Insider secrets or simply lesser known facts... We cover some topics that have come up with clients recently.

Superfoods are nonsense
- The term ‘superfood’ is unregulated and doesn’t mean anything (note: same with the word ‘natural’).
- Well known superfoods = blueberries, goji berries
- 100 calories worth of goji berries will give you 250% of your RDA vitamin c. 100 calories worth of broccoli will give you 429% of your RDA vitamin c. It’ll also cost a fraction of the price.

Supplements are white labelled - they all come from the same factory
- A lot of supplements aren’t FDA approved.
- All foods and drugs affect different people in different ways. For example, in contraceptives, there are genetic factors with how many oestrogen receptors you have and how much water you retain.

Cheaper foods
- Dried beans/lentils - typically at least half the price than buying canned
- Frozen or canned fruit and vegetables are often cheaper, particularly out of season but often fresher and with equal or more nutrients.

Freezing food doesn’t make it last forever. Fat content does.
- You know the ziplock bags that have writing on them and a place for you to write the content and the date. Yeah, that’s for a good reason.

You don’t need to cleanse. Your liver does everything cleanse-y you need it to do without any special help.

Movement:
You have to workout for several hours per day several times per week
Headlines such as "7-minute Abs" and "You only need to exercise for "11 minutes per day
https://www.acefitness.org/education-and-resources/professional/expert-articles/7750/exercise-for-only-11-minutes-a-day-a-case-study-in-misrepresenting-the-science/?topicScope=exercise-science
You need to do crunches and sit ups to get abs
Walking on the treadmill is a good warm up for strength training

A certain time of day is better to workout
Cardio equipment machines don't accurately report calorie burn
Spot training to lose fat.....DOESN"T WORK!!!!
Sweating means you're burning fat.....nope, your body is regulating it's temperature

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