is a plantbased diet right for me? By Jules Bruchez
Answer: NO! umm yes? Well... maybe let’s take a closer look.
So naturally, as a trainer, the questions start coming my way: How good is the plant-based diet?
During the past 22 years in the fitness industry I’ve come across every gimmick and fad that has come out. Just like all the workout trends, more diet trends follow.
Will it help me lose weight? Will it lower my cholesterol and help my heart health?
I understand it can be confusing and downright overwhelming when looking at all the different ways to eat. There's so much information out there when it comes to what’s best for losing weight and what’s best for a healthy body or a healthy heart. I can see why people keep jumping from one diet to another looking for that magical answer. If you just do a quick Google search on the amount of different types of eating plans, the amount that comes up is astonishing. There's vegan, Keto, Paleo, Mediterranean, Low-Carb, and LowFat just to name a few. The diet trend that’s making the most headway right now is the plant-based diet thanks to the Netflix documentary, Game Changers. In my opinion, the documentary is how a professional movie producer with hand-picked studies can manipulate the way people think about health and performance. IS A PLANT BASED DIET GOOD FOR ME? The answer to this is dependent on your definition of what is considered "good." Many people live on 1-3 medications per month and that is considered normal and good. Then I see others on 10-15 medications who are bed-ridden, in pain and miserable, but they consider their life to be good because they are alive. So what is your definition of "good?" Is a plant-based diet good because you can eat it and within a week you don’t suffer 14
Is it better than the standard American diet? Is meat even necessary to eat? How can a plant-based diet make me stronger and faster? My goal is not to persuade you into thinking that one diet is better than the other but to give you the facts about our food industry and open your eyes to movie magic. From there you can take a practical and scientific approach towards creating a healthier lifestyle for yourself, regardless of what diet you choose, even if it’s plant-based. I'm here to lend a nutritionist's take on these questions, so let’s get started.
any consequences? What about after a year you improve some health markers but you neglect other health markers? Is that considered good?
Eating a plant-based diet will allow you to get in a lot of good, solid nutrition you were not obtaining before. The issue is that it is not optimal for overall health and performance.
In my opinion, it is not worth it. Is it better than eating fast food, processed food and drinking sodas? Most definitely! If this is the type of diet you live on, then is a plant-based diet good or better for you? My answer is yes.
Think of every possible diet out there...Keto, The Zone, Carnivore, Intermittent Fasting, Veganism, etc. If I researched each one of these diets, I could tailor the facts just right so that I could convince you that that type of diet is good. That is exactly what Game Changers did. 337M A GA ZIN E.C O M
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