “cheat days” is that you are actually cheating yourself by using them. What I mean is, what we promote here at Healthy Mind, Fit Body is that it is not a “diet” that you should be on, but a different way of looking at your food.
So, if you are using cheat days, you are still looking at food that is bad for you as “good” and food that is good for you as “necessary”. You can actually train your taste buds to look forward to eating the healthy stuff, and associate the items that are doing your body harm with a negative outcome- and therefore reducing and eventually eliminating your desire for them.
Having said that, by no means am I saying you must eat perfectly all the time. But by eating mostly healthy foods most of the time, you will lose your temptation to “pig out” for a day (or more) at a time!
I hope this helps. You may want to check out our free audio for more on this- http://freefitnessaudio.com
Cheers,
Kevin
Wes on Sat, 19th Jun 2010 3:11 pm
Hi Grant. This is a pretty common phenomenon, and I think Kevin touched on the major aspects already. I just wanted to add that cravings for “garbage” food can be present for a number of reasons. On the psychological side of things, it’s important to decipher why one would want to punish one’s body by consuming things that are unhealthy in the long run (and oftentimes the short run too!). For most people, a love/hate relationship with various foods reflects a similar relationship with their subconscious thoughts and feelings, their value-judgments, and until they introspect and bring peace to this inner war, they’ll have a tendency to knowingly eat bad foods. That said, as you noted, once in a while it can be useful to remind oneself of the bad physical and psychological effects of bad eating. And the more knowledge of nutrition you gain, coupled with greater psychological awareness, the less need you’ll have of such reminders. :) All the best, W