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1) Too much protein.
 
Carbs make you fat and fat obviously makes you fat, right? In that case ante up on the protein, double up, triple up, whatever it takes. After all more is better, right? Wrong. Way wrong answer. 
   
Flip open any fitness rag on the news stand or even so much as a blurb in the health section of your local paper and I guarantee you that one of the nutritional tid-bits you will find is some blowhard spouting “Eat more protein!”
So what do emotional women already struggling with a food addiction and the will power of a 4 year old do? They load up on the protein and drop everything else. After all, if a little protein is good then a ton of it must be even better, right? Way wrong again!  
 
2) Refined foods
 
Once a food has been processed it’s no longer in its natural state and has been stripped of fiber and vital nutrients as well. Besides the fact that there are less nutrients then before and other fillers & preservatives have been pumped in for a longer shelf life a processed food also requires less digestion than its unrefined counterpart.
When the digestion process is cut short there won’t be the increased energy expenditure that accompanies digestion and energy expenditure; otherwise known as specific dynamic action or the thermic effect of food.
 
3) Dairy
 
Dairy is actually a double whammy. Not only it is unapproved for well, just for being dairy but it is also a processed food.
Diary contains lactose, which is a sugar found in milk and a lousy carbohydrate at that. Not to mention most people have some type of lactose intolerance and allergies. Dairy is also rich in saturated fat (the bad fat) along with very small amounts of protein. Simply put, lactose combined with saturated fat and small amounts of protein is hardly an optimal fuel source when fat loss is the objective.
Outside of the whole “not ideal for fat loss” reasons, diary also brings a whole slew of other negative health issues to the table.
 
 Discuss!

I totally agree with the point about the refined foods, they’re the devil. Not only do they remove all the nutrients and good stuff, but they pump them full of chemical additives, preservatives, and whatever else they can get on the GRAS (Generally Regarded As Safe) list, which they don’t even have to put on the label!

Regarding the dairy point, I would say “it depends”.

Dairy is certainly not the miracle weight-loss food they make it out to be in the media, and not nearly as “natural” as people think. Most dairy products are honmogenized and pasteurized, which might kill any bad bacteria or viruses, but which also kills the good bacteria and enzymes. As far as the protein and the “saturated fat” contents, I wouldn’t point to those as negatives.

http://muscledog.com/article/view/130/THE_SUPPLEMENT_SYMPOSIUM_PART_THREE

Some saturated fat is good for you and while lactose might not be the best form of carbohydrate you can consume, the proteins you find in many dairy products are great.

totally agree with Nuwanee about both her points. refined foods suck and i’d point to them as the number one reason for the obesity and degenerative disease problems we are seeing these days.

the dairy issue is a little more complex, but she made great points about the processing, fat and protein.if you are getting good srouces of dairy, you shouldn’t worry about too much. make sure you read the label really carefully, and this is one area i might recommend going organic, although even that can be misleading. definitely no antibiotics/RBST free, grass fed where possible, but like you see with meat production the quality of the milk, butter, etc depends on how well the cows are raised. i wouldn’t recommend 5 servings a day like the Dairy Council does, and check for food allergies, but the biggest thing is just to be smart.

as far as the protein point, i disagree whole-heartedly with a caveat - the only case i see eating too much protein being a problem, is if you are either eating bad sources (fast food products like a burger or fried chicken), or if you are eating too many calories in general, but more importantly too many carbs. a high protein diet that also has a good amount of good sources of fat (and no im not saying to limit saturated fats!!!) , will provide a healthy foundation. the rest of the equation is how many calories and your activity levels.

it’s difficult to eat too much meat cause your body will self-regulate and stop you when you are getting full. protein has the highest thermic effect of food and will take the longest to break down, so protein is the ideal macronutrient to be eating. you will also want the various other nutrients included with the amino acids in your proteins, such as iron, CLA, creatine, etc. obviously you don’t want to eat too much of anything if you are looking for weight loss, but if there is one thing i would say you are okay eating more of, it is protein.

I agree that all refined processed food is garbage and one of the main causes of obesity, cardiovascular disease , and diabetes… If it didn’t come from nature don’t eat it!
 
I do have a question… Would you consider protein powder, sugar free cool whip, cocoa powder, store bought hummus, yogurt, cottage cheese, ezieiel bread almond milk, processed food? Technically they were processed from there natural state??
 
Is there such a thing of good processed food??
 
 
Also, I agree dairy is “not the miracle weight-loss food they make it out to be in the media” When I was eating cottage cheese, milk, and yogurt daily, I was always bloated, maintained a soft look and my stomach never felt right.  I certainly do think that there are better sources of protein; however, I do eat it on occasion because it is a healthy convenient snack especially if i am crunched for time.
 
As far a protein goes, I do agree that to much can be detrimental from my personal experience.  Even though good sources of protein is crucial for fat loss, muscle growth/repair and thermogenic effects, I believe to much can work against you by being stored as fat. 
Imo, individuals process and absorbs protein differently. It all depends on their goal, health, body type, age, hormones, and organ functions.  In all, protein consumption is very individualized (trial and era)..   
 
When I cut down on my protein consumption and exchange it with good quality carbs and fats, i tend to reach my goals faster. 

Obviously you never know exactly just how much a food is processed unless you work in the processing plant, but the less processed the better. In an ideal world, food would only be processed to the extent that you process it from it’s main ingredients in your own kitchen - meaning blended, cooked, etc. The problem is that food manufacturing companies not only need to make sure something can sit on a shelf for a certain period of time, but they also need to make it tasty and appealing to customers both visually and through marketing.

In many cases, the companies are removing the fiber and nutrients to add to the shelf life.

http://muscledog.com/article/view/138/FIBER_THE_MISSING_LINK

On top of that, they start adding all sorts of other nasty things, and a good number of them don’t have to be listed on the ingredient label. The FDA recognizes over 2800 food additives and over 3000 chemicals that are added to our foods these days, and anything that has made the GRAS list like talked about before, can be unnamed and simply listed as “natural” or as “artificial coloring” or “flavoring”. Companies only need to provide their own “research” to show that it is safe, and often times that is a completely bogus study for like 7 days using 14 subjects and none of them died. It’s shocking.

 
most fitness enthusiasts taking these supplements are very regimented about their food / product intake—but what is it all for if they don’t even know what is behind the product?

that is also scary about so-called “company studies”…how can a product be deemed safe only after a week?

it’s a full time job just figuring out what to eat these days!

 

 
This is the typical reasonong of the naive populus, hence why it is one of the top 3 biggest fat loss diet mistakes.
 
Of the hundreds of clients I have worked with, when they submit their evaluation and list examples of foods they eat , every meal is littered with protein- and a lot of it.
 
First thing I do is reduce the protein( since they are already eating way over 1 gram/per pound of bdy wt @ a high bf%) then replace it with carbs and healthy fats.
 
The client immediately drops fat lbs in the very first week. 

 
If the sat fat and very low protein isn’t a a negative it def isn’t a positive.
 
With that being said there are FAR worse negatives than sat fat and low pro with dairy which I list in detail in my book.

When is your book coming out ?
 
 
ALso, what is the premise/philosophy you promote and believe in?