According to a new post by nutrition coach Graeme Tomlinson, one’s intuition may ead them to believe that regular consumption of a coffee and a small granola bar is not worthy of consideration regarding effect on body composition”. It’s this same intuition which sets our perception in thinking that a big plate of paella.

Ready for another working day kicked off with your regular bout of coffee and granola bar combo? Then prepare to wave your fitness gains goodbye.Behold the inforgraphic below which compares the caloric content for a Starbucks coffee and granola bar against a plate of healthily prepared paella.And it’s this deceiving perception that Tomlinson believes that the fitness seekers need to be aware of despite its some-what “obsessive” nature.\

“If a survey was done without any prior knowledge of the quantities of ingredients in either of these two options, most would attribute the coffee .

An army of intuitive eaters may lambast the very consideration of counting caloric values of these energy sources, labelling such practice as obsessive. Yet subconsciously their intuition must link energy consumed to their nutritional goals. This intuition is legitimate, it is not always factual.Tomlinson instead suggests that people should be more aware of the caloric values of energy consumed if they’re aiming to lose weight or hit their desired body goals. “It is simply an education on a subject like any other, he says. .

Encouragement to appreciate nutritional information of items consumed may just be the catalyst in an individual finally linking such information with their goal after years of confusion. And that is a great thing. Regular grande mocha’s and granola bars may no longer fit the goal, yet maybe they shall.It’s import to note a few points from Tomlinson’s post before black listing coffee altogether though. The coffee on its own is roughly half the calories of the paella and it’s the granola bar which really bumps the caloric content into one that is noticeably comparable to the paella.In numerous health articles we’ve done with ex-commandos and personal trainers, all have recommended something called Bulletproof coffee.

Five of them presented opinion as fact or failed to provide evidence-based references for nutritional claims. Five failed to provide a disclaimer and, when meals were examined against Public Health England calorie targets and traffic light criteria, no blogger met these criteria.Of the advice-based blogs, only one by a registered nutritionist with a degree passed overall, with 75%. The lowest compliance, 25%, was from an influencer without any nutritional qualifications.Read more: An Instagram travel couple with nearly 500,000 followers shared what their photos look like before and after editingThe authors concluded: “Social media influencers’ blogs are not credible resources for weight management. Popularity and impact of social media in the context of the obesity epidemic suggests all influencers should be required to meet accepted scientifically or medically justified criteria forthe provision of weight management advice online.