The Myth of Bad Food

when we talk about food it's usually in absolutes there's good food and bad food spinach is good for you milk is bad for you quinoa is good for you gluten is going to kill you in your sleep could it possibly be this simple or are we missing something when we talked about food as unhealthy as the American diet has become presently 62% of adults are overweight or obese our relationship with dieting is just as unhealthy take for instance one survey by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that found that 75 percent of American women say that they endorse some unhealthy thoughts feelings or behaviors related to food or their bodies food can be a source of pleasure joy and it can help bring people together or it can be a place of shame guilt and remorse Jordan SIA is a world record power lifter and strength coach today he trains entrepreneurs like Gary Vee and helps people create a better relationship with food I sat down with him to talk about how we can make progress to not only live healthier lives but to also enjoy food without guilt I love to keep things simple mm-hmm and I would love to say that we could just create these two separate categories of good and bad food but would you say that that's just a complete oversimplification of food it's a massive oversimplification and it's it's a marketing tactic it's almost like when you look out answer time you have like the green checks and the red X's I work with a lot of people who struggle with food anxiety and with binge eating and first and foremost more people struggle with binge eating than they would like to admit and one of the first things I'd like to say is if you struggle with binge eating if you struggle with food anxiety if you know going out to dinner with friends or family on a Friday night is almost anxiety-producing because you don't want to ruin all your progress the first thing I say is you're not alone because a lot of people struggle with it but very few people actually discuss it from that point when we place a morality on food whether food is good or bad right or wrong you're setting yourself up for more food anxiety when you say ice cream is inherently bad when you say pizza is inherently bad when you go out to eat with your friends and family and there's ice cream or pizza you're gonna be more likely to get anxiety about it because you think you're doing something bad but when we understand that our health isn't made up by one meal or one bite you know and no one got fat from having one doughnut just like no one got skinny from having one salad no one lost all their progress by missing one workout no one got jacked and shredded by having one amazing workout it's our health is dictated by everything we do over time and the more we can realize that one meal isn't good or bad one meal isn't right or wrong the less anxiety we're gonna have a food which is really what my main goal is to have a healthy relationship with food so great we can eat whatever we want whenever we want and there will be no negative outcomes for our health because there are no good or bad foods except not exactly changing how we look and talk about food doesn't mean that we're magically changing the nutritional components so what does it mean and this is one of the main arguments that people will use when they go against what I'm saying like oh really so you're just saying like you should have pop-tarts and pizza and and candy for every meal I'm like no just because there's no such thing as a good or bad food does not mean I'm saying go eat whatever you want like that's not what I'm saying what I'm saying is don't play some morality on it don't shame yourself if you decide to at your son's birthday party have a slice of pizza it's okay but that doesn't mean I'm saying eat pizza for every meal like generally speaking to be a healthy individual and maintain a healthier body weight and have a healthier mindset like yeah minimally processed lots of fruits lots of vegetables lean proteins that should make up the majority of your diet it's like the 80/20 rule which is like most of the time don't eat like an when you do eat like an don't treat yourself like an I think a lot of times too like we need to think about what our goals are from the beginning because it's very easy to just follow trends but we're so individual it's like do you want to gain strength or do you want to focus on your body do you want to get lean right what is it and I think if we focus on those things first then we can figure out maybe what's the best kind of lifestyle to live what kind of food we should be eating the health and fitness community can be a confusing place to navigate it's overloaded with opinions pseudoscience and claimed experts while there's a wealth of helpful knowledge it can be difficult to discern what's best for you and the truth is it really depends where you're at on your own fitness journey one of my favorite examples of this for one person progress might be saying no to the donut because it's going to help them stay on track it's gonna help them eat fewer calories and that's gonna help them lose weight which is what their goal is for another person though progress might be saying yes to the donut because now they can eat it without anxiety because I think a lot of people only look at progress from a physical perspective like fat loss muscle gain but mental progress is huge mental health is massively important and it's seriously under discussed especially in Fitness and for me if someone can have a donut without leading to a further binge and/or have a donut without shaming themselves and feeling guilty and just driving themselves on the ground feeling like lesser person like they failed that's also huge progress it's probably better right to make the decision consciously than to slip up and make mistakes and then or see them as mistakes if we say okay I'm gonna go out and have a burger tonight then we can feel better about that experience a lot of people they'll go get the burger but every bite they're like I shouldn't be doing this I shouldn't be doing this and they feel terrible about it and they can't even enjoy it and then when they're done they feel so bad they like I screwed everything up so screw it and then they get the ice cream and they have a whole box of cinnamon toast crunch and then they have like what if you just enjoyed the burger what if you just enjoyed the burger when you first get into healthy eating it can be very easy to place large red X's on some foods and green checkmarks on the others but this might not be the best long-term approach especially if your goal isn't to just shed excess fat but to instead rediscover a love of food without shame or guilt as long as we're giving our body the nutrients it needs most of the time as Jordan said focusing on eating less processed foods more fruits more vegetables and more lean protein we can indulge ourselves every once in a while we can eat guilt-free while on vacation we can kick our feet up and have a few beers after all life can be pretty damn boring if we don't break our own rules from time to time our burger is good for you well it tastes pretty good and for this meal that's good enough for me [Music] hey guys if you like this video you might want to check out Jordans youtube channel he's got a great channel where he talks about fitness nutrition and everything in between check it out in the description below and of course if you want to sign up to be a patreon member I've got a patreon community where I create exclusive videos and podcast AMAs every month I wanted to share a couple videos that I recently released that you might like i sat down with Jordan to get his advice for those looking to build a fitness routine for the first time the gym is full of insecure people like it's really important remember that and it doesn't matter how someone looks they are not looking at you they're looking at themselves I also recently uploaded 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Channel: Matt D'Avella

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Keywords: food, health, wellness, myth, myths, bad food, good food, healthy diet, dieting, nutrition, jordan syatt, matt davella, Matt D'Avella, the myth of bad food, science, lifestyle design, habits, habit, habit change, self-development, self help, self-help

Id: YBwWdOJcQTY

Length: 8min 17sec (497 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 13 2019