>> ^Throbbin:

We need to restore this man!
promote


Props to anyone that donates an avocado, an ice pick and a snorkel.

I'm still feeling the effects of my fatigue so I went back to this blog post and started to read your dietary analysis. I started to get excited until a certain point I realized that the diet you've planned for me is typical to what I eat now. Other than I enjoy sandwiches, so I like to use bread at lunch and I enjoy eggs at breakfast. I'm going to try this a little more closely. Maybe cut out anything I have with "a nutrition label". We'll see how that goes.

In reply to this comment by imstellar28:
>> ^blankfist
Second, you need to eat less carbs. A low carb diet will slow you down for the first week or so as your body goes through keitosis.

I find it quite interesting that we have not only the same (correct ) views on political systems, economic systems, and human rights...but we have the same view on nutritional science. If I had to guess, I would say it must be the personality trait of "intellectual curiosity."

I digress...

rottenseed - take it from me, your friendly libertarian free-market economist nutritional scientist,

You are tired because you are
1. Not sleeping well
2. Not eating well
3. Overexerting yourself
4. Chemically/Biologically flawed

I'm going to take a guess and say 3 and 4 aren't the case, so heres my advice:

To improve sleep:
- Double check the sleep apnea (do you breath through your nose or mouth when sleeping?)
- Do you wake up throughout the night? Even if you are in bed for 8 hours, if you keep waking up you aren't getting good sleep. Try sleeping in a pitch black room - it will help you sleep soundly throughout the night.

To improve nutrition:
- I'm guessing you are on the typical American diet, 70/20/10 Carbs/Protein/Fat aka the fast track to diabetes, heart disease and cancer. While the long term side effect of this diet are quite fatal, the short term side effects aren't so great either: lethargy and lack of energy.
- Food is the most powerful drug known to man. The advice I'm about to give you will not only extent your life, it will increase your energy and happiness while you are alive. Heed this advice for even a single week and you will literally feel better than you ever have in your life:

1. Try not to buy anything with a nutritional label - so avoid flour, sugar, bread, rice, cereal, baked goods any thing which has a "Daily recommended value" listed on it.
2. Shop only on the outside walls of the supermarket. This means fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts, beef, poultry, pork, and seafood.
3. Eat these foods 3-4 times a day in approximately the following ratios:

Meat: One serving the size and thickness of your palm
Vegetables/Fruits: One serving equal to what you can hold on both hands
Nuts/Fat: One serving equal to the size of your thumb

These are helpful guidelines, what you are aiming for is increase your dietary intake of protein to induce ketosis with sources such as fresh meat and poultry, increase your intake of monounsaturated fats with sources like olive oil, avocados, and nuts, and replace the glucose-spiking refined carbohydrates prevalent in an American diet with high-vitamin, low GI carbohydrates such as fresh fruits and vegetables.

Try this for even 3 days, and you'll see a massive difference.

Breakfast
Bacon
Fresh cantaloupe and watermelon
Smoked Almonds

Lunch
Black Forest Ham
Mixed fruit (blueberries, strawberries, kiwi, pineapple, grapes)
Avocado
Feta cheese

Dinner
16 oz grilled rib-eye steak
Asparagus
Green beans
Brazil nuts

>> ^blankfist
Second, you need to eat less carbs. A low carb diet will slow you down for the first week or so as your body goes through keitosis.

I find it quite interesting that we have not only the same (correct ) views on political systems, economic systems, and human rights...but we have the same view on nutritional science. If I had to guess, I would say it must be the personality trait of "intellectual curiosity."

I digress...

rottenseed - take it from me, your friendly libertarian free-market economist nutritional scientist,

You are tired because you are
1. Not sleeping well
2. Not eating well
3. Overexerting yourself
4. Chemically/Biologically flawed

I'm going to take a guess and say 3 and 4 aren't the case, so heres my advice:

To improve sleep:
- Double check the sleep apnea (do you breath through your nose or mouth when sleeping?)
- Do you wake up throughout the night? Even if you are in bed for 8 hours, if you keep waking up you aren't getting good sleep. Try sleeping in a pitch black room - it will help you sleep soundly throughout the night.

