Yup, that’s why I think there’s so much anecdotal evidence that competing nutrition plans work. One way or another, you’ve got use some self restraint in the amount of calories you take in. Moderation is built into all of the programs. Think about it.

I should take a minute to say that, of the three, I’m probably the most sympathetic to the Organic cause and ideas. I fall in line with them more than I do with the Paleos and Plant-based Only Eaters. However, just like the Paleo and Plant-based Only Eating plans, I have some criticisms.

The problem for this fitness enthusiast, personal trainer and coach is that all of the studies, science, and claims can’t all be correct since they refute each other. The other problem is I’m just not a “claim neutrality” kind of guy.

To do a little review I wrote about a nutritional conundrum I find myself in. There are basically 3 different nutrition plans fans that I run into from time to time. As I said last week, partisans in the Ultimate Food Fight are passionate, generally sincere, well educated, insistent “science” is on their side, and convinced that they are right.

- They all have science to back them up.
- They all have anecdotal evidence to back them up.
- They all have claims to “the healthiest lifestyle.”
- They all claim to be the cure for a host, if not all, of contemporary ills.
- They all have doctors who swear up and down about the validity of the program.
- They all have sincere, dedicated, smart practitioners with “success” stories.
- THEY ALL HAVE ASPECTS THAT IS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH ALL RIVAL PROGRAMS!