Nutrition as Self-knowledge

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Food and Flow
ByJuan Acevedo July 30, 2020July 30, 2020

Let's talk food today! In my years of helping people change their eating habits, I have learned so much about human behavior. Nothing really comes close to it. Running and Olympic lifting are fantastic, don't get me wrong, but changing the way we eat is another beast. One of the most exciting things I have learned is that switching the attention to why and how to eat often solves the problem of what to eat. This is a very counter-culture concept, I know. We are always worried about meal-plans, macro-nutrients, keto, paleo, no diary, supplements, and whatnot. However, we never stop to consider our eating habits from a more significant and more meaningful perspective. I get it. Our lives are busy, thinking is hard --I am not being sarcastic, and having a critical approach to our behavioral habits, it is exhausting.

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Refreshing or weary? Diet sodas, ditch them, or drink them?
ByJuan Acevedo June 23, 2020September 1, 2020

To diet soda or regular soda ... or not soda? I get the question regarding non-caloric sweetened drinks a lot. It is a good showcase of the standard nutritional problem we face nowadays. It has all the elements that make this kind of discussion entrenched and complicated: cultural beliefs of what we should or not consume, product marketing, incomplete science, and the fact that Coke is delicious. Like everything else, there is not one straightforward answer. However, in this video, I give you my view on the topic. You should come out of it with some ideas on how to decide for yourself.

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How Intuitive is your eating?
ByJuan Acevedo August 21, 2019July 3, 2020

This assessment is the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 designed by Tylka TL and Kroon Van Diest AM.

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The Counting Macro-nutrient Method
ByJuan Acevedo June 5, 2019September 16, 2020

Macro counting is one of the most popular methods out there. Here's our take on this method.

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Portion Sizing - The ✋ Method
ByJuan Acevedo May 7, 2019September 16, 2020

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F! Weight
ByJuan Acevedo April 16, 2019July 8, 2020

eal change is slow and hard. It takes effort, and although it’s incredibly rewarding and edifying, it can be painful and frustrating at times. It can also feel very uncertain: “am I doing the right thing here? Am I headed in the right d

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Awareness is control
ByJuan Acevedo March 22, 2019September 18, 2020

Paying attention might be the best thing you do for yourself. Observe yourself before you try to change yourself.

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Study yourself
ByJuan Acevedo October 10, 2018June 12, 2020

This story made me realize that when it comes to nutrition it’s not that we cannot see reality, it is that we have NO IDEA. We were never taught how to evaluate whether our eating habits are actually good or not. We have beliefs about nutrition, but we have no way to test those beliefs and, to be honest, most don’t even feel the need to test them. To make things worse, the internet is full of the next best shiny diet: ketogenic, veganism, vegetarianism, low carb, high carb, carnivore diet, paleo diet, whole 30, weight watchers, organic free-range home-schooled turduckens, etc. Combine genuine ignorance with media telling us that there is such a thing as Good Eating that is independent of our genetics, our socio-economic context, our cultural background, and our present state, that there exists a one-size-fits-all nutritional approach that will guarantee you results, and you are clusterfucked, my friend.

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