Cutting Calories Not Foods

Most overweight, but healthy people without food allergies or irritable bowel  and other gastrointestinal medical problems do not have to cut foods or food groups to lose excess weight. In most cases, the problem is not the food, but too many calories from highly process foods.

A person can cut hundreds of calories from your diet by replacing highly processed (prepared) foods with minimally processed foods.

In this video:

• Is your weight gain due to your diet? 00:31
• Eliminating foods is easy. 1:18
• Cutting calories not foods. 3:33
• Calorie cutting tips. 4:52

Is Your Diet Protein Abundant Or Deficient?

Most healthy adults get enough protein from their diet and do not need protein supplements. Too much protein has more health risks than benefits.

In this video:

• What is protein? 00:45
• Sources of dietary protein. 1:17
• Why most people do not need supplemental protein. 2:45
• Supplemental protein and excess calories. 5:13
• High protein diet risks. 8:48

What You See Versus What You Get

How prepared food makers use stylized photos and deceptive descriptions to market and sell their products. And, it most cases it is perfectly legal.

In This video:

• Food photo inaccuracy. 00:39
• Enlarged to show unrealistic details. 3:05
• Food name inaccuracy. 4:32
• The art of deception. 5:29

Save Money: Buy Verified Supplements

Although they usually cost more, buying verified dietary supplements saves money. It assures quality, potency, and absorbability while protecting you from harmful contaminants.

Multiple research studies have found most unverified supplements either do not contain the active ingredients claimed, or do not contain the amounts claimed on the label. They have also found harmful, and even illegal, prescription drugs and contaminants like heavy metals (lead, mercury, cadmium).

In this video:

• Verified versus unverified supplements. 00:42
• Benefits of buying verified supplements. 2:39
• U.S. third party supplement verification. 3:25
• Ignore meaningless verification claims and logos. 5:09

Protein Versus Amino Acids

The human body uses amino acids in protein not dietary protein to make over 20,000 unique proteins.

In this video:

• What is protein? 00:44
• Protein and amino acids. 1:30
• How much protein do you need? 2:53
• Health risks of too much protein. 5:56
• Animal versus plant protein. 7:39
• Food, supplements, & essential amino acids. 8:39

Allergens & Prepared foods

Food allergies can be serious even life-threatening. Most prepared foods list major allergens like eggs, milk, soy, and wheat, but there can be a warning in fine print about cross-contamination by other allergens.

A new trend to eliminate the need for a cross-contamination warning is adding the allergens to the food. This is convenient for the food maker, but reduces the variety available to consumers with food allergies.

In this video:

• Major food allergens. 00:41
• Allergens and prepared foods. 2:11
• Cross-contamination. 2:53
• Adding food allergens to reduce production costs and liability. 4:15
• Restaurant foods and allergens. 5:26

Collagen Facts & Myths

Collagen is on of the best selling protein supplements. While preliminary data indicates supplemental collagen may have have some anti-aging benefits, the results are still inconclusive.

Many collagen supplements are collagen peptides that usually lack one essential amino acids. For most healthy people, a balanced diet provides all amino acids in collagen supplements including all nine essential amino acids.

In this video:

• What is collagen. 00:42
• What are collagen peptides. 1:52
• Collagen health benefits & side effects. 2:24
• High collagen foods. 5:26
• Collagen supplements. 7:07
• Collagen facts & myths. 8:36

Organic Foods To Avoid

Organic foods are supposed to be healthier because they grown without synthetic pesticides. Many organic processed foods are as unhealthy as their nonorganic counterparts. Organic sugars are no healthier than nonorganic sugars. The same with organic honey, maple syrup, potato chips, and dozens of other organic foods. This video shares which organic foods should be limited or avoided.
In this video:
• Organic versus nonorganic. 00:38
• Why buy organic foods? 2:29
• Organic versus nonorganic food nutrition. 3:32
• Organic foods to avoid. 4:59

Carnivore Versus Vegan Diets

Carnivore and vegan are extreme diets. One is all meat, the other all plants. Carnivore diets tend to appeal to men (hunters) and vegan diets to women (gathers).

This video shares the pros and cons of both diets.

In this video:

• What is a carnivore diet? 00:42
• What is a vegan diet? 3:11
• Are humans carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore? 3:44
• Carnivore versus vegan health benefits. 8:01
• Carnivore versus vegan health risks. 8:54
• Take aways. 8:54

Healthy Fast Food?

Fast foods have a some what deserved reputation for being high in calories, fat, and sugar, while being low in essential nutrients. Enter healthy fast foods, or foods that are heavily advertised to be healthier.

Usually, the emphasis is on calories. A healthy diet is more than calories. It is about obtaining the most essential nutrients from the fewest calories.

Are advertised healthy fast foods really healthier or is just marketing hype?

In this video:

• What is fast food? 00:42
• Can fast foods be healthy foods? 1:29
• Fast food calories and nutrition. 3:05
• Amino acids and protein. 7:32
• Essemtial Vitamins and minerals. 8:30
• Take aways. 9:39

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