Thread by @DoctorTro

What I wish I knew as a 350lb doctor?

❌eat all food in moderation
✅Fuck that, eat satiating real food with no limit and then if hungry eat more 🥩🍖🍗🥚🍳🥦🫑🥑🍓🍤

❌eat 5-7 small meals
✅Fuck that, if you aren’t hungry don’t eat & when you are hungry eat real food

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❌breakfast is the most important meal
✅I haven’t eating breakfast in 7 years & I’ve kept 150lbs off

❌eat whole grains
✅this is just a way to get you to eat Kellogg’s & General Mills processed shit food… if they are advertising “fiber” or “whole grains” you are being conned

❌if you want chocolate or ice cream just have a little
✅either don’t have it OR if you need it find a version without sugar, plenty of low carb alternatives out there, takes some of the addictive qualities of the food out (yes and calories)

❌you need to count calories
✅actually counting calories typically helps restrained eaters like your orthorexic dietitian or doctor, real people are ALWAYS off and typically say it saps their motivation

❌balance diets are healthier
✅no good interventional evidence to support that

Also wish I realized how much diet impacts mental health, chronic pain, migraines and even seizures - data is out there, find someone who knows it

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