Your Body Doesn't Need More Calories

15 Aug 2022 · 1 min

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A short YouTube monologue by TJ Walker arguing that routine snacking is unnecessary for most people who eat three meals a day and do not perform heavy physical labor. Walker links frequent snacking to rising overweight/obesity and diabetes rates and recommends resisting the cultural pressure to snack (advocates mindful hunger-tolerance rather than starvation).

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It's 9:30 in the morning. I'm a little hungry. I'd like to eat a snack. But here's the problem. I had a nice breakfast. I'm gonna have a lunch. I'm gonna have a dinner. I'm not doing hard physical manual labor. I'm not a professional athlete. I'm just standing here talking to you so my body doesn't need more calories. Now, we live in a culture that says it's basically a crime to ever go more than an hour without snacking. The result, massive obesity, an epidemic of being overweight and diabetes. So it has to stop. We have to tell ourselves it's okay to be hungry. I'm not suggesting starving yourself eating disorders. But if you're having three meals a day and you're not doing hard physical manual labor, maybe a sip of water is all I need. And all you need. Please follow the TJ Walker habit.