i’ve always been on the CICO side but after reading a few of Gary Taubes books on carbs.. i come around again on limiting carbs but know it’s not sustainable.. he makes a compelling argument about carbs and the affect on insulin.. but the idea of just eating meat and fat all the time and its affect long term on heart health scares me ...ive been trained to think fruits and oatmeal and even skim milk are good for you.. it feels wrong having to give them up
can anyone offer any anecdotal evidence for either side?
Milk is not really healthy. Casein has a moderate inhibitory affect on zinc in the body. Zinc is necessary for every cell in your body to utilize. So halting the effectiveness of the zinc every cell you possess must use completely rules out milk for me. I always wondered why I felt so sickly after a couple of cups. Not with raw milk though, that stuff was alright. But any other milk even organic, fuck dude, killed my throat, mucus to the max, felt like I was somewhat sick. I think milk is a fairly poor choice unless you buy raw milk with an excellent expiration date. Anything else is just white puss practically. Hormones, chemicals, antibiotics, the nutrients and enzymes and nutrients have all been fucked from the heating process. It's like drinking white cow waste product at that point imo
Fruits imo are only good for pre-workout consumption. Fructose is to be avoided if you want to lose/burn fat
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-fructose-bad-for-you-201104262425
I've never been a fan of oatmeal either. I've heard bad things and good things
More and more as I get older, I sort of realize that the nutrition studies are so back and forth that it's just kind of ridiculous. But I definitely believe in cutting foods out of ones diet if you think they aren't right for you. Like personally, I love spaghetti, it's my favorite food of all time. I fucking love the entire spaghetti dinner night with the spaghetti sauce, the angel hair/thin/medium noodles, all the breads and oils, salads, all that stuff but the carbs just turn me into a complete fat fuck. The only time I was able to eat spaghetti weekly without any issues in weight gain was when I was training like 15+ hrs a week at a high level and had a very, very active job. At that point it was okay. But I was in a caloric deficit most of the time. I think health comes when you hover around a caloric deficit and modify it accordingly, as well as when you are extremely active most of your day and evening. But that takes building up to. It's not advisable to just go from sedentary or low activity level to training 2-3 hrs each day. Have to build up to it
Keeping calories lower rather than higher will always be a good habit to form imo, based off my experiences. Sometimes I would go to bed hungry as fuck, and I knew I needed some more if I was going to sleep well, recover properly, and overall just be healthy. If I misjudged and went to bed hungry as fuck I would just eat something like some peanutbutter and would be fine. I was lean and muscular. It's not the best idea if you want to maximize strength and muscle mass to cut calories but when it comes to overall health and keeping body fat low, you definitely need to pick your foods, do away with many food options that will hamper your efforts and cause you to over-indulge, and simply eat according to your needs, which isn't a crazy amount of food for most people
