2Inspire Health & Fitness Magazine #31 - April 2022

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The Best Kind of Diet is Not a Diet

The best kind of diet isn’t a diet at all. Instead it’s a lifestyle change. Many people have lived their whole lives with a misconception around how much food they really need to be healthy and sustain their energy.

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Our beliefs around food come from family and our social group. If you were surrounded by people who ate prepared foods from boxes, cans, packets, and jars, then that’s what your perception of a good meal will be. Portion sizes, too, are dictated to us by the people in our lives.

The importance of exercise can either be emphasized or downplayed by our social group. Oddly enough, many parents of kids who play sports don’t practice what they preach to their own kids. If your group of adult friends doesn’t exercise, you are likely to fall out of the habit of exercising as well, even if you know it’s a smart idea. Myths and Misconceptions About Weight Loss

can prevent them from becoming fit and healthy. People have the wrong idea of what an appropriate portion size is. You may have been conditioned to pile lots of food on your plate, and you also may have been told to clean your plate. Often, we do not need as many of the calories, especially from sugar and fat, that are present in foods we eat, as we think we do.

Furthermore, there are Here’s a list of ways people other ways to avoid mistakenly think which wasting food (such as


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