The school systems follow the dietary recommendations of government. The direct approach (feed your own family what you know is healthy) is best.

Yes, it’s an interesting new model to think of fat as an organ. Leptin, ghrelin, insulin and glucagon … they are all important for sure. We chose to keep this blog post simple and focus on the absolute basics. No surprise … people who use this insight to get results don’t need to be advanced in their scientific understanding. Basics are getting people very far. Thanks for contributing.

Hi Martine – Thanks for the wonderful comment. We typically stick to just small amounts of fresh fruit and prefer the less sugary fruits such as berries. With respect to coffee, we’d suggest eliminating the sweetener from it 100%. I (Chris replying) used to pour sugar at Starbucks into my coffee. You know those glass sugar containers with the metal flip lid? SEVEN seconds of pouring. That was around 15 years ago. When I realized how dangerous sugar is to us I managed to cut it down to zero and now can’t stand any sugar in my coffee.

I’ve tuned into your webinar last year actually during a time that I was banting. What I found was that the Mental Game helped a lot to even shed those extra kilos faster. I’ve got one concern, and would love hear from you on this subject. Banting suggested that if you can’t cut out your sugar completely, to use sweetner, obviously only the “healthy” ones. Some studies showed that the flora in the gut of people using sweetner is the same as over weight people and even still presents the risk of diabetes… What is your take on this?

Also, I love raw honey and fresh fruits, and rather use honey than sweetner in my bulletproof coffee or tee… but if I incorporate the honey and fruits, I don’t lose weight at all, and that bloated feeling comes back.

I saw that you do enjoy fruits with your way of eating. Any suggestions on fruits that I shouldn’t eat?

One last thing, I want to thank you for your great material. I bought the stress relieve package and it works wonders. I’m an full time Professional Electrical Engineer in the Consulting Industry. I specialize in Building Installations for Hospitals, very high risk and stressful job, while trying my best to bring up two toddlers aged 2 and 4(I bought Talking to Toddlers two years ago, and listens and practice it every 6 months). If the going gets tough, I just insert my earphones (either on a plane or at night in bed) and when I wake up, I’ve got the energy and will to carry on.

Keep up with the good work!

Definitely! In our Wellness Academy one of the first things we do is teach people to establish realistic goals to move towards and hang up some reminder of the goal. It could be hanging that pair of pants you used to fit into (and will fit into again) at your standing desk. I’m glad you brought up the “as if frame” too. Super important. The blog post doesn’t touch on most of the mental game strategies that we teach, but they’re all in our podcasts, products and of course the Wellness Academy for those interested in working with us.