The Real/Science Based Definition of "Healthy Foods"
The Flexible Dieting Lifestyle Podcast
The Flexible Dieting Lifestyle
5.0 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2019
⏱️ 26 minutes
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In this episode we talk about what “healthy” really means. But before we begin, we need to explain what the definition of “healthy” is (5:03). Once we have this general understanding, we talk about those healthy foods, our hunger cues (6:29), and the benefits of eating more wholesome, minimally processed foods. We then take a deep dive into the difference between processed and unprocessed foods, as well as the different types of processed foods (13:15). It’s important to know that you cannot see foods as “good” or “bad” (15:08) but need to realize that the two have different goals. Additionally, when you hear people saying, “I don’t want to eat chemicals” (17:29), understand that this statement stems from a lack of understanding of basic chemistry. We won’t go into detail here but provide an example or two in the episode itself.
Moving forward, we have the the topic of organic (vs. non-organic) foods and which is better? First and foremost, we need to define what “better” actually means. Is it in regards to a food’s nutrient content or its beneficial impact on an individual’s health. Then to wrap things up, we explain what categorizes a certain food as organic.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the flexible dieting lifestyle podcast. |
| 0:13.6 | I'm your host, Zach Rushelo. |
| 0:15.5 | I'm with my co-host, Miguel Blakut, and today's episode is one that I've wanted to one that I wish I had a long time ago |
| 0:24.0 | when I started this whole nutritional journey because there's always this huge debate of like |
| 0:29.1 | oh that's healthy this isn't healthy like what's going on here like I didn't know who to believe |
| 0:34.8 | it all the definition of healthy changed depending on what diet I was doing and who I was talking to and I just wanted a concrete definition of what actually like what constitutes something as being healthy because we have this this debate in nutrition industry. It's like it's hard to call something, in quotations, |
| 0:55.9 | healthy because it's case dependent. It's such a relative thing. So in today's episode, |
| 1:01.9 | we're going to help you guys understand like how to make a rational definition of healthy |
| 1:07.2 | for yourself. And I think that's the only thing you can do. And then in the world of social |
| 1:11.8 | media, you have all these people saying, oh, well, that's not healthy. This is healthy. And, oh, I don't |
| 1:16.9 | want to eat this. Don't eat that. Like, you can be a rational consumer of your nutrition. And then |
| 1:23.5 | you can help make an educated rebuttal back to those people that want to talk smack |
| 1:28.7 | about what you're doing. |
| 1:29.6 | I mean, I think that's the beauty of it because people just try and like, say you're the |
| 1:33.9 | worst person in the world for eating an ice cream count. |
| 1:37.3 | It's like, well, no, like, let's look at what's happening at a physiological level and |
| 1:42.8 | is it really going to kill me. So yeah, I think |
| 1:47.7 | it's definitely an amazing conversation we're going to have. And yeah, I'm excited for it. So |
| 1:54.9 | yeah, Miguel, I hope all is well. I want to keep this super expedited. How are you doing my friends? |
| 2:01.2 | I'm my friend, my friend, your, You're singular, not plural. My fault. I'm multiple people at once. |
| 2:07.7 | I'm really good, man. I got a few graduate admissions this week, so I was really happy about that. |
| 2:14.3 | For those of you, they don't know, I'm going to do my master's in exercise science. So always good to have a few options available. How are you, Zach? I'm doing well. Hey, tell them about |
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