it's hard to know who to trust when you're trying to get information about your health I want to
talk about that interview that Jillian Michaels did regarding Liz oh and why I believe that
what she shared shows that although she has a lot of history in the weight loss fitness industry it
doesn't necessarily mean that the information that she's giving you is going to help you lose weight
and mental health come together to create that overall sense of well-being if you find these kind
of videos helpful please consider subscribing so when I watch the interview the first thing
that stood out to me was the fact that she gave good information about the fact that
if you're overweight you run the higher risk of certain diseases diabetes heart disease etc good
information the other thing I stood out to me was that when she spoke about why we should admire Liz
oh why we should appreciate her she's right she sings amazing music apparently honestly I don't
I didn't know who this person was but from what I understand doing a little bit of internet research
singer and she's amazing and that's why we should love her and I totally agree the issue that I
have is if Jillian Michaels is the first person that you happen to come across that links being
overweight with getting certain types of diseases like heart disease diabetes etc PCOS whatever then
she becomes the person who's now inspired you to do more research and to understand this better the
issue is that at least I know for myself from a psychological point of view most people so myself
included when you learn something from someone and you're like whoa wait being overweight can lead to
these things you're more likely to look at that person so the person who share that information
with you and dig deeper and that's when I feel like there's a problem because although Jillian's
information in that situation was correct when you start to dig deeper on her perspective of
how do you then solve this problem the information that you're getting is incorrect I cannot stress
this enough just common sense you know what's so crazy is everyone's like what's the secret
like tell me you know how do you do it how do you how and like it's eat less move more make common
sense food choices it the issue is despite the fact that Jillian Michaels is correct in saying
that being overweight will lead you down this path towards disease because whether or not the
disease happens when you're ten pounds overweight or if you have a really high personal threshold
for fat and it happens when you're a hundred 150 pounds overweight the fact is if you're overweight
and you stay in that situation for extended period of time so we're talking years now these diseases
are created and yet Jillian Michaels seems to be unaware of why this is happening and that's where
we get into trouble when we follow her information Jillian Michaels continues to advocate eat less
move more when multiple doctors have been very vocal about the fact that this is not the case
dr. Fung being one of the ones that springs to mind right away dr. Westman being another one
dr. Berg dr. berry dr. Mason there are too many doctors saying that that's not the problem so
here's here's the issue with if Jillian Michaels is the person who introduces you to the idea that
being overweight is going to lead you down the path to these diseases but then you follow her
and learn that really really what you need to do is eat less move more she's not telling you how
to really solve the problem now some people are gonna argue that's because there isn't any money
in saying eat less sugar I don't know if that's the reason all I know is that when we find someone
who gives us an important piece of information an important piece of information that could
save my life I'm gonna be grateful and because I'm grateful I'm going to be much more likely
to invest in that person so I'm gonna follow I'm gonna support I'm going to write because
wow you're telling me something that's gonna help me to live a happier life and then when I try to
follow what you're telling me it starts to fall apart we need to understand that when people see
Gillian and they learn from her that this is dangerous and they start investing in her not
every one of them is going to want to go wider and deeper and get more information there are
a lot of people who are very happy with the tell me what to do I'm going to do it and then I just
move on and go on with life and that's fine but the problem is when you have someone who's still
giving poor information about what it means so how do we actually lose weight because we lose weight
by stopping the mistake that we've been making for years we don't lose weight because we exercise a
bunch and I think any person who's really tried in the gym and exercised a lot understands what I'm
talking about right now that you worked out pushed yourself weeks on end and didn't lose weight or
if you did lose weight you lost a really small amount and even if you made the attempt to fix
your diet if you followed what standard today in North America low-fat you still did not lose
a significant amount of weight compared to the amount of effort and energy that you were putting
in to try to lose that's problematic because if I put in a hundred percent of my energy into
something and I don't get a return mentally that's gonna feel a failure and whenever we feel like we
fail we're failing at something we stopped doing it what happens when we look up information about
how you your body manages food we see repeatedly if you eat sugar your body will store that sugar
away as fat this is not new information we've known that for years we also see that if you
eat fat your body does not have the same insulin reaction there's still a reaction but it's much
lower and if you eat protein the reaction of insulin is in between that of fat and sugar the
eat less move more doesn't work because even when you eat less and move more low-fat foods are high
in sugar diet foods tend to be high in sugar so if I get diet yogurt so low-fat yogurt if I get
low-fat dressings from my salad if I get low fat versions of foods they put sugar in them to make
them taste good so now we have we've taken a lot of the fat out of the foods that so the fact that
would have had a small insulin response replaced it with sugar that has a huge in certain response
and what is the role of insulin well it's to get sugar out of our blood and in order to do that it
stores it away as fat the reason that I'm worried about people following Jillian Michaels is because
she continues to tell us eat less move more is the answer when we are aware all of us from our
own experience that eat less move more has never worked for us before why do we think it's going
