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Can you go into more detail about what a regular western diet is and how your new diet differs?
by tblt 10y ago
Can you go into more detail about what a regular western diet is and how your new diet differs?
- geoka9 10y agoBy western diet I meant the gratuitous consumption of highly potent energy sources in the form of white bread/soda/cake/sugar/etc., which is common in North America (can't speak about the rest of the Western world, I hear that Europeans are lean compared to North Americans). Anyway, my approach is simple and unscientific, but it seems to work for me. I just treat any carb-rich food as fuel (there is a difference as to "slow" vs "fast" carbs, but it's not important for the purposes of this discussion :)). So, since it's fuel, I use it as such. For example, if I'm in my sedentary/low stress mode, I eat just a token amount of them. If I'm preparing for a gruelling match or bulking up at the gym, I'll load up on carbs (ideally the day before the match). If I'm cutting, I reduce the amount considerably. As for fat/protein/fiber, that's pretty much an invariant. I just eat a normal healthy amount. I do increase protein intake on the days I work out a lot, though.
- scholia 10y ago> I hear that Europeans are lean compared to North Americans) A lot of them [us] are catching up, especially in the UK, where the diet has been Americanized.