When I go to a health store, one of the products I see the most – especially among the impulse items at the checkout counter – are those packets to make vitamin C drinks. They come in dozens of flavors and promise lots of benefits from health to energy. To be honest, I’ve tried pretty much every flavor of them from several different brands. I’d used them as an energy drink alternative for a few years. That said, according to researchers and nutrition experts, they’re a giant waste of money.
Tag: men’s nutrition
Why I Stopped Eating Just Egg Whites and Started Eating Yolks Again
Eating just egg whites is this trend that really kicked into full force when I was pretty young. Everyone thought that eating the yolk would spike their cholesterol and shorten their lives. This was true of people who were already perfectly healthy without a single cholesterol concern. They were doing it out of an attempt to prevent the need for cholesterol medication as they age.
A Multivitamin Doesn’t Get You Off the Hook for Eating a Healthy Diet
Many of my clients view eating a healthy diet as a total pain. I feel like that on occasion. I’m fortunate that I like a variety of foods and that Bree is the chef she is. It makes it easy for me to see that nutrition and flavor are not mutually exclusive. With the right tips and tricks, I can often encourage my clients to see things this way too. Still, even with nutritionally powerful meals, many people ask me if they can get away with eating less healthfully as long as they take a multivitamin. Here’s how I answer.
A Healthy Eating Strategy and a Diet Aren’t Automatically the Same Thing
A healthy eating strategy is a great way to make sure you’re getting the balanced nutrition you need from a variety of delicious foods and dishes, while controlling your weight at the same time. That said, it is not the same thing as being on a diet. So many of my clients don’t know the difference between the two when we first start working together. That’s okay, but even though I’m mainly focused on workouts, I always recommend that people also focus on their good nutrition. That powerful combination gets the best results.