to work now I understand that the majority of the world does seem to support what jillian michaels
is saying right this move more eat less you'll lose weight it's just a matter of calories and
calories out then we take a look at lies oh this is the lady that she was talking about in the
interview and when you actually do any research about and like just check out people that have
been to her concerts but you kind of figure out is that this is not a lady who is just standing
on stage singing she's dancing and moving and so all of a sudden then there's a question mark well
how does she learn to do those dances and how she able to be onstage for two hours apparently
this is what I'm reading and be dancing the whole time and playing the flute and doing all well that
means she probably has to practice to learn the choreography that like every other singer and yet
she's overweight so eat less move more doesn't necessarily lead to the outcome we think it's
going to lead to because it's not about calories and calories out it's about carbohydrate intake
versus how much fat you end up storing the thing that Jillian Michaels also isn't telling you is
that carbohydrates are addictive they stimulate dopamine they stimulate neurotransmitters they
do get that euphoric feeling of happiness from them your body pushes you to chase them
that's the part of the story that she's also not telling you so there's there's two parts because
sugar causes us to store fat but also sugar is addictive we see this is where again if Jillian
Michaels happens to be the door that opens you into the world of health and then you invest in
her you're going to be on this treadmill right where you're constantly chasing an answer that
it's so hard to attain because the information you have isn't pointing you towards the answer I also
want to address this idea of eat carbs normally because if we actually eat carbs normally humans
would be eating carbs very rarely because if you go back in our history especially if you
live in North America where you know half the year the the world is covered in snow you would
be eating animals most of the time and then when you couldn't find an animal if you had to eat some
kind of vegetation that's what you do but again North America if you happen to be in the winter
months and you didn't catch an animal what would you do you'd not eat you'd not eat until you found
an animal the idea that it's normal for us to eat vegetation and to eat vegetation year-round and
have access to vegetation year-round our history does not play that out now there was something
that Julian said that I do agree with which is that if we want our children to do well in life
we need to lead by example and I agree with that the truth is in our household the adults are kedo
the children are not and through watching their parents change the way that they're beneath it
the kids have taken decisions about their food towards better health we didn't have to force
them just living our life and eating differently and them noticing that hey our parents don't need
cookies anymore hey our parents don't need fruit anymore hey they've also decided that
it was not good for them it's probably not good for us and they've been eating much less Julia
Michael seems so credible if you can get past that condescending tongue I'm going on a juice
cleanse I'm giving up alcohol I'm giving up sugar I'm giving up bread I'm going vegan I'm turning
keto I'm putting a fire hose my mouth what are you doing that arrogance she seems so credible
in what she says because she's has over 20 years experience in the fitness world she's
apparently a nutritionist and the like has all these credentials behind her I don't have those
things I'm a psychologist I'm taking information that other professionals have shared with me and
I'm helping people to understand how to use that information in their life if you want to do well
in life you want to feel good about yourself feel good about what you're doing for your health and
be happy to be able to use your body the way that you want to use it I'm sure information because
information is a thing that we need to allow us then to act accordingly and live a healthy strong
life so live far into the future all right we need the information in order to make the good choices
one of the things that I feel that's unfortunate is that in our society people who are overweight
especially if you're obese are so looked down on they're talked to in a condescending manner
all the time they're disrespected often they're treated as if they are lazy incompetent the list
goes on and on unfortunately that means that they're used to people like Jillian Michaels
talking to them that way and still accepting that person's information it scares me to think
that there are people who are going to accept that what Jillian Michaels is saying is correct
because they're so used to hearing someone talk to them in this negative condescending tone that that
doesn't shock them and make them think twice about whether or not this person has their best interest
at heart I'm really struggling with the idea that Jillian Michaels is actually trying to help people
beyond getting them to buy her book use her app subscribe to her whatever because the way
she speaks to us and I say us because when I watch her videos she's talking to me too and the way she
speaks to us the way that she presents information and the way that she throws back at us constantly
it's just eat less and move more what's wrong with you people why don't you and you're wrong
that condescending tone and attitude and you're wrong it would be really great for everybody out
there to understand that that's not the place so Jillian Michaels is not the place to get your
health information there are much better sources I want you to look for those sources because they
exist doctors is dr. Fung dr. berry dr. Berg dr. mason dr. Hyman there's so many there's more than
that there's so many these are the ones that come to my mind the fastest cuz they're the people that
I watch they're the people that I learned from the information is there I want you to go find it
don't take my word for it I say this all the time I'm not a doctor I'm a psychologist I'm giving
you back information that I've learned because I learned that this information is what's gonna help
you to address your weight then I'm giving it back to you it's already out there it's existing don't
take my word for it look up the doctors that I'm naming do the research yourself see what they're
saying and if you happen to be investing time and energy into Jillian Michaels for fitness terrific
she's really good at that I really hope you found this video helpful if you did like and subscribe
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