Diet

Clean Eating is DEAD: Putting the Nail in the Coffin

October 11, 2010 By JC Deen 36 Comments

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It’s been an entire month since I posted the much hated-on article titled Clean Eating is a Scam. I’m hardly amazed at what people say or do anymore on the internet. The riot this one caused on the bodybuilding.com forums was nothing short of hilarious.

Thanks to the readers here who continue to share my work with others.

However, with all due respect to the narrow-minded, neurotic elitists in the health and fitness world, I felt it was quite pertinent to put the nail in the coffin so to speak.

You see, as a writer and fellow fitness enthusiast, I feel it’s my calling to share with you what I feel is relevant, practical and useful for your personal fitness journey – whether you’re competitive or merely a weekend warrior.

Some call me the consumers advocate for all things fitness-related. I say I’m just telling it like it is. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Diet Tagged With: clean diet, clean eating, clean food

Your Body Hates You – Battling The Voices In Your Head

October 3, 2010 By JC Deen 19 Comments

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The power of the mind* – as cliché as that reads, you know just how powerful it can be.

Many who’ve accomplished great feats or audacious personal goals knows just how effective one’s mind can be when you set out to do something. Then again, it really hits home especially when your mind’s not working in your favor.

Since we all know the simple equation for fat loss already, I’d rather not beat a dead horse. But, in case you’re new here, I’ll sum it up fairly quickly so we can get into the meat of the article.

The easy part goes like this: Eat enough protein (preferably 1+ gram per pound of bodyweight), train with weights 2-3 times per week using a low volume + high intensity scheme, and ensure you eat below what you’re expending. In short, eat less, move more, and lift heavy stuff until you reach your goal. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Diet, Goals

Clean Eating: Why I Still Call it a Scam

September 20, 2010 By JC Deen 93 Comments

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Upon diligent reflection of last week’s emotionally-charged article headline on the sultry subject of clean eating, I believe it’s only fair to expand a bit more on why I believe clean eating to be a faulty concept and nothing but a false belief limiting the minds of many.

The context of this belief and its impact on the individual can render positive or negative, but it all boils down to the individual and their underlying, deep-seated ideals buried in the depths of their consciousness.

First of all, almost immediately after I hit publish last Monday, I noticed some traffic from the bodybuilding.com forums and thought to myself, “Oh, cool, someone really enjoyed the article. I’m glad they decided to share it.”

I never expected I’d receive a lesson on people’s inability to comprehend what they read as well as how a headline with a few carefully-selected words could immediately send someone into a defensive fury. Thus, it’s obvious that a first impression, ie: me calling clean eating a scam, altered their ability to remain objective enough to read and analyze the information for themselves.

Call me a mind controller. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Diet, Popular Tagged With: clean diet, clean eating, clean food, Diet

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