I am sitting in Wayne Airport in Detroit MI and CNN reported on the new study of sugar substitutes and weight gain. I turned to the stranger next to me and said “I’ve been saying that for years”. “A little bit of the real stuff is better than a lot of the fake stuff.” I declared to him. “yeah” he says with a voice of pacification. I explained to him that I was a personal trainer so he wouldn’t think I was some sort of “weirdo”. I think it vindicated my comment.
We (“smart” human beings) have to respect the complexity in which we were created. And how we fit into the universe and the cycle of living things. Food is made to nourish the body. Each food is more than just a collection of calories. When it enters our body it not only effects the amount of fat we store, but it effects our hormones, our chemical make up, our brain, and every other internal organ. Food changes our psychological dispositions and more. So why are we surprised that this study shows that our body hold on to more fat when we try to “trick” it.
The best lesson we can take from this is
#1 – We can never be smarter than nature and the God that created it. We are symbiont creation. We work in conjunction with plants and animals and we can not try to get around the nature in which we were created.
#2 – There is no better diet plan than eating REAL food in the proper portions. – There has never been a study that disproves complex carbohydrates, lean proteins and lots of fruits and vegetables.
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