The One Thing that Impacts your Health the most.

There is a lot of confusion about what constitutes a healthy diet that promotes weight loss these days. First we were told low-fat, then low-carb. We were told no meat and we were told lots of meat as long as there wasn’t a side of carbs. We are told fast food is evil yet fast food tells us that they now offer healthy sandwichs and salad options. We were told that juice is healthy, but now maybe only in moderation. We were told Atkins, South Beach, vegan, locavore, etc. And now there are more types of fat and sugar then you can count on two hands and trying to remember which one is better than the next seems to require a masters degree in nutrition!

It is necessary to remember that the media reports on whatever catches people’s attention. Banning trans fat and the local food movement are much more appealing topics then reminding people to eat their vegetables. Because of all of the misinformation regarding nutrition, and because we are presented with thousands of food options everyday, cleaning up your diet is the most important step in getting flat abs.

Sayings like “You are what you eat” and “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach” illustrate this point quite well. Everyday you put in hundreds of calories of food in order to maintain every single body function. That is an amazing biological feat and it is something to consider everytime you put food in your mouth. And while new exercise fades and gadgets are introduced every year, this pales in comparison to the number of new food products that grocery stores and restaurants offer us.

There are so many ways to get your diet wrong and only a few ways to get it right. This is why following a well researched total body plan for achieving six packs abs is a much better idea then piecing together various factoids found online and via the news media.