{"id":6069,"date":"2021-09-29T14:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T21:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/?p=6069"},"modified":"2021-09-29T14:00:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T21:00:58","slug":"the-magic-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/the-magic-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"The Magic Pill Is The Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For years, I\u2019ve been saying there is no magic pill.<\/p>\n<p>But, maybe I was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The magic pill is recognizing the magic pills. And avoiding them.<\/p>\n<p>When you see or hear any \u201cexpert\u201d claiming to have identified a single problem that will solve all of your issues, that\u2019s when you know the approach is wrong.<\/p>\n<p>With so many people blaming everything from fat to carbs, hormones to toxins, inflammation and dairy, animal foods, and sugar \u2014 it becomes an easy threshold to separate the shortsighted from the beneficial. If you listened to them all, you wouldn\u2019t be able to eat anything.<\/p>\n<p>Weight loss, muscle gain, and general health are complicated. There are rules and habits that will get you there. But, there\u2019s no such thing as one-size-fits-all.<\/p>\n<p>Learn to see the magic pills (and avoid them) and you\u2019ll have less stress and, hopefully, better health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, I\u2019ve been saying there is no magic pill.\u00a0But, maybe I was wrong&#8230; here&#8217;s why.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1016],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Magic Pill Is The Way<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For years, I\u2019ve been saying there is no magic pill.\u00a0But, maybe I was wrong... here&#039;s why.\" 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