Becoming Coco

How do you know what diet to choose if every diet out there seems to be obsessed over by the media one week and totally debunked the next ?  WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT A HEALTHY DIET? Well I spent several (won't embarrass my self with the exact number ) hours researching, reading books, watching videos, looking at studies and various blogs and I found, you can't really trust any of them (diets). In the end the only reason any of them worked is because people were benefitting from the simple acts of exercising more, eating less calories and trying to be healthy. It didn't actually matter what method they took so much, as long as they met those basics. Furthermore, some diets, like veganism, which cut out many items totally, could be unhealthy if the nutrients removed were not carefully replaced.  A brief look at the many diets suggested to me. Aka. My adventure in researching: Based on the several popular you tubers, studies and books like "Forks over Knives", my...

After a good friend of mine suggested this topic to me, I thought for a while where to begin, then I procrastinated and finally late one night it hit me. If you have never really tried eating healthy before how should you begin? Replacements! What if you aren't a health-conscious eater, but you want to be? Maybe you never have been successful with dieting or you haven't had the desire to and now you think it's time to get healthy. You may want to eventually go all out, but you're new to this and you need to start small.  The easiest way to start is with the simple act of replacing. This means slowly switching out your current food and life choices for slightly more healthy versions one-by-one until you reach your health goals. It may seem simple, but too many people try to start being healthy by going straight for the latest diet or trying to change everything at once. We are bombarded by all the latest health claims and diet fads. Many of us get overwhelmed and guil...