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Re: Ask HN: Most sustainable diet long term?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

1/3 sugar and 2/3 stevia or Splenda. Artificial sweeteners (including stevia) have a tasteable "bite" to them which I don't like. Using a bit of sugar helps smooth out the bite while the bulk of the sweetness is provided by the sweetener.

You should try replacing some of the artificial sweetener with glycine, a sweet amino acid, which also happens to be pretty healthy.

Thanks, I'll check for amino acid packets at my local café.

Re: Ask HN: Most sustainable diet long term?

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post #7

The canonical advice, as someone already wrote is: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." I'd add: - Eat mostly what your grand-grandparents would identify as food (e.g. no preprocessed stuff, no chips, etc). - Don't eat constantly. Leave 14+ hours that you don't much (if you sleep 8 hours that's just 6-wake hours off of food). - Don't eat refined sugars, wheat, etc. Whole grain is OK. - Mediterranean diet has been…

> "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."

Where does this come from? Why do a lot of people keep parroting it?

Re: Ask HN: Most sustainable diet long term?

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post #6

"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."

Came to post this exact comment! It's the subtitle of Michael Pollan's 2008 book In Defense of Food . Simple and easy to follow. Doing physical exercise a few times a week also helps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Defense_of_Food

I'm not sure I'd trust a food activist to arrive at nutritional truths. I'd rather listen to someone with scientific background: https://www.diagnosisdiet.com/foods/

Re: Ask HN: Most sustainable diet long term?

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post #122
post #7

The canonical advice, as someone already wrote is: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." I'd add: - Eat mostly what your grand-grandparents would identify as food (e.g. no preprocessed stuff, no chips, etc). - Don't eat constantly. Leave 14+ hours that you don't much (if you sleep 8 hours that's just 6-wake hours off of food). - Don't eat refined sugars, wheat, etc. Whole grain is OK. - Mediterranean diet has been…

> "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Where does this come from? Why do a lot of people keep parroting it?

https://michaelpollan.com/reviews/how-to-eat/

Re: Ask HN: Most sustainable diet long term?

#125
post #30

--READ-- Reading all the comments on this thread is pretty funny. I was a trainer for many years and the strategy (note that it’s a strategy rather than a diet) that was most successful takes years to complete with the goal of never doing too much at once. Take the worst thing in your diet. Over the next few weeks, replace it with something slightly better. When your body starts accepting it, move on to the next wors…

I would absolutely recommend against doing any machine-supported exercises. I have watched tons of people ruining their fitness with these. May be it is beneficial with expert supervision but why do you want to take chances? The best exercises are the ones where you use your body's weight itself for exercise such as squats, pushups etc.

https://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/the-best-20-minut...

Re: Ask HN: Most sustainable diet long term?

#126
good day to you. i understand deeply your emotion running within you considering some different hurdles, hustles and endeavors we've face daily.

we have also same situation. i do really try hard searching for a most effective weight loss minus the lifting part. oftentimes laziness and binge eating always sabotage my fitness goals.

recently i found an article, a revolutionary weight loss method perfect for fat and lazy people,, certainly this is good to all people wanting to lose weight.

this article i wanna share(https://tombautista.wordpress.com/2019/04/15/how-to-seriousl...

is this the holy grail? what do you think of it? i wanna know your opinion.

thanks

Re: Ask HN: Most sustainable diet long term?

#127
good day to you. i understand deeply your emotion running within you considering some different hurdles, hustles and endeavors we've face daily.

we have also same situation. i do really try hard searching for a most effective weight loss minus the lifting part. oftentimes laziness and binge eating always sabotage my fitness goals.

recently i found an article, a revolutionary weight loss method perfect for fat and lazy people,, certainly this is good to all people wanting to lose weight.

this article i wanna share(https://tombautista.wordpress.com/2019/04/15/how-to-seriousl...

is this the holy grail? what do you think of it? i wanna know your opinion.

thanks

Re: Ask HN: Most sustainable diet long term?

#128
post #30

--READ-- Reading all the comments on this thread is pretty funny. I was a trainer for many years and the strategy (note that it’s a strategy rather than a diet) that was most successful takes years to complete with the goal of never doing too much at once. Take the worst thing in your diet. Over the next few weeks, replace it with something slightly better. When your body starts accepting it, move on to the next wors…

for us individual who have very hectic schedule, obviously this won't apply.

https://tombautista.wordpress.com/2019/04/15/how-to-seriousl...

Re: Ask HN: Most sustainable diet long term?

#129
post #30

--READ-- Reading all the comments on this thread is pretty funny. I was a trainer for many years and the strategy (note that it’s a strategy rather than a diet) that was most successful takes years to complete with the goal of never doing too much at once. Take the worst thing in your diet. Over the next few weeks, replace it with something slightly better. When your body starts accepting it, move on to the next wors…

To add to this: meal habits are important. Try eating 20% slower and more mindfully. Note how full you feel at any given moment, and stop when you're 80% full.

would you consider eating favorite foods without constant monitoring your weight? and you won't additionally weigh a single pound?

could it be possible? https://tombautista.wordpress.com/2019/04/15/how-to-seriousl...

Re: Ask HN: Most sustainable diet long term?

#130
post #30

--READ-- Reading all the comments on this thread is pretty funny. I was a trainer for many years and the strategy (note that it’s a strategy rather than a diet) that was most successful takes years to complete with the goal of never doing too much at once. Take the worst thing in your diet. Over the next few weeks, replace it with something slightly better. When your body starts accepting it, move on to the next wors…

how to replace sugar in coffee? I can not live without it.

there is another alternative. probably you may try red tea. far different substance from usual green tea. with big difference in terms of Taste.

and of course it has no caffeine

https://tombautista.wordpress.com/2019/04/15/how-to-seriousl...

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