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AoN.DimSum

United States2983 Posts

August 05 2011 23:39 GMT

#21

On August 05 2011 20:37 Knap4life wrote:
I have been reading about diet bullshit for years and this is what i gathered:

1. 4-6 meals a day.

2. eat a meal every 3-4 hours.

3. Drink lots of water and try to stay away from other drinks (they contain a shit ton of sugar)

4. Obviously eat fruit and veggies throughout the day.

5. No sugar.

6. your first meal in the morning should contain protein to set you off for a good start.

7.Eat a light meal in the evening.

8.Do not eat at night.

9.You should drink about 2l of water a day. (not gonna list why it is so important to drink so much water every day , go look it up)

I just thought id share this for some people who didnt know yet , its good to know these things anyway.Good luck on your new diet.

Do you have any research that backs up these claims? (not including statements of 3,4,5.)

Gonff

United States686 Posts

August 08 2011 17:36 GMT

#22

On August 06 2011 07:51 HowitZer wrote:
I'm a Wisconsinite. I ceased all dairy about 3 years back; feel way clearer now and would never touch the stuff again. The same goes for meat and grains. Now it's just raw and organic fruits, vegetables and seeds. It's a trip to realize 95% of what's out there is mostly chemicals developed in labs to be addictive.

A Wisconsinite who doesn't eat dairy?!?! Blasphemy!!

I was making dinner this past weekend and asked myself, "Dirty, when was the last time you made dinner without using any cheese, milk, or butter?" My answer was that I honestly can't remember. It might be years lol. Maybe it's because half my family members are dairy farmers and I just grew up putting cheese/butter on everything...

Long story short I've decided to work on reducing my dairy intake. I'd be ashamed to eliminate it completely and still call myself a Wisconsinite, but I'm sure such a butter-heavy diet would catch up to me at some point.

@OP I think N3rV[Green]'s advice sounds the best. Just don't overeat. My plan is to do that, and find someone who eats healthier than me and just copy their diet

NarutO

Germany18839 Posts

August 08 2011 18:11 GMT

#23

On August 05 2011 20:37 Knap4life wrote:
I have been reading about diet bullshit for years and this is what i gathered:

1. 4-6 meals a day.
2. eat a meal every 3-4 hours.
3. Drink lots of water and try to stay away from other drinks (they contain a shit ton of sugar)
4. Obviously eat fruit and veggies throughout the day.
5. No sugar.
6. your first meal in the morning should contain protein to set you off for a good start.
7.Eat a light meal in the evening.
8.Do not eat at night.
9.You should drink about 2l of water a day. (not gonna list why it is so important to drink so much water every day , go look it up)

I just thought id share this for some people who didnt know yet , its good to know these things anyway.Good luck on your new diet.

Seriously? I doubt you can even name reasons for your statements, but lets at least clarify a bit.

1. 4-6 meals / day

It will help you burn energy and raise your daily amount of kcal spent because it speeds up your metabolism. On the other hand it will also increase your hunger. Overall its good to have 4-6 meals / day (keep them healthy and small)

2. eat a meal every 3-4 hours

You should do the math, 6x4 = 24 hours. Its not possible. There are different kind of diets and if you want to diet with heaving 3-4 hour breaks in between, you should have 3 meals. Its about insuline , but I cannot describe it in English as well as I could in German.

3. Stinging Nettle tea in the morning (max. 1litre) and water for the rest of the day. You can also drink coke zero and basically everything without sugar. Some people say things like "aspartam" (coke light is sweet due to that) raises the insulin in your body, but its not true.

All around drinking water around 3L is good on a normal day. If you do sports or its really hot you can drink 3,5-4L depending on how much you lose. It will also help you increase the kcal you burn.

4. Obviously? Fruit contains a lot of sugar and you can't just eat what fruit you want and how much you want. Fruit also contains sugar in a worse for (speaking body wise) from coke, cake or whatever. Fructose is harder for the body to use.

5. Sugar is important, but what is correct is that you shouldn't add extra sugar to life. No sweets, no sugar with your tea etc. All the sugar you need is partly in the things you eat. Fruit & other things. If you want to go hardcore you can basically reduce your sugar to nothing.

6. If it should contain something, then it should be carbon hydrates. Protein is used to build up muscle. If you want to gain muscle mass you need protein heavy stuff. If you want to have a lot of energy you should eat something containing carbon hydras. (bread + chicken breast, tea and 2 eggs would be a good start in the day)

7. Eat a light meal

What is a light meal for you? If you mean no carbon hydrates, its a good option. Its also outdated but I personally would support you with a low-carb(on) hydrates meal in the evening or actually I would support if you try to cut as much carbon hydrates as possible and add 1 day / week where you decide what you want to eat and just eat it. (its called refeeding in bodybuilding)

8. Well, don't do it. You can but only certain things...

9. 2L is not enough. It should be at least 2,5 .. better 3 or 3,5 depending on what he does during the day.

UltimateHurl

Ireland591 Posts

August 10 2011 16:51 GMT

#24

Good luck with the new habits, I've been watching what I eat for a while now with good results, there are so many camps that will tell you what's good and what's not,best to shop around, the best 'diet' is one you'll stick to

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