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It's difficult to sift through all the bad information about nutrition. It's too important to our health to give up, though. The variance between a good day and

It's difficult to sift through all the bad information about nutrition. It's too important to our health to give up, though. The variance between a good day and a bad day, based on diet, is difficult to overstate (not to mention long-term benefits/risks). I've had luck reading primary research and doing my own self-experiments. For what it's worth, fasting gives me substantially more energy and clarity of mind. Maybe it does for you too? Or maybe not. Probably worth the experiment.

Spearchucker 8y ago
"It's difficult to sift through all the bad information about nutrition." True. I tried, got spectacularly confused and gave up. So now I just eat lots of fruit, vegetables and some meat. I don't eat candy, crisps, fat food of any sort, and nothing processed. No alcohol. I eat when I'm hungry, and I drink when I'm thirsty (couple coffees in the morning, then only water). Nobody has been able to convince me there's a better way to eat and drink.
- magduf 8y ago
  That sounds a lot like the Mediterranean Diet, which most nutritionists seem to agree is healthy. The main exception is the alcohol bit.
  - alanfranz 8y ago
    Actually, we don't drink that much in Italy and other mediterranean countries. Maybe half a glass of wine, while dining. No binge drinking. I think the drinking patterns do matter.
    - magduf 8y ago
      Yeah, that's what I figured, but the OP said specifically that he doesn't drink alcohol at all.
chimpburger 8y ago
Eat what our ancestors ate. Meat, potatoes, vegetables, fruit, dairy, in reasonable proportions. Ignore all modern artificial junk food (that includes unnatural omega-6 industrialized vegetable oils - soy, rapeseed, etc). Ignore all the dietary advice of the past 100 years. Much of it is corrupt, funded by industry. It was recently discovered that the anti-saturated-fat nonsense was from studies funded by the sugar industry in the 60s.

Spearchucker 8y ago

"It's difficult to sift through all the bad information about nutrition." True. I tried, got spectacularly confused and gave up. So now I just eat lots of fruit, vegetables and some meat. I don't eat candy, crisps, fat food of any sort, and nothing processed. No alcohol. I eat when I'm hungry, and I drink when I'm thirsty (couple coffees in the morning, then only water). Nobody has been able to convince me there's a better way to eat and drink.

magduf 8y ago
That sounds a lot like the Mediterranean Diet, which most nutritionists seem to agree is healthy. The main exception is the alcohol bit.
- alanfranz 8y ago
  Actually, we don't drink that much in Italy and other mediterranean countries. Maybe half a glass of wine, while dining. No binge drinking. I think the drinking patterns do matter.
  - magduf 8y ago
    Yeah, that's what I figured, but the OP said specifically that he doesn't drink alcohol at all.

chimpburger 8y ago

Eat what our ancestors ate. Meat, potatoes, vegetables, fruit, dairy, in reasonable proportions. Ignore all modern artificial junk food (that includes unnatural omega-6 industrialized vegetable oils - soy, rapeseed, etc). Ignore all the dietary advice of the past 100 years. Much of it is corrupt, funded by industry. It was recently discovered that the anti-saturated-fat nonsense was from studies funded by the sugar industry in the 60s.