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Awesome! I also don't own a vehicle on purpose these days--it forces me to walk for miles almost every day, which I've grown to love. I haven't heard about tha

Awesome! I also don't own a vehicle on purpose these days--it forces me to walk for miles almost every day, which I've grown to love. I haven't heard about that starch foods being okay when cold thing, care to elaborate?

hedberg10 6y ago
Don't believe it. It's simply portion sizes. Just look at McDonalds meals. It's shocking how much they've grown. It's been a while since I looked it up, but a normal meal in the 50s was what is today a kid's meal. Hamburger (1), small (!) fries (that might not even be sold anymore), and a small drink (250ml). Want to eat pancakes? Eat a small amount. With butter. It's fine. Don't eat a stack that is shown in ads. Want fries? Eat two normal potatoes fried in beef fat. Not potatoes the size of a human head. It is conscious work to retrain your stomach, but it is possible. I'm saying this as somebody who just ate 2 slices of bread (1 sandwich) and now feels like I can't move, where before I'd easily eat 6 slices. That was my breakfast (at lunch), I haven't even had an earlier meal. No bodily exhaustion, no pain, no excessive time commitments, no money (you even save money!), no feeling the need to punish and taking revenge on yourself, just being conscious. Works well with alcohol consumption, too. Ask me how I know how those big red wine glasses which fit 25% of the bottle are bullshit, same as pints. Those are two portions, easily. Look at old photographs: The glasses are tiny.
- heliodor 6y ago
  You can reduce the portion overall or you can use the 80/20 pareto principle to reduce the worst offenders. The second approach seems like a better plan and easier. The first is a hard habit to maintain, the second is much easier to maintain.
3pt14159 6y ago
It isn't just portion sizes as your other replier has mentioned. Like I said in the previous comment, I applied a lot of energy studying nutrition in order to simplify it for myself and I have other take aways I didn't post and there is more complexity than I let on, but I try not to make people understand 99% of an issue with 10x the text when they could understand 90% of the issue and remember it. But since you asked, there are different types of starches. Some of them, like the ones that come from potatoes, are fine if they are either uncooked or cooked then cooled. The reason potatoes taste so good is that they are extremely nutritious in every other way other than starch. They're a super food with an achilles heel. You can research resistant starch and where it's found and under what circumstance on your own, but here is a starting point: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/resistant-starch-101#types https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/resistant-starch-101#ty... Also, since you seem to like the details, I also found that other than fibre, my natural Torontonian diet was pretty deficient in potassium, which makes recovery from working out take longer. So I went out of my way to eat more of it and I was able to make much better gains working out. It also felt less painful to work out while I was working out. Try not to eat it at the same time as salt, since IIRC the uptake pathways compete with each other. And note that the lowly banana is only a good source of potassium per calorie not in general. Eating one per day does very little, which surprised me.

hedberg10 6y ago

Don't believe it. It's simply portion sizes. Just look at McDonalds meals. It's shocking how much they've grown. It's been a while since I looked it up, but a normal meal in the 50s was what is today a kid's meal. Hamburger (1), small (!) fries (that might not even be sold anymore), and a small drink (250ml). Want to eat pancakes? Eat a small amount. With butter. It's fine. Don't eat a stack that is shown in ads. Want fries? Eat two normal potatoes fried in beef fat. Not potatoes the size of a human head. It is conscious work to retrain your stomach, but it is possible. I'm saying this as somebody who just ate 2 slices of bread (1 sandwich) and now feels like I can't move, where before I'd easily eat 6 slices. That was my breakfast (at lunch), I haven't even had an earlier meal. No bodily exhaustion, no pain, no excessive time commitments, no money (you even save money!), no feeling the need to punish and taking revenge on yourself, just being conscious. Works well with alcohol consumption, too. Ask me how I know how those big red wine glasses which fit 25% of the bottle are bullshit, same as pints. Those are two portions, easily. Look at old photographs: The glasses are tiny.

heliodor 6y ago
You can reduce the portion overall or you can use the 80/20 pareto principle to reduce the worst offenders. The second approach seems like a better plan and easier. The first is a hard habit to maintain, the second is much easier to maintain.

3pt14159 6y ago

It isn't just portion sizes as your other replier has mentioned. Like I said in the previous comment, I applied a lot of energy studying nutrition in order to simplify it for myself and I have other take aways I didn't post and there is more complexity than I let on, but I try not to make people understand 99% of an issue with 10x the text when they could understand 90% of the issue and remember it. But since you asked, there are different types of starches. Some of them, like the ones that come from potatoes, are fine if they are either uncooked or cooked then cooled. The reason potatoes taste so good is that they are extremely nutritious in every other way other than starch. They're a super food with an achilles heel. You can research resistant starch and where it's found and under what circumstance on your own, but here is a starting point: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/resistant-starch-101#types https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/resistant-starch-101#ty... Also, since you seem to like the details, I also found that other than fibre, my natural Torontonian diet was pretty deficient in potassium, which makes recovery from working out take longer. So I went out of my way to eat more of it and I was able to make much better gains working out. It also felt less painful to work out while I was working out. Try not to eat it at the same time as salt, since IIRC the uptake pathways compete with each other. And note that the lowly banana is only a good source of potassium per calorie not in general. Eating one per day does very little, which surprised me.