BACON IS FOR CLOSERS...

[DayTimer]

I mean wow I had 3 eggs and 4 pieces of bacon early this morning

That is exactly what I had. Exactly the same breakfast (also two cups of coffee with cream).

I've had nothing but water since then. Not hungry at all.

Try that with a stack of pancakes and a glass of orange juice. You'd be "starving" by now.

 

[shonceman]

So much goes into these mortality studies that can't be captured by the data, e.g. I am sure infant mortality in a country like India where so many babies (61%) are born at home and possibly in highly unsanitary conditions. If a large percentage of people die as infants, that brings the whole society's average down.

I'm sure that's true. I highly doubt that anybody's religion actually affects the outcome in and of itself, although some religious groups may have detrimental lifestyle propensities. (Have you ever been to a church potluck dinner? And why are there donuts in the foyer???!!)

My point was: if plant based diets were actually affecting longevity in a positive fashion, then the one religion that specifically excludes meat really should be doing better on this chart. Also consider that even though Hinduism originated in India, it's nearly completely worldwide now. So we can't necessarily blame conditions in India (which have actually trended upward over the past couple of decades). Perhaps ironically, many of the West's most quoted "authorities" on health and wellness are Hindu adherents, and therefore anti-meat.

 

[Tahoe Ray]

I only go full keto occasionally but I eat a fairly paleo diet for the most part.

For you Keto guys who also like your beer...I love this stuff.

You have to like sour/vinegar flavors but hard kombucha is pretty awesome if you do.

Be picky about your brands because some add sugar.

These are the specs for a pineapple chile flavor from Flying Embers in Ojai, CA

 

[Northeast Agent]

Doctor: To pick the right diet, find one that lets you eat foods you like

The Mediterranean diet was just named the best diet in a new study because it's easy to follow and the food is tasty, according to Dr. Neil Skolnik, associate director of the family medicine residency program at Abington-Jefferson Health.

When talking about dieting with patients, he asks what they enjoy eating.

"Then we come up with a diet based on the kinds of food that they like. The other thing that I think is incredibly important: it's a marathon, not a sprint, and so we don't want to pick the best diet for three months. We want to pick a lifestyle approach," he said.

He said that's why the Keto diet was named one of the worst diets as it's hard to follow.

 

[DayTimer]

Doctor: To pick the right diet, find one that lets you eat foods you like

"When talking about dieting with patients, he asks what they enjoy eating.

'Then we come up with a diet based on the kinds of food that they like. The other thing that I think is incredibly important: it's a marathon, not a sprint, and so we don't want to pick the best diet for three months. We want to pick a lifestyle approach,' he said.

He said that's why the Keto diet was named one of the worst diets as it's hard to follow."

1) Ok, so I like to eat donuts and Pizza - let's use that to come up with a plan that will take the pounds off, keep them off, and prevent type 2 diabetes lol

2) Keto is one of the worst not because it doesn't work, but because it is "hard to follow."

Guess what else is hard: Quitting smoking, quitting heroin, quitting cocaine, quitting meth, quitting crack, quitting biting one's nails, 'quitting' restless leg disorder.

I am firmly of the belief that the reason folks are getting fat and sick at an historically unprecedented rate is because human beings are not meant to eat large quantities of of sugar and processed carbs any more than we are meant to shoot up heroin.

As with anything, the choice to try a potentially addictive substance is a choice, but the addiction has real physiological components that once in place are not easily reversed. In the case of carbs and sugar, though, we don't make a "choice" so much as we were taught that "they are good for you."

The reason keto may be hard for some (and there are plenty of folks who go keto and never, ever fall off, by the way) is because of carbohydrate addiction. I read doctors who say that keto is bad because it is hard as stupid nannykrats and repulinuts: "Oh, poor baby, you can still eat the donuts - just eat fewer and then move a little more and you'll be all better."

What doesn't work is the "eat less move more" mantra. That is the "lifestyle" that most find they are unable to stick to. I have a friend who works out everyday at a Planet fitness or something. He told me how nice it was to have everything back to normal yesterday. It was normal because all the folks who signed up and showed up everyday last week have, for the most part, given it up already and now the normal number of folks were there.

I love pizza and donuts. No way anyone is ever going to convince me that I can go back to have a donut(s) daily with my breakfast and pizza everyday for lunch and not be right back on the path to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc.

Keto is like door knocking: It may be hard to get started, but once you are in the habit and no longer addicted to carbs or lead cards you find it is very good for you and you'd never want to go back to stuffing your face with pie and spending your profits on expensive leads.

But there will be no end to folks telling you that door knocking is wrong, its old fashioned, its better to hide behind a keyboard or pay someone else to do your lead gen. Nannykrats and Repulinuts, every single one of them.

Give me Liberty or give me death, and give me keto or I would be dead.

 

[goillini52]

I am firmly of the belief that the reason folks are getting fat and sick at an historically unprecedented rate is because human beings are not meant to eat large quantities of of sugar and processed carbs any more than we are meant to shoot up heroin.

As with anything, the choice to try a potentially addictive substance is a choice, but the addiction has real physiological components that once in place are not easily reversed. In the case of carbs and sugar, though, we don't make a "choice" so much as we were taught that "they are good for you."

Yep, it's taught...it's a way of life...just like Keto is a way of life.

I was in Walmart last week and saw a mother and her 2 grown daughters waddling down the aisle. All were over 300 pounds and equipped with "front butts". At least they weren't using the store's electric wheelchairs like so many fat asses do.

I thought to myself, that was because of their eating lifestyle. Either that or "front butts" run in the family.

 

[vic120]

Then we come up with a diet based on the kinds of food that they like

LOLOLOLOL

Eating what I like to eat is what got me in trouble in the 1st place

Sounds like Yea Govt says we screwed up healthcare so trust us to fix healthcare

 

[DayTimer]

the Keto diet was named one of the worst diets as it's hard to follow

I think most of these anti-keto crusaders have no idea what keto means.

Door knocking was rained out this afternoon, so I came in and made an early dinner: Pork chop seasoned with salt, pepper, and smoked turmeric, with my version of a "salad" which is fried onions, garlic, and fresh whole string beans with bratwurst ... tossed with warm olive oil.



I don't know how much longer I can go on eating such a restrictive diet.
And the bratwurst was nitrate, nitrite, preservative free.

 

[Northeast Agent]

Day Timer said:

I love pizza and donuts. No way anyone is ever going to convince me that I can go back to have a donut(s) daily with my breakfast and pizza everyday for lunch and not be right back on the path to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc.

I believe in moderation. However, if I eat a doughnut or something similar in the morning all day I crave junk. Around 3pm I crave something sweet.

Pizza is a once-weekly treat; and maybe leftover re-heated the next day. Eating it everyday? No way.

 

[DayTimer]

I believe in moderation

Great song!