Weight Loss and Other Musings

One of the most common things that I get when talking to someone about their diet is that they are eating something because it is good for them.  This includes honey, or natural sugar instead of refined sugar, large amounts of dairy, fruits, sea salt, red wine, chocolate and a huge variety of other things.  While it may be true that these are good for you or less bad than something else, it does not mean that to consume them in large quantities is going to help you be healthier or lose weight. 

Like so much else - when it comes to evaluating your foods you need to take a large number of things into account and you need to make the best choices for your health.  That something may be beneficial to you is usually based on having a small to reasonable amount.  A 5 oz glass of red wine with an ounce of high cocoa chocolate seems to be helpful but the same cannot be said for a bottle of red wine and a bag of chocolate.

Beware of all claims to the effect that the more you eat the better you will be.  It is usually just not true.  Also be aware that peoples testimonies or anecdotes do not mean that something works and if that is all that the makers of a product have and not some reasonable population based studies then their product may be great at stimulating the placebo effect.  It may be the case that the product does no good at all but what is given with it is the effective part - consider HCG and the 500 calorie diet that you go on with it. Or the cereal box that says that it is a part of a healthy diet.  It is but not the best part.

John