How Your Parents make you Plump

"Eat your food...there are starving children
in China."

or Africa.

My parents never actually said that. But just
about everyone else I know heard it at some point
while they were growing up.

Halfway between Mother's and Father's Day is
a good time for a little parent-bashing.
(Just kidding)

But here are two problems with the 'starving
kid' approach to health and wellness. Neither
one of them is really your parent's fault, but
problems nonetheless.

1. Our eyes are bigger than our stomachs.

I've talked about the tyranny of plate size before.
We're programmed to eat everything on our plate--
biologically and with help and encouragement from
our parents. The problem isn't really how much food
is on the plate...it's how much food we THINK is
on the plate...that short-circuits our body's ability
to tell us we're full.

2. Confusing gratitude with guilt.

The 'starving kid' line is supposed to sound
something like this:

'Honey, we worked hard to get this food on the
table. Being thankful for the food doesn't just
mean saying God is great/God is good/let us thank
him for the food...

'Some people don't even have food to eat, or have
very little. So when you don't eat your food, I
hope it's not because you don't appreciate it...I
hope it's because you've had all you want.

or something like that.

But what usually comes out is: "there are starving
kids all over the world, and I worked all day to fix
this, so you better dang well eat it--and LIKE IT"

Oh, well. Nobody ever said parents were perfect.

But guess what? Surprise--your parents aren't the
only ones giving you guilt signals:

- I can't believe I ate the whole thing
- pig out
- sinfully delicious
- decadent
- cheat on your diet
- junk food
- are you on a diet
- I know I shouldn't be eating this, but...

See? there are all kind of bad feelings around
food and eating.

That's the beauty of Caveman Cuisine. First, it
feeds your body the way it's designed to be fed, so
you get to a healthier weight--automatically.

But second, it retrains your brain to think
healthy, too...and gets rid of the food guilt
once and for all.

So, start eating on a smaller plate, and
join the Dr. Vince Caveman Club
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Take the test drive and then decide for
yourself. You're the only one who can.

Live like You Mean it...

Dr. Vince

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