Nick Bare

And in order to do this successfully, we have to choose sustainable options.

It's not a choice.

You have to choose things that are sustainable.

Lifestyle interventions that you can do for a long period of time.

Like I mentioned earlier, I tried a low-carb keto diet before.

And one of the main reasons I didn't continue it is because the restrictive diet fatigue, social limitations,

it just made living life, if I'm being honest, harder.

And I'd come home from work and Steph, my wife, before we had kids, we'd make dinner together and we still do, but we used to spend a lot more time in the kitchen, cooking dinners and trying out new recipes.

And for these few weeks that I was following a keto diet a few years ago, it really limited what I could eat

And especially because Steph was following a more holistic, balanced diet approach, it created some conflict within our relationship.

There were just obstacles of like, I could eat this, even though she didn't want to eat that and things that she wanted to eat, I couldn't eat.

And it just didn't work for us or me.

So I believe that's one of the main reasons that the Atkins diet and the low carb era had such a rapid decline after it peaked in 2003, 2004.

And I would assume most people now following a more holistic approach to health, functional health and wellness is much more popular than it was 10, 15, 20 years ago.

People want to feel good.

They want a sustainable way of living.

Something that isn't restrictive and that facilitates social and community interactions.

And in my honest opinion, I don't think a low-carb Atkins approach works.

And that's why such the rapid decline after it peaked in those early years.

Now,