I will add this: berries are absolutely awesome. Period.Junk-foods and processed foods should be kept to a very minimum if you take your self-improvement journey seriously. So should you do with caffeine, grains and carbohydrates (pasta, rice, wheat, bread, cookies, cakes, ice-cream, crackers, potatoes, oats, potato-chips, sugars, artificial sweeteners) since they not only trigger your blood-sugar and spike insulin production, making you want to eat more. They also make your teeth decay slowly and give you cavities if consumed in excess.
Even fruits and vegetables should be consumed in moderation since many of them contain lectins, oxalates, and plant-toxins that can give you serious health-problems if consumed daily over a longer period.
So, my advice would be to stick to animal-products (of high quality) plus some berries and fermented vegetables as much as you possibly can since they contain pretty much all of the essential nutrients you need. You can in fact survive and thrive without ingesting a single carbohydrate during your lifetime.
Do you ever cheat?Junk-foods and processed foods should be kept to a very minimum if you take your self-improvement journey seriously. So should you do with caffeine, grains and carbohydrates (pasta, rice, wheat, bread, cookies, cakes, ice-cream, crackers, potatoes, oats, potato-chips, sugars, artificial sweeteners) since they not only trigger your blood-sugar and spike insulin production, making you want to eat more. They also make your teeth decay slowly and give you cavities if consumed in excess.
Even fruits and vegetables should be consumed in moderation since many of them contain lectins, oxalates, and plant-toxins that can give you serious health-problems if consumed daily over a longer period.
So, my advice would be to stick to animal-products (of high quality) plus some berries and fermented vegetables as much as you possibly can since they contain pretty much all of the essential nutrients you need. You can in fact survive and thrive without ingesting a single carbohydrate during your lifetime.
There as to be a connection between junk food and PMO urges. Since I started my diet, I no longer
Do you ever cheat?
your food-intake is closely connected to your self-control and self-discipline
Indeed. I use to eat all day everyday, whenever I felt like, sometimes even when I was full ( because of the dopamine effect ).
Nowadays, I only eat 3 meals a day every 4 hours, and drink a lot of filtered water in between.
Also, no more soda, donuts and fruit juice. No more white bread, pastas. Only whole grain now.
Very insightful Angus, as usual.That's a good start! After som time and practice, as you manage to get down to one meal a day (OMAD), you won't feel enslaved but rather freer than you have ever been. I used to be a notorious glutton myself, eating 4-5 times/day until last year when I started to gain weight for the first time in life (only 4-5 Kg, but I felt like shite from it still).
As the breakfast started to feel like a meal too much, I (unknowingly) started IM-fasting by skipping breakfast daily, and after a few months, I managed to get it down to one single meal/day.
Skipping coffee/caffeine does also help you a whole lot with your digestion and insulin-levels, making you feel even more balanced and satiated throughout the IM-fasts. As long as you stay with high-quality animal products (meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy), plus some fermented veggies and berries as a side, you will feel satiated, balanced, calm and energized throughout the entire day without a problem. Even most fruits and nuts (especially high sugary fruits like dates, figs, and bananas), you should actually keeping to a minimum, not only because of the concentrated sugars in them but also because of lectins.
I haven't found out about lectins until recently but my advice is to stay away from beans (especially kidney-beans) and peanuts as much as possible, and if you consume them, they should be either boiled or broiled as that will remove most lectins.
That's a good start! After som time and practice, as you manage to get down to one meal a day (OMAD), you won't feel enslaved but rather freer than you have ever been. I used to be a notorious glutton myself, eating 4-5 times/day until last year when I started to gain weight for the first time in life (only 4-5 Kg, but I felt like shite from it still).
As the breakfast started to feel like a meal too much, I (unknowingly) started IM-fasting by skipping breakfast daily, and after a few months, I managed to get it down to one single meal/day.
Skipping coffee/caffeine does also help you a whole lot with your digestion and insulin-levels, making you feel even more balanced and satiated throughout the IM-fasts. As long as you stay with high-quality animal products (meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy), plus some fermented veggies and berries as a side, you will feel satiated, balanced, calm and energized throughout the entire day without a problem. Even most fruits and nuts (especially high sugary fruits like dates, figs, and bananas), you should actually keeping to a minimum, not only because of the concentrated sugars in them but also because of lectins.
I haven't found out about lectins until recently but my advice is to stay away from beans (especially kidney-beans) and peanuts as much as possible, and if you consume them, they should be either boiled or broiled as that will remove most lectins.
Very insightful Angus, as usual.
What do you recommend for healthy fats? Are any nuts ok. Personally I love peanuts but will consider cutting them out now.
Thanks,
Mark
Not animals. They don't want to die and they don't have to.
Male chicks get thrown into a grinder or drowned in buckets, flapping their little wings for up to thirty minutes before they drown. Females are genetically modified so they gain weight at such a high rate that they can't even stand up.
Male cows get a whole arm shoved up their ass and then someone jerks off their dick while they are pinned down (it's rape and it hurts). Females are forced to give birth and produce milk until they can't stand up, then their throats are slashed.
Pigs have their balls cut off with a knife with no painkillers. They have their teeth pulled so they don't cannibalize each other due to insanity. Then they get sent to a gas chamber where they scream in agony - type "pig gas chamber" on YouTube, it's all there. All the stuff I mentioned is on YouTube.
if you want a nut-snack every now and then, rather eat any of those four
I most definitely read nut-sack![]()
Saw taht tooI most definitely read nut-sack![]()
99% of meat comes from factory farms, and grass-fed/organic are labels that do not have any meaning and are not recognized by the USDA.You refer to large-scale factory farming which is of course despicable and horrible in all possible ways (plus the quality of the meat and dairy coming out from those farms is garbage as well) but not at all equal to or synonymous with small organic and local farms.
That's why I don't consume any low quality meat and dairy coming from any of those farms but rather pay more for the organic and nutrient-dense animal-products coming from smaller organic farms and producers where I know the animal-keeping (and quality of the meat & dairy) is much better.