Everything in Moderation?

I see this so often. Many folks who see themselves as weight loss authorities espouse eating everything in moderation. They teach there are no good foods or bad foods. If we can simply eat any food in moderation, we will not only lose weight, but keep it off too!

 

While I see the logic of such an approach, it actually doesn’t work for me. The value in such thinking, of course, is that when you don’t feel deprived of any food, you are less likely to overeat. Tell a person they can’t eat chocolate cake and watch them make a bee-line for it.

 

While I don’t like to class foods as good or bad, I believe there are foods which are natural and healthy for us, while certain processed or manufactured foods are not. The reason? I believe that some processed foods can be serious triggers for overeating. Processed foods have been manufactured to appeal to our taste buds and often contain ingredients I cannot even pronounce. 

 

If you eat a few bites of such foods and are unable to stop, you might decide you are undisciplined and/or lack willpower for not being able to eat moderately. But I don’t believe this is the case. Processed foods can stimulate bingeing and overeating. If this weren’t true then why would a certain chip maker emblazon their package of chips with the slogan, “Betcha can’t eat just one!”

 

If you find yourself unable to eat moderate amounts of a processed food please give yourself some slack. I have personally found that eating whole, unprocessed, natural, close to the earth types of food serves me well. Eating in moderation starts to look a little more doable.

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