Beyond ‘low carb’, ‘low fat’, etc.
Get down to the nitty gritty and justify your views.
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my diet is simple. all of my meals are protein based either with eggs, poultry, lean meat, lean pork or seafood. I supplement each meal with either low GI complex carbs or fats depending on the time of day and my energy requirements. I eat a variety of veggies of different colors daily with several servings of low GI fruits. most of my fat comes from olive oil and assorted nuts and seeds. In general I follow a low carb diet about 40% protein, 30% carbs and 30% fats. I work from home so I do not expend much energy outside of the gym these days. at rest the primary energy source of skeletal muscle is free fatty acids and the brain only needs 5 grams of glucose per hour to function normally. in general there is simply no need for a high carb diet for the sedentary individual. based on a 2,000 calorie diet why would the average sedentary individual need to consume 250 grams (50% of cals) of carbs daily? to walk from the house to car and around the office all day? it’s ludicrous especially when only 15% of the US population gets regular exercise. the reasons for the steadily declining health status in the US is so clear and obvious. a diet of heavily processed foods combined with a sedentary lifestyle could only result in increased disease and illness.
I try to consume as little processed foods as possible. all of the additives, preservatives, etc. added to foods today are causing many of the health problems in our society today. processed foods lack the natural enzymes that whole foods provide so the body can effeciently utilize nutrients. just because the label of a food items states nutritional information does not mean that those nutrients are available and will be utilized.
people today focus way to much on calories, carbs and fats instead of the source of those calories. the ingestion of proteins, carbohydrates and fats have various effects on the levels and production of various hormones in the body. whole foods have a pronounced positive effect on the endocrine system while the opposite applies to heavily processed foods. many uneducated folks say weight loss is a simple equation of cals in vs. cals out, but human biology does not function in such a simple manner.
in general people make eating a healthy and balanced diet harder than it has to be. I eat for function and not so much for flavor. I consume basic foods and use spices, etc. to flavor them. I pretty much eat strict Mon-Fri so the weekends I can relax and eat whatever I want when dinning out with friends, etc.
currently i’m 39 years old weigh 250 lbs with 9% body fat. I’ve never been prescribed a prescription medication in my life and haven’t missed a day of work or school since I got the chicken pox in 1983 when i was a freshman in high school.
You are what you eat. You put junk gas in your car and don’t ever change the oil how well will it run ?? The human body is the same way. We all have to have a proper balance of Vitamins and nutrients to stay healthy.
There is so much junk food out there that you really have to watch it to get good quality food. Organic foods are the best.
Fresh fruits and veg tables and a good processed water and a lot of it.
Processed meats, McDonalds and Pitza Hut is not the way to go. There are a lot of good books to read. I can only give you the general answer here.