natural fats are generally healthy and keeps you satisfied for longer and in a less crashy way as opposed to sugars/carbohydrates in general
I feel like I experience a reduced need to eat and snack when my food includes natural fats, especially when in combination with protein. To put it very simply, I’m persuaded the more healthy fats, the better, they should not be limited or demonized in the way that they have been maligned when sugar was the greater evil all along
Methylated B vitamins and vitamin D were life changing discoveries. I have some polymorphisms (VDR and MTHFR) that mean I am less efficient at absorbing them from food. 2000 IU a day and a B-complex ended chronic depression/anxiety and insomnia for me. Those mutations are pretty common so I highly recommend trying them for anyone with similar issues.
Aside from that I think a whole foods plant based diet with some eggs and fish and no refined sugars is probably the way to go. Some micronutrients like vitamin A and K2 are more easily absorbed from animal sources, so eating a small amount of meat and/or eggs is probably a bit healthier than pure plant based IMO.
Research has shown that for the average person, vit D supplements are practically a waste as the forms they provide don’t match what we need.
You and I are special cases.
Sun is what the typical person needs, so their body can produce the forms of D they need.
How do you know you have this? I got so much benefit from Nicotinamide Riboside, and after years of low vitamin D levels finally found one supplement that raised them, VeganD3+K2 - I’m not vegan but that is the one that has worked. Not sun (I get plenty of that) nor fish nor any other supplement ever got it out of the alleged critically low range.
If you have done a partial gene sequence for a service like ancestry or 23andme you can just look at the raw data and search for the known polymorphisms.
Oh, no I don’t want to do that (have always felt uncomfortable about those). Thank you though, that makes sense.
I dunno about anyone else, but if I cut (but not entirely eliminate) a significant amount of fats from my diet, good or bad, my libido absolutely tanks. Yes, I lose weight faster, but it’s not even worth it to me if I can’t have a good time when I want to, so I don’t get too extreme in trying to reduce fats from my diet.
but if I cut (but not entirely eliminate) a significant amount of fats from my diet, good or bad, my libido absolutely tanks
Does doing the opposite have an aphrodisiac effect then? 😏
My conjecture is you don’t need to cut out fats, you should consider or try minimizing carbs and sugar and consequently try eating what you want provided you use
- small plates and serving containers so you are conscious of seconds and also not trying to finish an unnecessarily larger plate or bowl that encourages overconsumption
- replace with fats and proteins in that order to keep you full and energized
- stay on the borders of the grocery store in general because thats where the boring healthy stuff is
Oh yeah, I’m aware of all those points and practice them regularly, but thanks for mentioning them! I was speaking of past experiences (like a year ago). I try to stay away from extreme dieting stuff, although I just started 5:2 “dirty” fasting just as a mental challenge (bonus points if I lose some weight), so we’ll see how that goes.
I think fiber is way more important than people realize. I’ve been a vegan for a few years, and it takes me about 40 seconds to have a complete, satisfying shit. On a really bad day, sometimes it’s two minutes, but that’s pretty uncommon. I feel so much better because of it (I’ve also got a bum gallbladder, so cutting out animal fats was great for me, but might not be as positive for others)
What does fiber do?
Help with a range of things including digestive health and regularity.
It acts like a pipe cleaner, basically.
Doesn’t get taken up into the body, goes from the mouth out the rear.
Two minutes? Is that a good thing? How much time do people usually spend shitting? I’m not vegan, I do eat a lot of vegetables and fruit though. It takes me like 10s. I thought that was quite usual.
I don’t know, but for me it depends on my menstrual cycle. Given my bum gallbladder, it used to take a lot longer sometimes, but with my current diet, it’s significantly more consistent.
But it sounds like you probably get enough fiber :)
Well, I’m happy for you that it got better. But I’m afraid, from now on, my mind is going to stop occasionally to wonder about the average time people spend on this activity 😆
Whole grains good, vegetables good, ultrapocessed bad.
Insulin resistance is not a 1/0-state thing - it’s gradual and many people who would profit from being aware of it are not.
Also sufficient protein intake matters.
Also carbohydrates are only appropriate if some form of high energy expenditure is up. Else they might cause problems (associated with insulin resistance).
Also there is bill-paper (from buying stuff) that is coated with some stuff that contains hormone impacting stuff, it is absorbed through the skin. (IMO the danger behind this is that it does not have any direct symptoms of pain or itchiness, if one is affected by such absorption. It impacts the hormone household and one does not care, yet it still has potentially severe consequences (long term exposure) on one’s person.)
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Sorry, can you clarify this:
bill-paper (from buying stuff)
Do you mean the paper used for receipts? I kinda remember reading something about it but I can’t recall the exact details.
Yes! Receipts, I think those systems that used warmth or something use that paper. You can feel it is not normal paper.
I think It can have a blueish tint and reflects light different than normal paper.
This whole thing is nothing to panic about, but being aware is good I think
Other than moderation in calories and getting some bare minimums of nutrients that probably isn’t an issue for most people, I think that one can’t really go very far wrong.
I personally try to eat more protein/fat and fewer carbs than I once did, and for the same reason you mentioned – I feel like a lot of carbs make me hungrier later. But, hey, as long as you can keep moderation with carbs, probably fine too.
More fibre pleases the colon gods and makes my poops more better. Also keeps me feeling full for longer.
peanuts!
It’s delicious
It’s a vegetable
it has 10g of fiber / 100g
it has less salt than bread
decent protein content
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
- Michael Pollan
I thought I knew stuff about nutrition, then I hired a professional and learned that lots of so called “healthier” or “better” foods were not so. I also learned not to think about food in terms of good or bad, food has no morals. It has been a great adventure to learn so much about how to take care of myself and feed me in the best way that I can each day.
Healthy is a matter of what your body needs is the what I have learned recently, applies to everything categorized under sleep, diet, exercise.
Bryan Johnson has been teaching me so many things that have always confused me, I never got into health at all because I saw too many sleezy people on the internet and couldn’t trust anyone to give this advice but I’m so glad I’ve found his content, its totally changed my life for the better, I tried some of his products eventually too and it was like a lightbulb moment and I realized the difference between being healthy and not feels like my body telling me I feel good.
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Naturally colorfull dishes, as long as it isn’t meat, are the best.
I knew they were all wrong to judge my purple ketchup Tyson nuggies with mountain dew demi-glace
If it tastes good it’s bad for me
