Raw Blogging #1

Hello!
This is my first Raw Blog Post, a post where I speak the honest truth of my heart and where I lay my deepest thoughts to your eyes. You may disagree, and I totally understand. I will respect your opinion as long as you respect mine. With that being said, let's move on.

I've been a part of the virtual fitness and health world for quite some time now and what amazes me the most (sadly) is the rise of trends and other faddy theories you can spot all over. And it makes me angry. It makes me angry because everywhere I look, I see people praise for a particular diet style or food, a miracle method of training. And everyone jump in the bandwagon and adopt the craze just because it worked for some or because a study prove by A + B that C was the best idea of the century.

The domain where it shocks me the most is the domain of food. Everywhere, you see praises for a particular aliment and why you should change your whole diet to adopt this new elixir. I've come to realise how we get over-exited by a particular ingredient and how some, like the so-called "super foods", are praised and enhanced. We got all over ourselves for quinoa, green tea, nuts and now it's the chia seeds and I don't know what else.

Don't get me wrong, I think super foods are great and that they are really healthy and good for our organism but where I feel like something is wrong is when you try so hard to adopt the food trend that you ship up the inner voice of your body just to fit in the trend. I speak from personal experience, because, yes, almonds are super healthy, yes, they are packed with good nutrients and healthy fats but they cause me major breakouts. So no, I'm not okay with almonds in every meal.

There is also something that upsets me with all the gluten-free craze. Some people are actually gluten intolerant, and trust me they're living in hell. They have major troubles because of it, not just a slight bloating. I feel like a lot of people out there just jumped in the trend and began to hunt down the poor evil gluten. My grandma has been eating white bread and white pasta for the past 85 years, and boy, you cannot even guess she's 85. So I've some troubles to see where the problem is with gluten. If it really makes you feel better, okay then, but it won't make you lose weight or become healthier.

I'm not speaking about vegan or vegetarian diets so please, don't throw rotten tomatoes at me. I'm talking about how we tend to go crazy for a particular food and how we forget to listen to our body. What works for you may not work for me, or she, or he. We can be so convinced that a particular superfood will be the miracle cure

I felt that I had to share my opinion, specially since my blog is so young and fresh. Because what I will present you here is what works for me, what I learned from my studies and sometimes what I've learned didn't work for me but might work for you. I think we need a basic understanding and knowledge of what is good for us but we also must to listen to and tune with our body instead of following blindly some fad trend. We are all unique and we must respect that. So please, before you dive head first into another trend, check with your body if it's okay!

Stay happy and healthy!
Joyfully yours,
May <3