The more primary food we receive, the less we depend on secondary food. The opposite is also true. The more we fill ourselves with secondary food, the
But as it turns out, experts are learning that this decades-old strategy is actually pretty misguided.
"This idea of 'a calorie in and a calorie out' when it comes to weight loss is not only antiquated, it's just wrong," says Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, an obesity specialist and assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. [1]
"Drop the calories notion," says Dr. Stanford. It's time to take a different approach, she says, putting the emphasis on improving diet quality and making sustainable lifestyle improvements to achieve a healthy weight.
In integrative nutrition, we believe successful weight management comes when you focus on what’s off your plate, as well as what’s on your plate. We call these primary foods.
The more primary food we receive, the less we depend on secondary food. The opposite is also true. The more we fill ourselves with secondary food, the less we are able to receive the primary food of life.
Harvard (2020). Stop counting calories. Retrieved from https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/stop-counting-calories
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