The Healthy Thread
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The Food Hourglass !
Written by a gerontologist, a doctor specialized in age related diseases. The book basically summarizes the scientific research of the effects of different kinds of food on your body. And only large studies, published in scientific publications like Nature, Science, The Lancet .. and so on.
Now only available in Dutch , English translation is on the way
: http://www.goodreads.com/book/sh… ( use google to translate the comments)It's an update of the old food triangle. Instead of cramming the bad food in the top, it creates a whole "bad triangle" where all the unhealthy stuff is placed, which you should ideally replace as much as possible with its healthy counterpart of the bottom triangle.
Boils down to : no carbs ( no potatoes, rice, pasta or bread), no sugar, no dairy products except some cheese once in a while, no red meat, only white meat and only a couple of times a week in very little portions, lots of vegetables and fruit, lots of healthy Omega3 fats ( salmon, sardines ...)(for as far as fish is still healthy nowadays) , no transfats ( margarine, fried food .. ), avoid saturated fats ( butter .. ) , no processed foods. Eat dark chocolate regularly, have a glass of alcohol regularly, drink lots of water, take some extra vitamins, and so on. If you live in the US you're living on pure corn, so you're fucked, don't even bother :)
Calory restriction in general is advized also ( but eating lots of veggies and fruits is already a form of calory restriction, since you're getting a lot of nutrients for much less calories)
Causes quite the stir in Belgium (and The Netherlands), and has created a change in consumption over here. The
book explains for example how transfats are impossible to remove from margarine, and why transfats are a leading cause of heart and coronary disease. This has caused brands like Becel to change their advertizing to appear more "scientifically healthy"Been living like this for 6 months, lost 5 or 6 kg and I'm eating as much as I want from the "good triangle". I recommend it :)
- looks like I have to increase my red wine consumption significantly! I’ll be 100, healthy and drunk, yay!pressplay
- Fuck that, I'd rather die than never eat bread again.
etc.mikotondria3 - Looks v interesting and practical.
That's the trick, finding healthy replacements for stuff you often eatHombre_Lobo