Ep. #152: Stop Falling for the Latest Food Fads

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you find yourself drawn to articles and ads about the latest superfood or that special miracle coffee that will help you burn pounds of fat effortlessly? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you worry that you’re missing out if you haven’t tried the latest product that claims it will help you feel better, sleep better, have more energy and flatten your tummy? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you think you need to buy an expensive cleanse to rid your body of toxins? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The biggest toxin from which to cleanse yourself  is the so-called “wellness industry” that preys upon smart women like you who are concerned about their health and weight. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It seems like you can’t dine with a group of women without at least half of them either trying some new fad diet or eliminating one or more foods from their diet because they read on a website that it’s bad for them for some unknown or unproven reason. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Or maybe it’s under the guise of “clean eating.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Men don’t usually fall for this stuff. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maybe you’re thinking, “That’s because men don’t have the same pressures as women to be thin.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I didn’t say anything about weight loss, though, did I?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And neither does the “wellness industry” that’s trying to sell you their ideas about what you should and shouldn’t eat. What they’re really doing is selling you diet mindset and products under  the guise of “wellness.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You see, the so-called wellness industry doesn’t really care about your wellness. It’s the diet industry in disguise. As Jessica Knoll said in a 2019 article in the New York Times about smashing the wellness industry, “the diet industry is a virus, and