To improve nutrition:
- I'm guessing you are on the typical American diet, 70/20/10 Carbs/Protein/Fat aka the fast track to diabetes, heart disease and cancer. While the long term side effect of this diet are quite fatal, the short term side effects aren't so great either: lethargy and lack of energy.
- Food is the most powerful drug known to man. The advice I'm about to give you will not only extent your life, it will increase your energy and happiness while you are alive. Heed this advice for even a single week and you will literally feel better than you ever have in your life:

1. Try not to buy anything with a nutritional label - so avoid flour, sugar, bread, rice, cereal, baked goods any thing which has a "Daily recommended value" listed on it.
2. Shop only on the outside walls of the supermarket. This means fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts, beef, poultry, pork, and seafood.
3. Eat these foods 3-4 times a day in approximately the following ratios:

Meat: One serving the size and thickness of your palm
Vegetables/Fruits: One serving equal to what you can hold on both hands
Nuts/Fat: One serving equal to the size of your thumb

These are helpful guidelines, what you are aiming for is increase your dietary intake of protein to induce ketosis with sources such as fresh meat and poultry, increase your intake of monounsaturated fats with sources like olive oil, avocados, and nuts, and replace the glucose-spiking refined carbohydrates prevalent in an American diet with high-vitamin, low GI carbohydrates such as fresh fruits and vegetables.

Try this for even 3 days, and you'll see a massive difference.

Breakfast
Bacon
Fresh cantaloupe and watermelon
Smoked Almonds

Lunch
Black Forest Ham
Mixed fruit (blueberries, strawberries, kiwi, pineapple, grapes)
Avocado
Feta cheese

Dinner
16 oz grilled rib-eye steak
Asparagus
Green beans
Brazil nuts

>> ^legacy0100:
I've yet to see any of my Japanese friends goto a Japanese restaurant serving sushi rolls.
I'm beginning to suspect sushi rolls are more of an American trend, because none of them ever go for it.


Sushi is actually the rice. Sushi originated as a way to preserve fish from spoiling; the rice was wrapped around the fish. Originally the rice was discarded and just the fish was eaten.

A form of sushi rice wrapped around fish and other ingredients was called haya-sushi, and it originated in the early 1600s. The fish and rice were meant to be eaten together. There are paintings of roll-style sushi dating to the mid-1800s.

Now, novel ingredients like avocado and fried chicken is definitely a much more recent and Western innovation. But roll-style sushi has been around for a very long time, even if its ingredients and style of preparation have changed.

(I would have liked to see this video. Stupid Hulu.)

I'm going to try the avocado thingies really soon!

avocado

Not saying this is unhealthy... but just to put this in perspective you need about half a pound of walnuts (cheap high calorie nut) or nine avocados (the highest calorie-content fruit/veggie) a day to get your energy requirements.

I think she probably lost most of her weight because of low caloric content. The non-cooked factor probably doesn't have much to do with it.

Thanks for the promote

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"I'm gonna pick your avocados old man, what are you gonna do about it?" Gold. *promote

"I'm gonna pick your avocados old man, what are you gonna do about it?" Gold. *promote

>> ^poolcleaner:
Now there's specks of avocado all over my monitor. Stupid lol moments...

Either avocado or you have a horrible STD...

Now there's specks of avocado all over my monitor. Stupid lol moments...

potatoes = fail

top 10 would be
1. milk
2. hummus
3. guacamole (made from avocados, garlic, onions, tomato, lemon, and a bit of salt ONLY -- nothing else)
4. chicken
5. whole-grain pasta
6. salmon or tuna
7. bananas
8. supreme pizza in moderation
9. veggie stir-frys
10. canned soup (with potassium instead of sodium)

theneb's account is henceforth banned, but since he has seen the error of his ways it has henceforth been reinstated. Yay! Justice is served. Everyone is happy. Fade out.

On a lighter note, MG, I have to say the new avatar fits you well! Haha! Kudos for having the "avocados" to change it to a shaved [ahem] pussy, but more importantly I am overjoyed to see that horrendously scary Armenian Werewolf avatar finally replaced.

man that's majick, how does she remember all those one liners???...."No cautions, just contortions, smear an avocado on my lower portions".... tee and hee.....

I love living in Portland. The supermarkets I shop at have organic, locally grown, free range, fresh, whole grain, good food and a high turn over rate so fresh things are new that day. Whole Foods and New Seasons are the best, but also most of the stores like Safeway and Fred Meyer have as much as good food as health food stores I have seen in other parts of the country. And remember, low fat is not always good, at least when it says it on the label. Just as the sugar in fresh fruit is good and the sugar in jam or cake is bad, there is good fat and bad fat. Fresh fat, like raw avocado, cold butter and cold pressed oils that have never been heated or cooked with, are part of a healthy diet. And just as there are essential amino acids, there are essential fatty acids. You need about as much good fat as you need protein, it is just harder to find good fat.