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I just read another article comparing diets, low-fat, low-carb, etc., and the conclusion was that it is
all about calories, calories in vs. calories out. This is fundamentally correct, but for us there are two things that make
it all irrelevant: 1. No diet works over time, because by
definition diets have a beginning and an end. We do not diet and we never will diet due to a truth that is almost never mentioned
and when it is it is soon glossed over: dieting over time causes weight gain. I will get you more on this soon... 2. Our goal is to look and feel as good as we can, and by doing that be as
healthy as possible. This means we don't eat fat, so it does not matter what research as mentioned in #1 above says, we
are going to ignore it all, eat right, move our butts, think positive, and live well. Now, again:
On-going,
never to end, so let's all memorize this: Fat is the enemy, the problem, and cause of a multitude of health
problems. It is not really just a part of the problem, but for all practical purposes it is all of the problem. You can only
be fat if you eat fat. Eating way too much fat, as most Americans do, leads not only to weight gain and obesity, but can cause
hypertension, diabetes, various cancers, strokes, heart attacks, and more. It can even lead to premature death. It is
that bad and that simple. In 1910 the typical American got
20% of their calories from fat and was not fat. By 1980, the percentage stood at 40% and most people were overweight. with
clogged arteries and elevated cholesterol, and the related ill-health was showing up everywhere. The federal government says we can get up to 30% of our calories from fat, but our bodies need only 4-6%. But we
eat over 40%. The government is wrong and we eat more than it recommends anyway. So instead of listening to such bad and ridiculous
and obviously incorrect advise, eat right. No fat. Read labels.
We know where most of the fat comes from. There is good fat that is found it foods like walnuts, olive oil, avocados, and
more. No matter how successful you are at cutting fat out of your diet, you will still get more than enough. Beef, cheese,
hamburgers, steaks, milk, snacks both sweet and salty like potato chips and on and on. You probably know, but if in doubt,
read the label.
August 2nd: You might have heard of the Twinkie diet. Mark Haub, a professor
of human nutrition at Kansas State University, lost 27 pounds in two months living mostly on junk food, Twinkies, Oreos, Doritos,
Little Debbie snack cakes. The total calories he ate on this diet were less than the total calories he burned, the point being
confirmation of the calories-in/calories-out theory. To me it is a theory because it is not relevant to what we really need
to do. We need to eat right in order to mazimize our health. That is the issue, health. If we add to that some movement, hopefully
aggressively enough to be actual "exercise" but movement for sure above and beyond sitting and such, we will be
healthy, fit, and thin. Wow.
In my book I write that fat people often eat less than thin people. Since this is
true we have another reason, besides the pure health aspect, to eat right. These fat people are not eating right, so they
remain overweight and unhealthy and unfit. So even if the calories-in/calories-out sounds right and seems to make sense on
the surface, it is still not the point and often not true. Eating right means eating the right kinds of foods at the right
time in the right amounts. I will help outline this soon, because it is not hard once we understand it.
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