Is “eating healthy” more about eating good food or not eating bad food?
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It’s mostly about *how much* food you eat.
You can easily eat a healthy diet every meal at McDonald’s. However, you need to do so by eating small portions and avoiding empty calories.
It’s also important to recognize that our hunger mechanisms aren’t very effective. They don’t measure nutritional content or calorie intake, but rather stomach fullness. If you eat a lot of high carbohydrate foods (which are processed by your body more quickly that fat or protein), your stomach will empty more quickly. Likewise, if you eat very infrequently in large portions, your stomach will grow to accommodate those portions and you’ll constantly be hungry. On the other hand, you can never be hungry and still starve to death because you’re not getting the nutritional balance you need.
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