Daryl Mckeever

Daryl Mckeever
Motivational Speaker/Counselor, Sports Nutritionist, Personal Trainer

Monday, January 18, 2010

Lets talk about food.

Lets talk about food.


Not diets. Not food trends. Not “How to put together Food Groups” . Lets not stress about carbs and protein, fats and calorie counting; all the things that have become part of 2010 infomercial dialect.


Lets talk about food in a way that changes the way that you approach eating as we try to change our life styles in this New Year.


When clients start to ask about foods and diet I always over emphasize the need for a “Lifestyle Change“. I want the client to develop an appreciation for food . I want them to develop a responsibility for what goes in their body. Change their mindset.


We all agree that “Life” is a good thing. Lets eat foods that are full of “Life“. Literally.


Apples, oranges, pears are all full of life. String beans, potatoes, carrots are all full of life. Rice and beans are harvested from the earth. That’s life. All of the types of food mentioned, I refer too as “Living Food” Eat it. Get it inside you.


Who can go wrong with a conscious diet of fruit, vegetables, lean meats and water.


Why do we need a formalized diet plan that keeps you bound to a script and promotes you to be hungry all the time.
You can not lose weight if you are hungry.
And think....once the diet plan (script) is over; Were do you go from there? Sometimes we are looking for someone to dictate our eating plan for us. In a sense we are looking for someone else to take responsibility for our success or non success at the eating game.
Fruit, vegetables, lean meats and water. How can we go wrong?
Fill yourselves with this type of life.


This way we are gaining natural sugars and fiber. We are naturally supplementing ourselves with proper
vitamins such as A, B12, B6, C and D. Meats such as fish, non fatty beef and poultry give us the proteins and iron necessary to build the body and keep a proper electrolyte balance.


Put down the fast and preprocessed food and pick up “Living Foods”.


Fast food, along with numerous bad properties, is full of sodium’s and preservatives. It is built for longevity: to be able to stay on shelves or in refrigeration for extended periods of time. These sodium’s, if nothing else, keep us extremely dehydrated. Dehydration is a killer to the body. The added sodium and preservatives give us a bloated appearance; especially in the facial area. It promotes the body to retain fluid. Blood pressure is affected as well and a wealth of bacteria can be pasted on to us just from the handling and serving of the food.
We get a tired feeling. We get a sluggish and bloated feeling and begin to think that its natural to feel this way.


Change the way you look at food. Change the way you think about food. If the food is not “Alive”, you don’t need it.


Put “Life” inside you. Eat well!!!

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