Eddie
1. A calorie is a calorie. As long as you eat less and move more you will lose weight.
Our weight is regulated by hormones, not calories.
2. Cholesterol is evil. You need to avoid it in your diet
at all costs and this will reduce your blood cholesterol and prevent
heart disease.
Cholesterol is a substance
essential to life and health. Dietary sources of cholesterol do not have
any correlation with heart disease. Blood cholesterol values are nearly
useless in predicting a possibility of a heart attack or death.
3. Saturated fat clogs your arteries and makes you
unhealthy and fat. You must avoid it by substituting butter with
margarine, only consuming low-fat dairy and cutting fat off your steak.
Saturated fat consumption has
no correlation with heart disease or obesity. Replacing natural animal
fats with man-made highly processed vegetable and seed oils contributes
to our bodies’ pro-inflammatory state.
4. You need several servings of healthy whole grains daily
to provide necessary nutrients for health and fibre to keep you full and
your bowels regular.
Grains are not a natural part
of human diet. We are not birds. We have not evolved to process grain
products and have no need for them. They can disrupt digestion and
metabolism. They can also be downright toxic to some people.
5. You need to eat 5-6 small meals a day to rev up your metabolism, avoid spikes in insulin and maintain healthy weight.
Humans are not cows who graze
all day. We can function perfectly well on 1-2 meals a day. The
breakdown of muscle tissue after 3-4 hours with no food is a MYTH,
perpetuated by the makers of protein shakes and cereal bars.
6. You need to exercise at moderate intensity for 30-60
minutes every day to keep your heart healthy, maintain your weight and
live longer (you lazy fat slob).
Exercise should be short in
duration, high in intensity. There is no evidence that doing it 7 days a
week is better than once a week. Do resistance training for strength,
bone health and metabolic effect. Do random stuff for fun, sense of
well-being and social interaction.
7. You need to have rigid x:y:z ratios of macronutrients in your
diet. According to this new diet [insert the latest fad here], as long
as you have x% of calories from protein [carbohydrates, fats, acai
berry], it doesn’t matter whether it comes from a chemical cocktails
(errr, I mean, a protein shake) or a piece of steak.
Stop reducing food to a sum
of its parts. Eat real meals, made out of pronounceable ingredients
which you could easily find yourself on a farm.
Link here.
Link here.
6 comments:
Top find! That's another one for my Carbsaner blog list!
I've read this blog for awhile now - her partner also blogs and is well known in the paleo community. http://thatpaleoguy.com/
Are they partners? I think Jamie lives in NZ and Anastasia lives in OZ?
I know they're really good friends and go to a lot of the paleo events as the Australia/NZ contingent, but not so sure about the partners thing.
They've both done interviews with Jimmy Moore and the podcasts are worth listening to.
Anastasia is such a breath of fresh air. She just stays on course. I sometimes joke that she is the nearest paleo doc for us poor folks living in Amsterdam. I guess you are thrilled by her take on the RS-hype, Eddie!
Carole, you might also like Anna’s blog (if you haven’t discovered it yet). A true gem.
http://archaeonova.blogspot.com.au/
Thanks for this! And a sense of humour is an added bonus!
Hi to all
Just wanted to say it's finds like this, and an exchange of views between people and their blogs from all over the world who share similar goals and ideas, that go to make up the positives and best from 'blogging'.
Thanks for sharing
All the best Jan
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