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That's only because people don't realize all the obviously unhealthful foods and mistakenly believe many healthy foods are bad for you because they contain diet
by ellyagg 16y ago
That's only because people don't realize all the obviously unhealthful foods and mistakenly believe many healthy foods are bad for you because they contain dietary fat. A baked potato is practically as bad for you as cake, weight-wise. On the other hand, it would be extremely difficult for most people to get fat eating large portions of pure meat because any sort of meat has such a low glycemic index.
Any time my brother wants to lose weight, he goes to an all-bacon explosion diet[1] and the weight just melts off. Several people at my work went on the so-called paleo diet together and immediately started losing significant weight.
If you look at most popular diets, they generally have the core effect of deemphasizing high glycemic foods from one's diet, usually by shifting calories to meat and/or vegetables.
Personally, I prefer to shift the calories to meat because it's easier to build strength and muscle, when paired with an appropriate physical regimen. In my view, physical strength is an underappreciated and core component of modern fitness.
[1] Slight exaggeration.
- jmulho 16y agoFor those who didn't catch ellyagg's point, I summarize. good: dietary fat, large portions of pure meat, any sort of meat, all-bacon explosion diet, so-called paleo diet, most popular diets bad: all the obviously unhealthful foods people don't realize, baked potato (as compared to cake, weight-wise), high glycemic foods underappreciated and core component of modern fitness: physical strength
- DaniFong 16y agoFWIW, "The China Project," documented in the eponymous book, appears to show a dangerously strong correlation between meat intake/animal protein intake and cardiovascular problems, cancer, and dementia. This is possibly not true when the protein is going to work building flesh, but most americans consume vastly more protein in the diet than necessary.
- Psyonic 16y agoI realize most people aren't terribly fit, but in what sense do you think physical strength is underappreciated? I think most people are well aware of the benefits, they just don't care enough to bother.