Is there such thing as bad foods

There are a few guys on here who give good advice for people who are pretty uneducated in training. Its only right that people like me who rely on their input to give them props every now and again.

 

Jdsm if i recall your a student right? do you study a sport subject or did you just educate yourself. You sound knowledgable and one of the things that in my opinion sets u apart from other knowledgable people is that you actually talk about things you have tried and dont just vomit out info from a book

 

I do study a sport subject, however I can safely say that there are some guys out there that haven't studied at degree level and are immensely knowledgable in the field of nutrition/training.

You do get some guys who just read every study and take it as gospel, or take everything they read out of a book as fact, which I really can't stand, however, I can look at a pre-workout supplement for example and say "This is a bull**** supplement" without actually taking it, based on the research.

You need to put everything at your disposal together, experience, research etc. Also, never, ever be content with what you already know.

 

yeah mate i agree totally. Science and proven studies are a good source i try to read up as much as i can and separate the bull**** from the truth. But at the end of the day i listen to my body.
My main annoyance is personal trainers who tell me im over training and eating the wrong foods (pb sandwhich) for my goals...... My body will tell me if im over working and maybe the sandwhich isnt optimal but it does its jonb and it taste nice!

 

Well PB on toast is one of the 'core' foods of my diet, there's nothing wrong with that at all. The thing is, if you were to take in say 80-90% foods that contain a variety of micronutrients, then allowing 10-20% of discressionary calories (Depends on the individual and diet - For example, a bodybuilder in the later stages of contest prep is going to have less calories to play with) that you can hit your macronutrients with, for most people is going to be beneficial psychologically. Now, if something is beneficial psychologically and isn't detrimental physiologically...why the hell wouldn't you do it?

However, you'll get these guys that do a shitty certification course and have no idea about even intermediate human physiology or research that's available and they'll just say "Eat clean", which really, really boils my ****.

 

PB sandwhich is a time saver its fats protien and carbs and taste nice.
You have no idea how many times ive tried explaing that even if im a small person(weight wise) it is ****ing hard to eat "clean" and get enough calories to sustain 2 hard sessions in a day. Sometimes that snickers comes in handy!

 

Not to mention that "clean" differs from diet to diet. For example, a low-carb dieter is going to have different "clean" foods to that of a low-fat dieter. A paleo dieter's idea of a "clean" food is going to differ to both of those and so on. I think it's just a term that should be eliminated when discussing foods, as it is just a bull**** term.

I know I've repeated the following line in some variation about a million times, but you need to look at the diet as a whole, relative to a person's requirements.

A great quote from Alan Aragon:

"It really makes no difference from a purely physiological standpoint as long as macronutrition is in check. This is evidenced by the mere fact that you can take ten different coaches (or competitors) and see that they have ten distinctly different approaches to pre-contest preparation. Nevertheless, their athletes will all show up on stage at the maximal degree of leanness that their genetics will allow. You’ll never see a competitor magically show up in better shape than he once did all because of switching out one doughnut per week with a cup of brown rice and a tablespoon of olive oil."

I think another thing that's worth mentioning is that if you have discressionary calories to look forward to, your mood is generally going to improve and along with that, training performance is also likely to improve.

 

again i agree. I tried eating no "junk" foods and for more then a year i did it. But then when i cracked up i couldnt stop. Moderation is the key in life