In hisΒ recent TEDxΒ Talk,Β Jay CardielloΒ argued that when it comes to our health,Β weβve got it allΒ wrong: βDiet and exercise makes you fat,β the strength and conditioning coachΒ toldΒ the audience. And the health and fitness industry? βItβs a complete lie.β
Cardiello, who has trainedΒ both professional athletes andΒ stars likeΒ Sofia Vergara andΒ Jennifer Lopez, went on to highlight the misconceptions the industry creates.Β Dietitians who devise complicated weight-loss strategies (βthey swap this food for that food, you eat this, donβt eat thisβ)Β are confusingΒ people, he said. Labels like βall naturalβ and βgluten-freeβ on packaged foods are designed to trick us. And wellness brands are out to profit fromΒ our health problems.
Take fads like juice cleanses, for example. TheyΒ leave people undernourished and fatigued, not fit. βThe industry plays upon our emotions,β Cardiello said.
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HealthβsΒ contributing nutrition editor Cynthia Sass, RD, MPH, agrees with some of Cardielloβs grievances. She says itβs important that consumers be skeptical of products and plans that arenβt backed by science. But calling the entire industry a farce isnβt fair either.
βThere are many qualified nutrition and fitness practitioners that are motivated by helping people live healthier lives,β Sass says. As for food labels, Sass agrees they can be misleading: βGluten-freeβ doesnβtΒ automatically make a food healthy, for example.Β βGluten-free foods can contain refined grains like white rice, added sugars, and lack nutrients.β
βBut not every food labeled βgluten-freeβ falls into this category,β she adds.
There is one diet plan that CardielloΒ does recommend:Β βEat as if you have one day to live, or thereβs a health scare.β In his TEDx talk,Β Cardiello made the case that staying healthy is simple as long as we get enough sleep, drink water, eat vegetables, surround ourselves with people that believe in us, and give to others.
And fitness isnβt about push-ups and squats, Cardiello adds. βItβs about the quality of life that youβre living.βΒ
Los Angeles-based celebrity trainer Mike DonavanikΒ is only half on-board with that notion: βI agree that everyone strives for a better quality of lifeβbut doing exercises like push-ups and squats is what will give you that,β he says.Β
Cardiello goes so farΒ to say βthe answer to fitness is walkingββa claimΒ DonavanikΒ strongly disagrees with.Β βWalking is not going to be enough,β the trainer told Health. βIf you want more out of life, you have to work out hard and put in the effort,β he says. βThereβs just no way around it.β
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