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Functional Health to Rock Retirement: Finding the Right Nutrition Plan

Published: May 18, 2022, 7 a.m.

All this month we have been discussing functional health so that you can ensure your body works well enough to rock retirement. Last week we learned how finding the right exercise plan can help you stay strong enough to do all the things that you want to do\\xa0when you\\xa0retire.

Today, we\\xa0learn about\\xa0the opposite side of the functional health coin: nutrition. You probably know that nutrition should be an important part of your overall health plan, but with so many conflicting diets out there how are you supposed to know what you should eat?\\xa0

Listen in to hear what functional health expert, Dr. Bobby Dubois recommends to maintain proper nutrition in retirement.\\xa0

It\\u2019s easy to fall into a nutrition rabbit hole

If you head to the bookstore or ask a question on Google, you\\u2019ll quickly realize that there are tons of rabbit holes that you can fall into when it comes to nutrition. How can there be so many different \\u2019right ways\\u2019 to eat?

Before starting the cantaloupe diet or another such extreme measure it is important to understand the science that goes into nutrition.\\xa0

Why evidence-based nutrition is important

Many fad diets are based on strong emotions and faux science rather than evidence-based science.\\xa0

Science is a process by which scientists answer questions. First, they come up with a hypothesis and then design a study to prove or disprove that hypothesis. Next, they test their study.

Just because a scientist may come up with a beautiful theory doesn\\u2019t mean that\\xa0they have\\xa0any evidence to back it up.\\xa0For years scientists figured that people with high cholesterol\\xa0should restrict their cholesterol intake, but science has recently shown that the cholesterol we eat has little effect on the overall cholesterol in our bodies.\\xa0

Unfortunately, nutrition is a field that has been based on a lot of bad science. It has had plenty of strong theories but little evidence to back up those theories.\\xa0

Scientists all agree that obesity can lead to heart disease

One\\xa0area\\xa0of nutrition that scientists can agree upon is that being overweight or obese can lead to heart disease and, ultimately, death. This is why it is important to maintain a healthy weight.\\xa0

Maintaining a healthy diet can\\xa0help you stay at a healthy weight and help your body move more easily.\\xa0Taking control of your diet can give you agency and help you make a change in your life.

Rather than focus on the small details of what you should eat or not eat, it is more important to plan a basic diet. Since every person\\u2019s body works differently, a great way to choose the \\u2018right\\u2019 diet is to test it out for yourself. What works for someone else may not work for you.\\xa0

How to construct the \\u2018right\\u2019 nutrition plan

It is important to have some humility when it comes to understanding nutrition. Scientists don\\u2019t know as much as they should and no one has the perfect nutrition plan, so you should\\xa0be skeptical of anyone that claims to have the perfect nutrition plan.\\xa0

What we do know is that obesity is a big issue. This is why maintaining a balanced diet of \\u2018real\\u2019 foods is important. Try to shop around the rim of the grocery store to avoid the processed foods that lie in the middle.\\xa0

Next week, you\\u2019ll learn more about how to build a functional health framework so that you can rock retirement.\\xa0