There are a lot of purported benefits of getting lean, some shallower than others. And while the overall benefit of getting lean is inarguably significant, I’d say a majority of these individual beliefs and hopes are only partially true or not true at all. Will getting lean increase tangible health markers and reduce the chance […]
Clean Eating and Natural Foods Are Meaningless and Potentially Harmful Concepts
Eat “clean.” Eat “natural” and “whole” foods. It’s a pervasive idea in Health and Fitness ™ that many regard as intuitive common sense. But if you ask someone what it means exactly, they’ll give a nebulous answer that’s different from everyone else’s – no dairy, paleo, vegan, ethical, nothing in bags or containers, organic, non […]
Are There “Fat Burner” Supplements That Actually Work?
Supplements. So many of them. The more you take the better, because why not cover every possible base? Among these is none other than fabled “fat loss pill” in all its various forms. The general concept of a “fat loss pill” gets a lot of flack, perhaps rightly so, or perhaps because its easy virtue […]
No, You Don’t Have to “Enjoy the Process”
Learning to “enjoy the process” is a popular platitude in Health and Fitness ™, but it’s a real eye-roller that’s straight up wrong and potentially counterproductive. Going on a diet, doing cardio, lifting weights… all such things (if done correctly) will work regardless of how you feel. That’s the great thing about scientific proof – […]
On Health and Fitness Being a “Lifestyle”
Where did the phrase “health and fitness lifestyle” even come from? It’s silly and ridiculous. The definition of lifestyle, per Merriam-Webster: lifestyle: the typical way of life of an individual, group, or culture. I think it’s fair to infer from that definition that a lifestyle is constituted by the bulk of what you spend your […]