If you have a healty diet...

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What is it composed of?

Mine's two or three apples a day and just drinking water, then I eat meat.

At this precise moment, for various reasons, I'm trying not eat dairy, meat, fish, eggs, gluten, mushrooms, onion or garlic. Which doesn't leave a lot left But I manage with veg, rice, fruit, dhal (similar to lentils), soya milk and yogurt, and these yummy seed bars with carob topping. I feel like such a hippy

Oh yeah, and PEANUT BUTTER

Lots of fiberous carbs (veg, not fruit) and complex carbs (oatmeal, wholegrain bread) and protein rich food, so you end up getting most your calories from carbs and the least amount from fat.

Avoid foods like refined suger, white rice and white bread because they are considered empty calories. Don't listen to idiots who advocate extremely low carb diets, those only work short term and they rely more on the dieter feeling full from eating protein rich food not some kind of special metabolic secret - if you actually have some will power you won't benefit at all.

Idiots? Really?

My understanding is that when you consume sugar (carbs are sugar) insulin is called upon to shuttle the sugar into the fat cells, and the kidneys retain sodium and therefore water. In the absence of insulin, which happens on a low-carb diet, glucagon is produced, which calls upon the fat cells to release their fat stores, which is then burned for energy. Additionally, sodium is released by the kidneys as is water.

A low carb diet seems like an efficient way to lose some fat, but if someone follows it and then returns to the same diet that got them fat in the first place, well, common sense says they'll gain their fat stores back.

I'm currently trying to live off a meal and one snack, which I achieve with about 80% success rate.

The meal is protein heavy, a baked potato or two with about 60 to 80 grams of tuna, 30 grams of cheese and about 30 grams of mixed nuts and seeds. That's about 35 grams of protein each. The great thing about these is the convenience. Put all the baked potatoes in the oven simultaneously, I usually put in six, so that's all the cooking done. Open the tin of tuna and put straight on, the cheese needs only sprinkling on if pregrated and mixed nuts and seeds also only need sprinkling on. Given that I detest my housemates, I need only be in the kitchen a minute and a half to do all this, providing I have already pre-baked the potatoes.

The snack is similar, pitta bread, about 50 grams of chicken, maybe 20 of cheese, maybe 10 of mixed nuts and seeds and then plenty of salad. Given that the chicken is precooked and the I make an evening's worth of salad in advance, these can be assembled equally quickly. Beyond that, lots of fruit and a large breakfast of muesli.

I always make sure I get at least five portions of fruit and veg a day and eat whatever the heck I want around that, provided it is not an Irritable Bowel Syndrome antagoniser and that I get roughly the correct amount of fat, carbs, proteins etc into my diet. I also do not calorie-count, in fact I fluctuate my calories so my body doesn't get used to consuming a specific amount. To me, that's a healthy diet. I try to consume at least 2 litres of fliud a day as well, provided that fluid contains water, and I do not exceed 250mg caffeine a day as this triggers my IBS.

You may hear a lot about getting your omega-3’s from foods rich in ALA fatty acids. Main sources are vegetable oils and nuts (especially walnuts), flax, soybeans, and tofu. Be aware that our bodies generally convert very little ALA into EPA and DHA, so you may not get as big of a benefit from these foods.




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I use omega-3, I think it does wonders, but sometimes, I use this instead;

I stopped eating potato chips 12 months ago and i feel and see the benefits now. I limit salt and sugar but have lots of good food. I go to the gym a few times a week and this helps me cope better with sleeping and especially sensory problems.

organic meats, organic fruits, organic vegetables, whole milk, eggs, cod liver oil, coconut oil , vitamin C (ascorbic acid) powder, home made or bakery bread and butter. I might have to give up the vitamin c for a bit, because of money. I avoid any heavily processed food. I do love chips, if they are made with good cooking oils, in other words not hydrogenated oils

flax and soy are garbage foods

All men should avoid both soy products and tofu. Both of these will reduce testosterone production and increase female hormone production. Not bad if you are a female, I suppose but to be avoided if you are male.

Next time you see a guy with man-boobs, just ask him how often he eats Asian food.

Soy in small doses is a good thing; it's massive doses in continual consumption that can cause hormones. Moderation in all things, and all.


M.

According to the nutritionalist I asked, any soy is bad. If others want to eat it, good for them

I'd talk to more than one nutritionalist; if you have certain hormone issues, it isn't the best choice, nor would I recommend it for older gentlemen for somewhat obvious reasons. But soy has a lot of health benefit when consumed in small quantities. Like most things, the West tends to utilize it in excess.


M.