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My tendencies, which seem to work well: - Foods with less processing - more fresh stuff, less stuff that needs preservatives - High ratio of vegatables/fruit
by shib71 16y ago
My tendencies, which seem to work well:
- Foods with less processing - more fresh stuff, less stuff that needs preservatives
- High ratio of vegatables/fruit to meat
- Less high-carb stuff, and always the low-gi versions (e.g. wholemeal/rye bread, brown rice)
- Eat what you enjoy. Find a balance between healthy and tasty you can live with.
- Indulging in stuff not on this list is serious business - it has to be really good, and every mouthful should be savored. Remove the concept of a "casual snack" from your life.
- seldo 16y agoThe last is probably the most important. A snack should a treat; not a thing you do every day at 4pm.
- sliverstorm 16y agoWhat are we defining as a snack? My 'snacks' are whatever I can find in my house, which basically means sugar snap peas, cereal or a sandwich.
- modeless 16y agoFine, but personal diet anecdotes aren't what eavc is asking for. What trustworthy sources are these decisions based on?
- shib71 16y agoUnfortunately I have the same problem with sources as the original poster. Nutrition science has become so sensationalized that it's hard to take any of it seriously. I take my cue mostly from an instinct developed over years of paying attention to how my diet makes me feel. Stuff like CSIRO's book [http://www.csiro.au/science/TWD.html http://www.csiro.au/science/TWD.html] do influence that instinct - I feel that their research is somewhat removed from the profit motive.
- modeless 16y agoI prefer science to instinct. One human lifetime doesn't provide nearly enough opportunities for diet experiments to determine all the correct answers for yourself, even if you could separate real diet effects from personal bias, the placebo effect, and other influences in your life.
- rimantas 16y agoAlas, science has the same trouble. Too many variables, hard to tell anything for sure.
- rphlx 16y agoOn the contrary, it only takes about 4 weeks to try a new protein/fat/carb split. Try high protein and high fat, then fine tune whatever worked best for you. I agree you can't detect subtle long term health problems this way, though.
- neeleshs 16y agoThis is very near to the diet prescribed by Dr William Davis - author of Track Your Plaque. The book is a lot more than just a diet book and is heart-health specific, though.
- eavc 16y agoThanks, modeless. You seem to understand where I'm coming from. Is this something you are personally interested in as well or were you just passing through?
- modeless 16y agoJust passing through really, though I have been thinking lately that I need to improve my diet and was hoping to find some interesting sources to read through in here.
- jscore 16y agoEnjoying food is a tricky thing. People love the taste of sweet and companies have engineered such foods so people eat it, but it doesn't mean it's good for you.