The Healthy Thread
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- mg330
My wife and I switched from the super nice, pretty expensive gym we went to for quite a few years last week to a very cheap, very basic gym that is a 2 minute walk from our house here in Chicago. The old gym is a little over half a mile, so longer walk or bus.
I've already gone more in the past week than I'd been going at the old place. The closeness to us really helps - get in, get out, shower st home. It's much less intimidating than the nicer gym.
Trying to do right on the food and diet part of things. But overall I love how good you feel with frequent exercise. Every time I feel this good I kick myself for not staying commited to it all the time.
- ZOOP0
Healthy! oh. my. god.
- pablo280
- slowly the truth comes out. great vidZOOP
- smoking cannabis makes me a better mother.. LOL.. so awesomeautoflavour
- rabbit0
I followed this guy religiously for about 6 months and he got me right into raw vegan - i never felt better in my life, more energy, the small amount of fat i had melted away in weeks. However in the end it was not a sustainable way of life for me - i enjoy all foods too much
I do recommend you watch some of his videos if you want to get excited about eating healthy - sometimes he does go a bit extreme for me in some aspects, but basically hes a champion
- albums0
Google has a nifty food calculator thing.
I asked Google "fat content of cherries"
https://www.google.com/search?q=…
and another example: "protein in chicken"
https://www.google.com/search?q=…- funny how the photo they use for chicken is a big heap of deep friedsine
- cbass990
it's better to run a fast two mile than a slow 5 mile.
- This is an opinion; time is the only factor. A long sustained run can do wonders for mind, body & spirits...ideaist
- it's easy to run a bunch of miles at a slow pace...you get better results by higher intensity.cbass99
- Nope - it's healthier to walk for an hour than to run for 10 minutes, or sprint for 1.Walk hard, mind you, and puff.mikotondria3
- target heart rate is the important partalbums
- albums0
Veg Out: 10 Smart Smoothie Recipes That Pack In Your Daily Greens
http://livebetteramerica.aol.com…
- Hombre_Lobo0
Be like this guy :D -
- fourth0
running. I'm a very active person but never was a runner. For some reason after turning 30 you get sudden urges to run? Anyway I've been running just 1-2 miles at dusk and it's done wonders for how I feel. Stress levels have gone way down, skin cleared up dramatically, sleep has become way better, and I don't feel tired all day. And it only takes ~15 minutes a day, right out of the front door and around a few blocks.
This and drinking a ton of water
- I *just*can't*run for more than a hundred yards, it's agony on all my organs. Other than that I'm pretty fit, walk for hours, etc.mikotondria3
- Running is great, but 15 mins! The first 20-30 mins is the hardest part by far! Your doing the hard part and missing the easy bit!Hombre_Lobo
- Easy bit. But fitting it around work etc is tough. Perhaps try intervals, they are better for your heart, cv and nervous systemHombre_Lobo
- Or, don't change anything as you're happy! running is great! :)Hombre_Lobo
- Push through the pain with running. After a week or two it won't hurt as much. Eventually it'll feel greathereswhatidid
- miko, if you can't run over 100 yards without dying, then you can't call yourself "pretty fit".Presta
- d_rek0
We recently picked up a recumbent bike so that we have a way to stay active after work and when our kid goes to sleep - times when we just dont feel like jumping in the car and driving to the gym.
I've been doing about an hour on the bike this past week while I play video games / watch TV.
Super-easy and convenient. I recommend it to anyone who is stationery in the evening.
- albums0
Processed Meats Too Dangerous for Human Consumption
http://www.realfarmacy.com/proce…
Consumers should stop buying and eating all processed meat products for the rest of their lives.
- Same article w some extras about nitrites at the end:
http://instituteforn…instrmntl - We've know for 20 years that overcooked meat contains as many as 17 different carcinogens.ZOOP
- even unprocessed meatZOOP
- Same article w some extras about nitrites at the end:
- instrmntl0
I'm going to start the Master Clense tomorrow. Today is my third and final day of prep. Gonna exorcise the demons.
Site
http://themastercleanse.org/Original Book
http://ifayomi.com/assets/TheMas…
- srhadden0
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
- shapeaspect0
- Bit of a lame video but explains the basics behind the carbohydrate/ getting fat connectionshapeaspect
- Nice! Yeh v lame video but it will be helpful to the masses. Don't mix carbs and fat or that insulin gets all over those carbs!Hombre_Lobo
- Hombre_Lobo0
Yes mikotondria!
Eggs! They are awesome. Great for breakfast and any other time. They have every vitamin apart from vitamin C and v high quality protein (they're a must have for body builders). I eat 2 a day.
Note that the vitamins are contained within the yolk which is very fatty, but it's natural fat. Fat is good, you need it, just don't get ok much.
Get your eggs folks, they are ace!
- Totally. When I get an egg-craving, nothing else will do. Wife's vegan now, so it's a bit tricky getting them in.mikotondria3
- I go through a lot of eggs but i always dump the yolks because of the cholesterolmoldero
- I can see why moldero, but the fatty yolk has all the vitamins! If you don't have cholesterol problems I wouldn't worry!Hombre_Lobo
- monkeyshine0
yogurt is essential. I've been eating daily for a few years and I rarely get sick (haven't had the flu in years...god, I hope I didn't just curse myself).
Juicing is also great. I do it to supplement what I probably don't get in my normal diet. Kale + spinach + apple + cucumber + lemon = delicious.
- I haven't had the flu in 15 years.mikotondria3
- That juice combo sounds great, btw. Bit of hemp protein and maybe a berry in there, too :)mikotondria3