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I did a juice fast a while back, lost several pounds, felt invigorated. The important thing though is maintaining a healthy diet afterwards, otherwise you're wasting your time.
Jeez, why are so many people afraid of fasting? Humanity survived on period of food/starvation for many thousands of years. We live in an era of bread and honey with our grocery stores and international food supplies. God forbid we don't eat like ancient kings every day of the week.
I'd rather eat real food and feel satiated than starve. You need to change your diet to something you can sustain long term, looking for a quick fix is not the way to go about it
They aren't fruits, mostly veggies.
Here is the extended trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv3vEXy_EwU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Other than that.. why not just.. eat better? I really don't get why it's so hard for people. Eat a balanced diet, try to stick to vegetable fats (olive, avocado) and away from animal fats (too much dairy, fatty meats, food cooked in lard)...
Jeez, why are so many people afraid of fasting? Humanity survived on period of food/starvation for many thousands of years. We live in an era of bread and honey with our grocery stores and international food supplies. God forbid we don't eat like ancient kings every day of the week.
Instead do something less silly than juicing (or cleanses, which don't even work; the body's amazing at cleaning itself out), such as moderating your carb and calorie intake, eating more fresh, unprocessed food and exercising regularly.
Fasting (or very very close to) is how I lost 100 lbs. It's really tough the first week, gets a lot easier after that.
NU-FUCKING-TRITION AND EXER-FUCKING-CISING!
Why do people use these stupid fad diets and shitty gimmicky get skinny quick schemes.
NU-FUCKING-TRITION AND EXER-FUCKING-CISING!
Why do people use these stupid fad diets and shitty gimmicky get skinny quick schemes.
Advocating eating better and buying into the bullshit conventional wisdom of demonizing animal fats? Now that's how you make advice fall flat.
Jeez, why are so many people afraid of fasting? Humanity survived on period of food/starvation for many thousands of years. We live in an era of bread and honey with our grocery stores and international food supplies. God forbid we don't eat like ancient kings every day of the week.
Lewis Black said:"I know that there are no general rules of health because there was a gentleman living in New York a few years ago who was one hundred and fifteen. He was the oldest man living in New York, and he was doing quite well. He lived on his own, got around with no trouble, and could deal with everything that came his way. People asked him, of course, 'What's your diet? What're you eating?' He said that from the ages of ninety to one hundred and fifteen, his diet consisted mostly of three gallons of Thunderbird wine a week, and bread fried in fatback. When they asked him why he didn't fry his bread in bacon, he said that bacon was TOO LEAN. Here's a man who knew exactly what his body needed, and he lived a rich, full life on what one would think is fucking rocket fuel. And if he'd gone to a doctor, the doctor would've been, 'What the fuck is the matter with you?! You're out of control, Goddammit! You know what? You're gonna have to start eating vegetables.' And he would've, and he'd have been dead in a week!"
- Lewis Black
http://www.facebook.com/philipjstaples65
Hey for those of you who actually saw the movie, here is a link to Phil's facebook page. I am convinced that random encounter with that Australian guy in a truck stop parking lot saved his life. The guy is an inspiration.
Take it one step further and just ignore calories altogether. Calories are not created equal, so counting them is pointless.
Take it one step further and just ignore calories altogether. Calories are not created equal, so counting them is pointless.
This from that Taubes book? The book's off, he uses self-reported calorie intake among the obese and non-obese to make the argument that calories don't matter. It's been shown over and over that fat people tend to under-report calorie intake, while slim people are pretty much spot on. Calories consumed and weight gain/loss are very highly correlated. From what I can tell body composition is affected by macros, but weight loss under keto dieting is so successful because 1) higher protein intake tends to make people get full and stay full longer, resulting in lower calorie consumption with relative ease; 2) eliminating the most common macro (carbs) is going to cut calories, and 3) you get water weight loss in the first week from keto dieting. After that the weight loss is pretty much exactly spot on with your calorie restriction under the diet. Whatever works for you!
Don't get me wrong, the book makes some interesting arguments but I wouldn't use it as dogma.
Eh, if your body is starving for nutrients just eat some liver.
5 ounces of calf liver equals roughly 5 pounds of fruits and vegetables - and that assumes one is 100% capable of converting plant forms of vitamins to animal/bio-active forms. Also, no sugar and more protein; hard to beat that.
lol
this dude not only suggesting animal product but a baby calf at that...
lol
this dude not only suggesting animal product but a baby calf at that...
This from that Taubes book? The book's off, he uses self-reported calorie intake among the obese and non-obese to make the argument that calories don't matter. It's been shown over and over that fat people tend to under-report calorie intake, while slim people are pretty much spot on. Calories consumed and weight gain/loss are very highly correlated. From what I can tell body composition is affected by macros, but weight loss under keto dieting is so successful because 1) higher protein intake tends to make people get full and stay full longer, resulting in lower calorie consumption with relative ease; 2) eliminating the most common macro (carbs) is going to cut calories, and 3) you get water weight loss in the first week from keto dieting. After that the weight loss is pretty much exactly spot on with your calorie restriction under the diet. Whatever works for you!
