Continuing in this series about how we define holistic as it pertains to our business, it?s time to talk nutrition. We are holistic in our approach to fitness because we recognize the vital role that food and nutrition have in health and wellness. Nutrition is lost in most gyms across America. In fact it?s lost in most doctors offices, grocery stores, and schools also?but those places are for another blog entirely. It?s funny to me how things are relatable anymore in the fitness industry when it comes to nutrition. For example: use the food pyramid and then make it a numbers game with charts and graphs trying to stay at or below a certain number servings or calories every day?which only makes nutrition more complicated. That?s where we come in!
Here at Life Fitness Academy we really strive to be comprehensive in our nutrition research and education?but not to bore you with the facts so much as to make it simple and easy to understand. As our business continues in research and self-testing we turn that around and hand that to our clients in these 3 important ways:
1) Learn about your food. Always ask why!
2) Use food as a tool to achieve whatever it is you need from your body.
3) Enjoy food and don?t be bound to it.
Our aim is to educate and motivate you to learn about your food. Over time, we teach you how to weigh the good information with the bad. This is done by constant research on our part with a few simple questions guiding us. Can I make this (ingredient or food) at home? Can I do better with this (sugar, wheat, dairy, meat, etc..)? Will I feel better or worse with this food? Has this food been tested over time (thousands of years). Is this food ideal? These questions come after identifying what?s going on in the body and how we can effectively help it with nutrition.
Once we have answered those questions as well as figured out your goals (ie. healing, weight loss, weight gain or achieving whole health), we can then start sourcing the various foods, herbs and/or remedies to assist in that process. It is a journey that takes time and we try to educate you along the way, answering the why questions with you, not for you.
Once you have gained this new lease on life and have a better understanding of how food works with your body or what it is you are consuming, you may enjoy it! With your new found food knowledge, enjoying food should keep you from some of the same food choices that could?ve caused the problem in the past.
Our research turns into education for you, which empowers you to reach your goals, gives you perspective, and gives you the passion to share and educate your family. It?s how fitness is supposed to work. Often it happens the opposite?where a trainer or nutritionist sits back and drops crackers on the floor so you can be dependent on them over and over again. Now go (or come)! Go! Learn! Come! Learn! Do it! Succeed! Then teach others!
By: Terry Barga
Other posts in the series:
Holistic ? Part 1
Related posts:
- Holistic ? part 1
- Understanding Adrenals Workshop
- Holistic Health
Source: http://www.lifefitness-academy.com/2012/11/28/holistic-part-2/
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