We are seven weeks into the New Year, and I am wondering how that “weight loss diet” is going. What I have learned since I started my nutrition career back in the 1980s is that most diets with the goal of “weight loss” are temporary, unsustainable, and cause more harm than good. Nothing is different today than it was 30 years ago, except we are much smarter and wiser when it comes to science and evidence-based practice in the nutrition realm and what drives health.

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