Do you really believe in the word DIET? Or do you eat healthy in general because you know what to eat and what not to eat?

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Sergio 0 August 1, 2011 0 Comments

I’m asking this question to quote a friend who said, “Why would I start something that has the word “die” in it, aka DIET”. And it kind of cut my attention because I’ve actually never heard or seen someone refer to the word DIET in that way.

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I make the distinction between “being on a diet,” and “having a diet.” Being on an diet implies a temporary situation. Having a diet implies control over one’s life. “That’s not in my diet.”

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“Diet” implies going back to unhealthy habits later. Id highly suggest simply eating healthy 24/7.

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I love Karin’s answer. A student of research. Right on! To me the concept of going on a diet implies something that I am only going to do for a while, before returning to a different nutritional lifestyle. To be effective, one has to estabish a nutritional lifestyle that will be consistent for one’s lifetime, not just for a little while.

I don’t think that there are “good” foods and “bad” foods. I think that there are really healthy foods and not-so-healthy foods. Just eat the healthy foods most of the time. If you eat some not-so-healthy foods once in a while, big deal. It’s the most predominate habit that counts the most.

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A diet is a diet, really we are all on a “diet” some nutritious some not.

I think it depends on how we equate this term since it is in our vocabulary.

I don’t say “go on a diet” because it gives permission to “go off the diet”

I believe in lifestyle change, behavior and habitual changes rather than diet.

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Hello Sergio,
Lol…I have used that connotation for years. I refer the word “diet” to “a change of eating habits”. With a bundant of so called diets out there, one can get confused on which one works best. A change of eating habits that can be sustained their entire life wherever they reside works best for my clients.

Sincerely,
Michael

Do you really believe in the word DIET? Or do you eat healthy in general because you know what to eat and what not to eat?

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