NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE

The No-Diet Is The Best Diet

Stop listening to others — Start listening to yourself

People keep telling you that there’s a perfect diet — fat is good, carbs are bad, superfoods heal and intermittent fasting is the way to go. But which one is the best and where should you begin? Have you tried the No-Diet?

On our long journey to find the “perfect diet” we encounter many questions, mechanisms we don’t understand, connections we can’t make, we simply don’t understand what we’re eating and why. So we consult our wisest friend — Google.

Experts are hard to find and if you do find one, you still have to evaluate if you can believe the provided information. Or maybe you just trust.

Trust is important, but it can also lead you on the wrong path. Nowadays everybody is educating themselves through the internet, but you’re living in a bubble. Unless you know how to research objectively, you’ll always find what you’re looking for and what pleases you. It’s commendable that you’re trying to inform yourself, but it can do more harm than good.

Reading outside your comfort zone is what will educate you, make you learn new things. So go out and explore, but be aware that not everything you’ll find is gold.

I’m not a huge fan of the term diet. It implicates that you won’t stick to it, counting…