As I wrote in a previous article, it is important to train yourself to recognize real food, that is, nutritious food , from fake food, that is, counterfeit and industrial food. But we must not be too rigid, especially if we want to lose weight by increasing our metabolism. Having a healthy diet eighty percent of the time can also be a great thing to lose weight , as we eat to nourish ourselves and go in search of more and more nutritious food: however, we must not end up obsessing, but aim for two things:
– eat more and lose weight
– eat everything and lose weight.
If we can do both we are evil geniuses. In fact, the two things are not mutually exclusive and in my opinion they should not be ruled out. If it is true that many people have managed to have a fast metabolism without paying attention to calories and portions, but by eating “real food”, it is also true that by dint of paying attention to macronutrients, micronutrients, antinutrients, the quality of what we put on the plate, we are losing sight of one of the most important things to lose weight, that is to listen to our body and indulge its cravings. If you have stomach cramps from sweet food, eating fruit won’t help you. The body is asking for simple sugars, basically more sugar. This doesn’t mean bingeing on cookies, but it doesn’t mean ignoring nervous hunger and focusing on the incredible sweetness of raw carrots. I think I’ve already told you about Matt Stone, nutritionist and author of many books explaining how food, all food, helps us keep metabolism high when used to our advantage. Matt recommends eating ice cream, salty foods, fatty foods for a better metabolism. This does not mean eating a diet full of crap, but understanding that we cannot keep all the chemistry in our body under control and the metabolism works according to criteria that we do not even imagine. It is no coincidence that with his book, Diet Recovery , Matt has helped many people to lose weight in this way:
– Eat: eat at least 3 satisfying meals, with complex carbohydrates and simple sugars at each meal.

– try to understand what your body wants and give it to it. Fat food? Go with eggs, butter, and full-fat cheeses. Sugary foods? Eat the icecream.
– eat a little salty and drastically reduce liquids with each meal.
– sleep at least eight hours a day, between night hours and afternoon naps.
– start breakfast with dry and satisfying foods: a little milk or yogurt, but a nice slice of homemade cake, pancakes with maple syrup, tart and ice cream.
– give your body a lot of everything: lots of fruits and vegetables, lots of proteins, lots of fats, lots of carbohydrates.
– avoid supplements, overly intense sports, calorie restrictions of all kinds, food restrictions
What does it mean? Has he gone mad? No. According to Matt, after gaining some weight,our hormonal profile improves and so does our metabolism as we improve our relationship with food , avoiding obsession and accustoming the body to eat everything. In this way (albeit slowly: we are talking about a metabolic adjustment that goes from a few months to two or three years), the body learns to use food, gets out of the obsession with hunger , and loses excess weight. Kimber Sipkins
is also convinced of this , explaining how fanaticism and continuous diets make us fat: much better to listen to your body, learning to feed it according to its own rhythms. We eat when we are hungry, and even if at first we tend to eat more, at some point the hunger subsides, we become more sensitive to our appetite and what we want to eat, we begin to feel the desire for specific foods. An investment in health, explains Kimber, which however in the early days amounts to:
throwing the scales, throwing away the yardstick, avoiding using the mirror as a weapon and learning to live according to the laws of our body.