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<blockquote data-quote="Weregrognard" data-source="post: 6026349" data-attributes="member: 26396"><p>Not much, to be honest. Individual diet plans differ on the details, but the overall movement has a few things in common:</p><p></p><p>- Favoring "real" foods over processed stuff. Basically, eating the kinds of foods our ancestors could get in the wild during our hunter/gatherer days: animal products (preferably, free-roaming and grass-fed), fruits, nuts, and vegetables (esp. leafy greens and tubers).</p><p></p><p>- Avoiding wheat and other grain products, soy, and processed sugar, as they all have deleterious effects on the body and its metabolism.</p><p></p><p>- Avoiding processed fats (vegetable/canola oil, trans fats) in favor of fat from animals and/or other naturally-obtainable sources, like olive or coconut oil.</p><p></p><p>As for exercise, most recommend intensity (lifting heavy things, and sprinting a couple of times a week) over volume (running on a treadmill every day). Mind you, this is for overall fitness. More athletic types will have different, individual needs.</p><p></p><p>As you can see, some of it is pretty controversial if you go by what authorities tell you should do for health (eat low-fat products and whole-grain wheat, avoid fat, jog every day, etc.). Of course, I don't expect you to take my word for it. Check it out for yourself. Mark Sisson even has all his info on his <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-2012-primal-blueprint-21-day-challenge-begins-now/#axzz28GJjqCnu" target="_blank">blog </a>for free, so you don't really even need the book, or any other purchase.</p><p></p><p>Guys, while I don't want to start an Edition War of Diets here, and you're right that there are no magic diets, suffice it to say I respectfully disagree with the both of you on several points, "calories-in-calories-out" being one of them. What you eat is far more important than how many "points" it's worth. I know it's hard to get out of that mentality for us gamers <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Seriously though, the thermodynamic explanation for weight gain/loss falls short when you're talking about a complex biological system like the human body.</p><p></p><p>Umbran, I understand what you are saying about diet plans, and there's a level of "who is right?" fatigue here. Dr. Peter Attia has an amusing <a href="http://eatingacademy.com/nutrition/why-weight-watchers-is-actually-a-low-carb-diet" target="_blank">blog post </a>about why diets like Weight Watchers work when they do (hint: it's not what they're eating, but what they're <strong>not </strong>eating). It's a sad fact that commercial, medical, and political forces have (deliberately or not) muddied the informational waters on what is healthy and isn't*. The good thing is that you can learn about this stuff for yourself and see what works. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I started this thread for those of us who are into this lifestyle and as a "public service" for my fellow gamers. As for those who are curious, and (rightfully) question this lifestyle's validity, I cannot stress enough to look this stuff up, learn, and decide (even *gasp* try it out).</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">* <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=the%20men%20who%20made%20us%20fat&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CCMQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiE-H__aIEFE&ei=LZhsUNCjF4rV0gGczYGQAg&usg=AFQjCNGxX7Mx1LN0txC4EyoQL1FxmqseJQ" target="_blank"><em>The Men Who Made Us Fat</em></a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1333994/" target="_blank"><em>Fat Head</em></a> documentaries are pretty good if you want to know more.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Weregrognard, post: 6026349, member: 26396"] Not much, to be honest. Individual diet plans differ on the details, but the overall movement has a few things in common: - Favoring "real" foods over processed stuff. Basically, eating the kinds of foods our ancestors could get in the wild during our hunter/gatherer days: animal products (preferably, free-roaming and grass-fed), fruits, nuts, and vegetables (esp. leafy greens and tubers). - Avoiding wheat and other grain products, soy, and processed sugar, as they all have deleterious effects on the body and its metabolism. - Avoiding processed fats (vegetable/canola oil, trans fats) in favor of fat from animals and/or other naturally-obtainable sources, like olive or coconut oil. As for exercise, most recommend intensity (lifting heavy things, and sprinting a couple of times a week) over volume (running on a treadmill every day). Mind you, this is for overall fitness. More athletic types will have different, individual needs. As you can see, some of it is pretty controversial if you go by what authorities tell you should do for health (eat low-fat products and whole-grain wheat, avoid fat, jog every day, etc.). Of course, I don't expect you to take my word for it. Check it out for yourself. Mark Sisson even has all his info on his [URL="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-2012-primal-blueprint-21-day-challenge-begins-now/#axzz28GJjqCnu"]blog [/URL]for free, so you don't really even need the book, or any other purchase. Guys, while I don't want to start an Edition War of Diets here, and you're right that there are no magic diets, suffice it to say I respectfully disagree with the both of you on several points, "calories-in-calories-out" being one of them. What you eat is far more important than how many "points" it's worth. I know it's hard to get out of that mentality for us gamers ;) Seriously though, the thermodynamic explanation for weight gain/loss falls short when you're talking about a complex biological system like the human body. Umbran, I understand what you are saying about diet plans, and there's a level of "who is right?" fatigue here. Dr. Peter Attia has an amusing [URL="http://eatingacademy.com/nutrition/why-weight-watchers-is-actually-a-low-carb-diet"]blog post [/URL]about why diets like Weight Watchers work when they do (hint: it's not what they're eating, but what they're [B]not [/B]eating). It's a sad fact that commercial, medical, and political forces have (deliberately or not) muddied the informational waters on what is healthy and isn't*. The good thing is that you can learn about this stuff for yourself and see what works. Anyway, I started this thread for those of us who are into this lifestyle and as a "public service" for my fellow gamers. As for those who are curious, and (rightfully) question this lifestyle's validity, I cannot stress enough to look this stuff up, learn, and decide (even *gasp* try it out). [SIZE="1"]* [url="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=the%20men%20who%20made%20us%20fat&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CCMQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiE-H__aIEFE&ei=LZhsUNCjF4rV0gGczYGQAg&usg=AFQjCNGxX7Mx1LN0txC4EyoQL1FxmqseJQ"][I]The Men Who Made Us Fat[/I][/url] and [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1333994/"][I]Fat Head[/I][/URL] documentaries are pretty good if you want to know more.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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