They eat it because it's there because it's easy . So controlling your food environment and creating a situation where you don't have essentially where good choices are easy , you've set it up in advance so that good choices are easy . Poor choices are , are more difficult , maybe even , not even available in your house .
You don't realize , uh , exactly what you're eating when you walk into a restaurant , um , avoiding processed food . But I think another thing that's really , really important and doesn't always necessarily make it to the top of the pile in these types of discussions is controlling your food environment because I think that a lot of people have some idea about how to eat healthy . Now , they may not be optimally educated on the subject , but the average person doesn't believe that coca-cola is good for you .
You're stressed out , you haven't slept enough , you're gonna have a higher level of impulsivity and it's gonna be more difficult for you to make constructive choices in the face of these very , very compelling foods . And so I think from a dietary perspective , it's very important to cook for yourself . Make foods from simple , uh , single ingredients .
Poor choices are , are more difficult , maybe even , not even available in your house . And if you can create a situation like that , you minimize your need for willpower and you create a situation where the path of least resistance is one of eating healthy foods .
If , if you're able to , I think restaurants tend to be a real pitfall . You don't realize , uh , exactly what you're eating when you walk into a restaurant , um , avoiding processed food . But I think another thing that's really , really important and doesn't always necessarily make it to the top of the pile in these types of discussions is controlling your food environment because I think that a lot of people have some idea about how to eat healthy .