Don't get me wrong, the book makes some interesting arguments but I wouldn't use it as dogma.
lol
this dude not only suggesting animal product but a baby calf at that...
If you burn more calories than you eat, you will lose weight. Period. Counting calories is probably the most important thing you can do.
I've been thinking about doing this, or switching to a plant based diet only. Really I want to loose this weight, and fast. Quit drinking beer, working out but I want to loose the weight fast. Not sure if this is safe, my mom is a nurse she didn't recommend it lol.
And edit, yes I watched the doc it really motivated me. Also another doc on netflix forks over knives.
Other than that.. why not just.. eat better? I really don't get why it's so hard for people. Eat a balanced diet, try to stick to vegetable fats (olive, avocado) and away from animal fats (too much dairy, fatty meats, food cooked in lard)...
According to FAO data,[5][dead link] the average French person consumed 108 grams per day of fat from animal sources in 2002 while the average American consumed only 72
The French eat four times as much butter, 60 percent more cheese and nearly three times as much pork.
Although the French consume only slightly more total fat (171 g/d vs 157 g/d), they consume much more saturated fat because Americans consume a much larger proportion of fat in the form of vegetable oil, with most of that being soybean oil.
Well.. for the purpose of weight loss..
I'm not an anti-saturated fat person.
But there's also more to health than weight.. the way most fatty animals are cooked tends to produce nitrites and other carcinogens.
I live off a diet of mostly vegetables and little meat (mostly fish meat). Spicy vegetable dishes make it effortless to keep up. I thank god for south asian cuisine. Along with this, I make green shakes which are basically blended greens with fruits. One day I'll blend 2 cups of kale with a bunch of fruits. Another day, spinach. Etc. etc.
I don't know jack shit about nutrition.
Is a bowl of raisin bran a healthy breakfast? TV tells me it is. Can I get an answer without reading 40 books about health?
How about a bowl of oatmeal? Made with water, not milk. No sugar or honey or artificial sweeteners?
Is a salad ok for lunch with a baloney sammich w/ mustard and a slice of cheese ok?
Dry roasted peanuts ok for a snack?
What's a healthy drink besides water?
These are the types of questions many people have that don't know jack shit about nutrition?
Spot on across the board.
Nitrates REDUCE blood pressure. Whether or not it's from sausage or spinach it doesn't matter.
I don't know jack shit about nutrition.
Is a bowl of raisin bran a healthy breakfast? TV tells me it is. Can I get an answer without reading 40 books about health?
How about a bowl of oatmeal? Made with water, not milk. No sugar or honey or artificial sweeteners?
Is a salad ok for lunch with a baloney sammich w/ mustard and a slice of cheese ok?
Dry roasted peanuts ok for a snack?
What's a healthy drink besides water?
These are the types of questions many people have that don't know jack shit about nutrition?
Nitrates REDUCE blood pressure. Whether or not it's from sausage or spinach it doesn't matter.
If you burn more calories than you eat, you will lose weight. Period. Counting calories is probably the most important thing you can do.
What's a healthy drink besides water?
So wait, you'd just blend kale and what type of fruit? Just those two ingredients? Kale and 1 fruit?
Whatever fruits you want. WHATEVER YOU WANT MAN.
I forgot to mention I also eat a good bit of grains. I love grains. I don't know how low carbers do it.
Tea, without sweeteners. I'm also off caffeine, so I get decaf bags in bulk and brew pitchers of iced tea (since I can't find bottled decaf anywhere). I hate straight water, so it's nice to have something else to drink while I work out.
Thanks man I am willing to try anything at this point other than surgery. Will find it ty again.
It's not the nitrates themselves, it's the derivative nitrosamines that are more implicated in GI cancers. And I'm not sure why you mention blood pressure, since that really doesn't have any correlation that I know of with GI tumorigenesis.Nitrates REDUCE blood pressure. Whether or not it's from sausage or spinach it doesn't matter.
I said NITRITE.. not NITRATES.
Nitrates convert into nitrites during certain cooking processing.. anything involving high heat basically (grilling, broiling.. how fatty meats are often cooked.)
Smoking being the worst of the bunch.. smoking anything produces nitrites I believe.
So yes, it DOES MATTER where you get your nitrates from.. because you don't broil spinach, it's not a cancer risk.
http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/...e-found-in-and-why-you-want-to-avoid-them.htm
I watch out for them because they are a trigger for my cluster headaches.
If I eat some smoked salmon, I'm likely to wake up in the middle of the night with a horrifying headache.