what we're going to talk about today is why the foods you're eating are causing you to gain weight
and actually ruining your health i know that you learn from your mother
your doctor maybe even your nutritionist what foods you should be eating if you want to have
a healthy and stable weight i'm pretty sure that if you have a trainer and you talk to them
they're going to tell you that eating junk food isn't great but if you only eat a small amount
you could work that off in the gym no big deal so why are you still overweight it's because you're
actually being misled you've been told that you need healthy carbohydrates so those good sugars
for energy here's the part that's interesting that is true because every single day
you eat a high carb diet you actually need carbohydrates for energy if you don't eat
them you're going to feel tired you're going to be cranky you're going to be in a bad mood
the thing that you weren't told is that eating excessive amounts of carbohydrates
puts you in the position of needing to eat those extra carbs and and this is because
when you eat excessive amounts of carbohydrates you release a lot of insulin into your body
and that release of insulin puts those excessive amounts of carbohydrates
away as fat because you know carbs in the blood is dangerous but then we we feel hungry because the
energy that came in got put away so our body pushes us and we go eat then i go eat i eat
excessive amounts of carbohydrates again my body steps in insulin is deployed put it away as fat
i get hungry i go eat do you see the problem the cycle that you end up being on this happens
several times per day the question is how did we end up on this hamster wheel
it's standard practice when you have a baby to start them on solid foods at about six months old
the solid food that most of us parents are encouraged to start our baby on
is infant cereal so my little baby's gonna get two servings of infant cereal every day infant cereal
has 19 grams of carbohydrate in a serving by the time my little baby is eight months old
i would have added vegetables and fruits to this meal plan that the child is on
so for example baby carrots have nine grams of carbs in a serving and baby bananas
have 25 grams of carbs in a serving wellness warrior what i want you to think about
is that the average six-month-old baby is about 16-ish pounds and i'm feeding that child
two servings of cereal which is 38 grams of carbs every day and if you happen to be wondering
one serving of cereal has 3.5 grams of fat and 3.5 grams of protein with the sugar in our babies
cereal being five times more than the protein or fat is there any question mark in our minds
why we chase sugar as children teenagers and adults we're actually being set up to chase
sugar i just told you how much sugar there is in baby food were you aware that there was that much
sugar in the food that you fed your baby or that you were fed as a baby how much sugar is in the
food that you're eating right now do you even know doctors are starting to share with us that the
research and their their work with individuals is indicating that we can actually only manage about
20 grams of sugar per day before illness and problems start to happen to our body
and i really want you to think about that a serving of baby cereal which works out to be about
two heaping tablespoons of food is almost the same amount as what an adult can manage in a
full day now i'm pretty sure that when you make your meal it's more than two heaping tablespoons
of baby cereal how much sugar are you eating every single day the reason that the foods you're eating
are causing weight gain and poor health is because you don't actually know how much sugar
you're eating every day but your body knows your body knows because your body is living
the repercussions of the extra sugar that you eat every day your body reacts by producing
insulin to save you from poisoning yourself with too much sugar in your blood wellness
worker how are you going to get your health and your weight under control if you don't know how
much sugar so carbohydrate is in the food that you're eating i want you to think about it like
you're trying to prepare for retirement you're gonna go see your accountant and they're gonna
ask you okay let's do a budget so that you can be prepared for you know life when you retire so
how much do you spend on internet and your answer is i don't know how much do you spend
on groceries and your answer is i don't know how much you spend on electricity i i don't know
how am i supposed to help you to plan and budget for your retirement
if you don't know how much you spend on the things that you use every day and how are you supposed to
manage and regulate your health and weight if you don't know how much sugar is in the food you're
eating which is causing your insulin to spike and store fat on your body since the doctors tell us
that 20 grams for most people is the safe amount that they can eat before problems start to happen
it's up to you to track your food which means i weigh everything i eat put it in a calculator and
know how much sugar was in it so that i can make sure that i stay under 20 so that my body isn't
struggling with sugar and can actually take care of me by building a healthy me and repairing any
problems that are happening internally if you're not sure how to track click on this video right
here where i'm going to walk you through the steps so that you can track your food and make sure that
you're in the healthiest possible body and live a happy life going forward i'll see you over there