With the introduction of computers, cell phones, the internet and other gadgets, we have unrealistically high expectations of other areas of our lives. We expect everything to deliver speed and convenience, even our diets.

That is why so many highly intelligent people have been attracted to the world of fad diets. These food plans promise quick results but are often pushing unhealthy, unbalanced nutrition. They are promoted on television shows and magazines. By their popularity, we can mistakenly believe that they are a good, healthy choice. We forget that they are promoted to bring the author wealth, not health.

Why Do We Need Food?

If we only ate because we were hungry, food would be for comfort only. Instead, it is a necessity that keeps us alive. Like a car needs fuel to make its engine work, our bodies need food to keep them operating. Food provides nourishment for our bones, blood, brains and organs. If we eat unhealthy or unbalanced diets, our bodies cannot function properly.

Weight gain is a result of eating more food than our bodies need to function properly, and not engaging in physical activity to burn up extra calories. We eat not because we physically need to eat, but because we have an emotional need, such as stress, fear or boredom.

So when we eat from emotion, we push too much food into our bodies. Our bodies respond by getting larger. This is not a healthy way to eat and is discouraged by society. But, in the same way it is not healthy to over eat, it is also not healthy to deny your body the nutritional elements that it requires such as carbohydrates. Carbohydrates, will not alone make you gain weight. In fact, our brains need them to think. But is it the volume and the type of carbohydrate, or any element for that matter, that we consume that packs on the weight.

Everything in Moderation

Fad diets don”t talk about health and nutrition. They sell the idea of quick fixes and miracles. Miracles sell books.  Healthy eating is about moderation. You can still have a cookie every now and then. The problem is when you make the choice to have the bag of cookies, or chips, or anything while you are sitting, watching television. By the time the show is over, the bag is empty. The solution to this problem is not to harm your body with a fad diet, it is to choose to not eat a bag of cookies in one sitting.

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