Bacon, and lots of it :)
You don't know how right you are..
Ask HN: What should we eat?
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Re: Ask HN: What should we eat?
#22Here's my diet which works very well for me: - I prefer fish to meat - I almost never eat red meat, - I organize my meals to eat fish/meat only once a day - Lots of vegetables and fruits - No desert, no cakes, no sweetie, no ice cream, no soda, no sugar (by "no" I mean on very rare occasions) - Very little dairy products, especially no cheese at all. Milk is ok. - No butter, ever would it be directly or indirectly -…
What do you mean by "it works very well for me"? It hasn't killed you yet?
Re: Ask HN: What should we eat?
#23Start by trying to identify some foods that are clearly good for you and increase how much you eat them. EX, oatmeal - fantastic food, almost universally agreed to be healthy, and has no real potential downsides. Then find foods that are clearly bad for you and decrease how much you eat them. EX, Coca-Cola - pretty much no micronutritional value, all you're getting is sugars and bad stuff.
That's the way forwards. There's some disagreement on certain places, but definitely increase clearly good foods while reducing clearly bad foods, and that'll be a good start.
Re: Ask HN: What should we eat?
#24Here's my diet which works very well for me: - I prefer fish to meat - I almost never eat red meat, - I organize my meals to eat fish/meat only once a day - Lots of vegetables and fruits - No desert, no cakes, no sweetie, no ice cream, no soda, no sugar (by "no" I mean on very rare occasions) - Very little dairy products, especially no cheese at all. Milk is ok. - No butter, ever would it be directly or indirectly -…
What do you mean by "it works very well for me"? It hasn't killed you yet?
When I eat bad for a while, I feel unenergetic, I get sporadic bowel cramps and headaches. When I eat consistenly healthy for a period, I really feel it. Maybe he means that?
Re: Ask HN: What should we eat?
#25My tendencies, which seem to work well: - Foods with less processing - more fresh stuff, less stuff that needs preservatives - High ratio of vegatables/fruit to meat - Less high-carb stuff, and always the low-gi versions (e.g. wholemeal/rye bread, brown rice) - Eat what you enjoy. Find a balance between healthy and tasty you can live with. - Indulging in stuff not on this list is serious business - it has to be reall…
Fine, but personal diet anecdotes aren't what eavc is asking for. What trustworthy sources are these decisions based on?
Re: Ask HN: What should we eat?
#26Here's my diet which works very well for me: - I prefer fish to meat - I almost never eat red meat, - I organize my meals to eat fish/meat only once a day - Lots of vegetables and fruits - No desert, no cakes, no sweetie, no ice cream, no soda, no sugar (by "no" I mean on very rare occasions) - Very little dairy products, especially no cheese at all. Milk is ok. - No butter, ever would it be directly or indirectly -…
What do you mean by "it works very well for me"? It hasn't killed you yet?
Excellent health, sleep and blood tests.
Re: Ask HN: What should we eat?
#27Fruit is delicious and digestible in its natural state. It attracts us with its appearance and smell. It has incredible amounts of sugar and nutrients. We should eat mangos and the like.
One very scientific book you can read is The China Study.
Re: Ask HN: What should we eat?
#28Here's my diet which works very well for me: - I prefer fish to meat - I almost never eat red meat, - I organize my meals to eat fish/meat only once a day - Lots of vegetables and fruits - No desert, no cakes, no sweetie, no ice cream, no soda, no sugar (by "no" I mean on very rare occasions) - Very little dairy products, especially no cheese at all. Milk is ok. - No butter, ever would it be directly or indirectly -…
> I prefer fish to meat
As much as I like fish, and though it is in general good for you, commercial fishing is emptying our oceans at an alarming and unsustainable rate. If humans keep fishing at the current rate, we'll have emptied the oceans of fish by some time in the later half of this century. We'll be left with jellyfish, worms and krill as our only seafood.
Do you want your grandchildren to eat fish? Only buy sustainably sourced seafood!
See the documentary "The end of the line" for evidence and info: http://endoftheline.com/
Re: Ask HN: What should we eat?
#29Start by trying to identify some foods that are clearly good for you and increase how much you eat them. EX, oatmeal - fantastic food, almost universally agreed to be healthy, and has no real potential downsides. Then find foods that are clearly bad for you and decrease how much you eat them. EX, Coca-Cola - pretty much no micronutritional value, all you're getting is sugars and bad stuff. That's the way forwards. Th…
I would just like to point out that oatmeal has a glycemic index of about 50 (out of 100). That's for plain oatmeal with nothing added, not the instant stuff or the sugar laden version most people end up with.
Re: Ask HN: What should we eat?
#30Easy.
Eat food that our bodies (as hunters and gatherers) are designed to consume.
- no processed/fast/junk food
- no soft drinks, etc
- food that has low-gi carbs (quinoa, buckwheat, whole grains) to prevent insulin spikes, etc. Insulin spike is fine after a heavy workout.
- food heavy in fiber (such as whole grain food above)
- my typical meal: side of veggies, quinoa and wild salmon
Do a month where you only drink water. I typically don't drink anything except water or tea (green, etc).
I used to weight lift, so I researched heavily what kind of food I should be consuming.
Sugar is pretty much your enemy due its insulin spikes and glycogen storage. High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is evil.