Nothing is ever as simple as black or white!

Nothing is ever as clear cut as they first appear. Take for example a Low-Carb diet. I thought this was the answer to all my fat loss problems; but then as I started to research it more and more, I slowly start to realise that that’s only a small fraction of the overall picture.

So let’s take a look at some of the obvious myths about health that are out there at the moment.

·         Cholesterol is bad for you. Not quite, it really depends on your numbers.

·         Fat makes you fat. Well, not quite, it depends on the kind of fat you’re talking about.

·         Eat five servings of fruit everyday. Not really, everything in moderation.

·         Everything in moderation. Define moderation?

·         Drink 8 glasses of water everyday. Well, that depends on a number of factors.

·         Rice & Pasta should be staples in your diet. Depends on what your blood sugar numbers are.

·         Limit your intake of red meat. Limit it from what to what?

·         A calorie is a calorie. Well not quite, it depends on where that calorie is from and what it doesn’t to your body.

·         To lose weight just exercise more and eat less. Has that worked for you so far?

I’m sure there are a ton of other such statements out there that we readily accept as fact. My advise to you is question everything! Don’t forget there was a time what we thought the world was flat and some tribes used to worship the Sun. sounds ridiculous now but at the time to suggest otherwise was heresy.  

Let me try to illustrate to you what I mean about nothing is ever black or white.

A few years ago we wanted to get a new fitted kitchen. My wife and I visited a number of showrooms and eventually chose the design of the kitchen we both liked. The next part was to get the kitchen work tops and again after much deliberation we chose a style and material we both like. The last part was a bit tricky and that was the style, design and material of the doors. We were on a limited budget and the doors we’d seen varied in cost depending on the material used. We had three options; Medium-density fibreboard or MDF for short which was the cheapest. Vinyl wrap which was a cheap wood with a thin layer of a more expensive wood veneer wrapped around it, this was mid priced. Real wood was the most expensive. However, when we started to look at the various products, it soon became abundantly clear that some MDF doors were far more expensive than real wood! It wasn’t as clear cut as we had first assumed.

We finally opted for a mid range Vinyl wrap and are very happy with it. However, I hope that just illustrates my point that you cannot simply take things on face value.

What I’m discovering is only the very basics of the overall picture. And the more I learnt the less I seem to know, but that’s not a bad thing because as far as I’m concerned is how we learn and grow.

So over the next few days I’ll give you my thoughts on all the above health statements I’ve mentioned. I’m off for a pie and a pint!

Ammo