“Whatever you eat after 8 P.M. will just be stored as fat”.

Have you heard this before? Have you been told that eating late is what is contributing to your health and wellness roadblocks? Unfortunately this kind of “fix” is not only misguided and misleading, it simply is not true. The body does not change how it processes calories — “carbs” included — based on where the minute hand is on the clock. We are operating sophisticated machines that know how to dispose of calories no matter the time of day or night. There can be many beneficial reasons to eating later in the evening — including stimulating protein synthesis.

The biggest factor in reaching your body composition and recovery goals is controlling dietary intake — i.e. over-all caloric consumption, not necessarily timing. Timing is a consideration throughout the day, yes, including important intervals such as pre/post-workout, but the keystone for all these details is still, simply, total daily caloric intake.

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Summing up here, it seems we are always quick to demonize and focus on one thing. The media attention can draw our gaze as we fixate on a single evil. It is an understandable thing to do.

“It’s THIS, THIS one thing that is causing the obesity epidemic.”

These statements leave out other dietary considerations and over-simplify complex conditions. Perhaps the over-consumption of sugars and calories in general is more to blame here – but this doesn’t sound as sexy to the media monster. The truth is that there are always many factors involved in any equation, and unfortunately nothing is simple and is rarely straight forward. The stand out factor that has garnered attention with HFCS seems to be the Fructose component. Many hear that Fructose is a poison, and is somehow the evil counterpart of sugar, but the truth is that Fructose is naturally and simply, fruit sugar. It is found in most plants, fruits and honey. When bonded with glucose it forms sucrose — table sugar. It is not an evil monster, but a natural part of this world, which our bodies are quite accustom and efficient in dealing with.

Ultimately the over-consumption of any particular edible can be a dangerous practice for long term health. Humans are meant to eat a varied and seasonal diet, while maintaining an active lifestyle. It is a challenge in this day-in-age to eat a well rounded, varied, whole-food diet, but this is our mantle for long term health and wellness and we must be willing to pick it up.

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As CBS New York contributor Marlie Hall reported, the American College of Sports Medicine has released its list of fitness trends for 2014, which is topped by high-intensity interval training.

The workouts involve short bursts of high-intensity exercises followed by short periods of rest.

CLICK HERE to see the the ACSM press release.

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