One of the first books that really got me thinking about what I eat and how I eat it was Micahel Pollan’s In Defense of Food. His mantra for this book was simple-Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants. Michael doesn’t care about Carbs or Fats-he cares about the chemical and the artificial hiding in plain sight pretending to be food. The villain in his stories is The Western Diet-lots of processed food, lots of the holy trinity of fat, salt, and sugar, and not too many vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. Food Rules contain a list of 64 guidelines…
Category: diet
Why We Get Fat
Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It talks about how the world changed after World War II and how everyone who has been drinking the Calories In/Calories Out Kool Aide is wrong. Once upon a time some serious people studied why humans get fat, why rats get fat, and why old Doc Atkins was right. I have my own theories as to why no one cares-it has to do with the billions and billions of dollars made from fast food, dieting, supplements, exercise products, and doctors who have no interest whatsoever in curing anyone of anything. Ok,…
A Fistful of Vitamins
After a month or so on the UltraMind Solution diet and lifestyle plan, I am feeling much better. Of course, feeling better is one of those things that is often hard to put a finger on. I used to be really big on trying every kind of vitamin and supplement I could find. A lot of this stuff worked wonders-for the first week or two. Bee pollen, royal jelly, phosphatidylserine, CoQ-10 & N-Acetyle-somethng, B vitamins, and of course, coffee in all it’s wonderous forms. I am also a huge fan of Taurine, the stuff that give Red Bull it’s kick.…
Morning Banana Diet-One More Stupid Diet
Eat 1-2 bananas before each meal… minimum of 3 times a day.-Morning Banana Diet One food diets make the occasional appearance because they are easy to understand. The Morning Banana Diet is a lot like the Grapefruit diet-you aren’t eating nothing but bananas, just adding them to your diet. A similar diet involves drinking a glass of water before and after a meal-the ideal being to fill your stomach with something beside the normal junk food we all live on these days. The news on the Morning Banana Diet is that it is a craze in Japan at the moment…