Healthy nutrition requires fat, yet fats are what people believe they need to give up first. This misguided idea that fats are not healthy in your diet was based essentially on the fact that fats contain more than twice the calories of protein and carbohydrates. While this is true, your body still requires this vital…

Nothing New! The word “macros” is dropped so frequently it seems like a ticket into the inner “Sanctuary of The Foodie”. In the past, people just discussed the individual items that are known as macros. We talked about protein, carbs and fat. It wasn’t necessary to sound trendy or obsessed. Calories were always the main…

I am just going to be blunt and say that if you are enjoying cheat meals while trying to lose weight, you are only cheating yourself. Sure, you may have success with weight loss for a little while, but sooner or later, you are going to put that lost weight right back on. Seriously, if…

Brenda Sue’s Before and After Lost Weight Lifetime Struggle By the time that I was 4 years old, my mother was convinced that I was fat. She believed that I would grow into a morbidly obese adult. Although I was not fat as a child, weighing 40 pounds at age 4, my mother took me…

Experiments With Fruit and Vegetables Those of you who have read very much of my writing know that I have run countless experiments related to health and fitness on myself throughout my life. That’s why writing here at David’s Way comes natural to me. I write a lot from personal experience. Since I have noticed…

Besides the obvious answer of eating more calories than we consume, what is the reason we get fat? The truth is, we were designed to carry extra fat since our early ancestors lived a hunter gatherer lifestyle – evolution has never caught up to our modern lifestyles. For thousands of years, our ancestors lived during…

Protein Is Necessary to Life ALWAYS CONSULT YOUR MEDICAL DOCTOR IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE SYMPTOMS OF PROTEIN DEFICIENCY LISTED HERE. NUTRITIONAL IMBALANCES CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING. WE CANNOT DIAGNOSE OR TREAT ANY MEDICAL CONDITION. OUR WORK IS MEANT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. I remember many years ago when liquid diets were the rage, people…

Processed Foods If we go back in American history to the 1930’s, we learn that our government worried that many citizens were suffering malnutrition as a result of eating too little. Today, the concern is because many of our citizens are malnourished from eating too much of the wrong things. Nowadays, we get far more…

The entire food industry works overtime with flavor manipulations designed to keep us coming back for more and more. Is it any wonder that we have a growing problem with overeating and obesity nowadays? Marketers of snacks, restaurants, and our grocery stores all employ food scientists whose sole function is to create flavors that keeps…

  Have we as a society become nutritional idiots? Or, have we just become lazy and apathetic when it comes to our daily food choices? It really is of no surprise that most people do not eat healthy diets anymore when you look at the abundance of high calorie, low nutrition foods we are surrounded…