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12-20-2010, 04:48 PM
kerouac, the high-protien diets were originally invented by MDs (Atkins and others) attempting to make money by pushing quick fixes. While these diets do work initially, your body will adjust and you'll be right back where you were. Also, eating all that animal-based protein (Google Casein Protein) is REALLY VERY unhealthy. It's like losing weight by developing a heroin addiction. What you're not told about these types of diets is that the people who lost lots of weight in the "clinical trials" also practiced significant caloric restriction down to ~1500 cals/day. I don't care if all you eat is butter and McDonalds, if you're only eating 1500 cals/day you WILL lose weight!
See my earlier post about different kinds of carbs. Complex carbs found in whole grains (foods like quinoa, Oatmeal, Lentils and beans etc) are metabolized by your body differently then simple carbs (cake, most muffins and baked goods and many cereals). Simple carbs turn into sugar, then fat. Complex carbs do not. I lost 40 lbs on a whole-foods, plant based oil-free diet and wasn't ever hungry.
Seriously, check out the book I cited in the earlier post, "The China Study." It's written by three of the foremost nutritional scientists of our time and will explain, in detail, everything I've mentioned here.
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12-20-2010, 05:59 PM
My point was that folks who have lost lots of weight and kept it off using Atkins (or other low-carb, high-fat spin-offs) also practiced caloric restriction on the order of ~1500/day. Doesn't matter what you eat... if you're restricting calories to 1500/day you'll loose weight unless you're in a coma.
You're not disagreeing with me, you're disagreeing with 30 years of nutritional science conducted by highly respected groups of physicians, biologists, and nutritionalists aligned with major research institutions using the most sophisticated scientific techniques of our time. I'm not saying you can't lose weight and increase fitness with Paleo or Atkins, but you won't be optimizing your ability to do so!
There are MANY pro athletes who live by whole-foods, plant-based (WFPB) diets. I've listed a few below, but the list goes on and on. I live in a very fitness-oriented part of the country and the most ripped, fittest people I know are WFPB.
The science is clear. The results are unmistakable .... I recommend these books:
* The All-Pro Diet: Lose Fat, Build Muscle, and Live Like a Champion
* The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health
* Football Training: For the Athlete, by the Athlete
* Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure
WFBP athletes:
Ridgely Abele:
Winner of eight national championships in karate
Chris Campbell:
Olympic wrestling champion
Desmond Howard:
Heisman trophy winner
Peter Hussing:
European super heavy-weight boxing champion
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12-20-2010, 06:42 PM
Are you saying science "proves" that your body performs better when you eat Grains over red meat?
Are you saying science "proves" that your body assimilates lentils to its needs better than red meat?
I think you may be taking a lot of things for granted. Your digestive track hasn't changed in over 30k years, I agree that whole foods are better but, If I'm understanding you right, you're saying that a diet of plant based foods are better for you than protein that comes from animals, which has not been proved by science at all.
Also, sidenote, Campbell was not an Olympic champion, he won a bronze.
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12-20-2010, 06:59 PM
Fisto, you eat Paleo?
I try to eat clean man but its hard. I also love beer and women too much to ever be fully ripped. I do need to get back to Veggies, Chicken and nuts that was pretty goot for me while it lasted.
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12-20-2010, 07:02 PM
Fisto, I'm (me personally) not saying that science proves those things... sciences says that science proves those things.
"Your digestive track hasn't changed in over 30k years" -- (it's actually ~75,000 years) but... Exactly! Besides a few very small isolated communities (with life expectancies in the early 30s), humans have received 90% of their calories from plants for the vast majority of hominid evolution. The term "Paleo" is historically inaccurate.
I'd say winning a bronze qualifies a person as an Olympic champion and these names were only the ones I had written down in my notes from reading. There are many more!
hey bud... I've given you the tools, it's up to you to use them!
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12-20-2010, 07:48 PM
That's true but it depends on the type of saturated fat. SF from animal sources is, most certainly, still considered unhealthy. Anyway, I'll just say that every major sports nutritional research institution (Harvard, Yale, John-Hopkins, Mayo Clinic) advocate some version of a WFPB diet for optimal athletic performance and health. It's hard for me to argue with that. I suppose that optimal athletic performance is different from growing huge muscles so at some level your diet depends on your fitness goals... but I'm more concerned with athletic prowess then being muscle-bound.
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12-20-2010, 08:05 PM
The main problem for me was, and still is, being able to work on restricted calories. I wonder how it works for those of you who do work which requires a lot of thinking and concentration (think spending 10 hours a day in front of your computer in a quiet room)? My brain pretty much refuses to concentrate on deep things without sugars. Real one; sugar replacements can fool your taste but not your body. How do you guys handle it?
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12-20-2010, 11:13 PM
You guys are beating a dead horse, regardless of whatever type of diet it is, at some point someone is going to question it and find it to be wrong for whatever reason.
The whole science behind it all is probably the biggest bullshit.
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12-21-2010, 02:01 AM
Well, that's just like, your opinion man - The Dude
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12-22-2010, 05:02 AM
Fisto you should make an MMA/Diet/Lifestyle blog and/or ebook.
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12-22-2010, 08:08 AM
Anyone ever had success with "getting big" while cutting body-fat?
I understand this is possible, but only for those already grossly out of shape, but I'm curious as to whether it's possible to avoid doing everything in two seperate steps, ie. step 1: bulk, step 2: cut.
Just one step: eat right, get huge, get shredded.