Loading ...Healthy NutritionEating Right is Not What You Think
Most dieticians will disagree with me on this one… the government is certainly not a proponent of it, and it’s possible you will question my methods — but there is much evidence to support what I am about to tell you.
Forget about calorie counting. Eat fat, eat more protein than veggies, and don’t eat too much grain — even if it is whole and unprocessed!!
Counting calories is NOT a good method for dropping fat.
A calorie isn’t just a calorie — 100 calories of cake isn’t the same as 100 calories of chicken. Chicken doesn’t spike your insulin, but cake does. Counting calories is absolutely tedious and can make you crazy. Our ancestors never counted calories, and they were very healthy and lean.
Eating fat is not the problem — eating grains is.
By avoiding fat, your body wants to store more of it to prevent possible starvation. Fat does not cause insulin to be secreted, but carbohydrates like grains do. When you are producing too much insulin, it prevents fat from being burned. Avoid foods that say Fat Free or Low fat. It’s a marketing trick and it will do you more harm than good!
Instead eat more foods high in omega-3 fats like grass-fed beef, wild salmon, wild shrimp, sardines, organic walnuts and flax seeds. These foods are high in the healthy fats your body needs to stay lean and prevent strokes, heart attacks, and heart disease.
But that’s not the only reason. Ever since the introduction of grains in our diet, we have had the highest rise of diseases in history. Once grains became a dietary staple, osteoporosis, infectious diseases, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, cavities, crooked teeth, and even acne became more common. Contrary to the food pyramid guide, I recommend grains sparingly in your diet.
Eat more protein than veggies.
I know it sounds strange, but if you think about it, when did our ancestors (pre-agriculture) ever eat a lot of salad? In fact, in his book, High Speed Fat Loss in 7 Easy Steps, Dr. Al Sears says “the more meat an indigenous society ate, the healthier it appeared. For Instance, the Masai of East Africa, who live on raw milk, cattle meat and blood and organ meat, appeared to completely lack dental cavities, obesity, and heart disease.”
If this seems like a lot of meat for you to eat, follow the advice of Dr. Loren Cordain, a leading expert on the Paleolithic diet. He recommends that 55% of your diet come from protein.
Stay tuned for my next article on how your personal nutrition plan can give you the fastest fat loss results and have you feel amazing!
[Ed. Note: Yarixa "Coach Yari" Ferrao is a certified personal trainer, founder of "Get Fit in 6", and alternative health enthusiast who has been whipping some THB and Early to Rise staffers, and even THB’s Chairman of the Board, Dr. Al Sears into tip top shape. Coach Yari's e-course newsletter series explains the exercise and nutrition secrets that can help you burn fat. Click here to sign up.]
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can i have more information what to eat and how to get a flat stomach and lose inches from the legs
thank you
Entered: September 18th, 2009 at 2:11 pm. PermalinkI absolutely agree. The idea of lots of processed grains, limited meats, low fat, and fake sugar foods is what got us in the mess we’re in.
Entered: September 18th, 2009 at 5:21 pm. PermalinkHowever, any source of meat won’t help. The meat provided by corporate food systems (think CAFOs) is too dangerous in so many ways; increasing our intake will only make us sicker.
Instead, we need good quality meats from small farms that care properly for their animals, don’t shoot them up with hormones and antibiotics, and protect the land, air, and water at the same time.
Judy is right on!
Entered: September 19th, 2009 at 2:16 pm. PermalinkCoach Yari, don’t you think that Dr. Sears’ comment regarding the Masai of East Africa and their “traditional diet” is a bit misleading? Much more current studies show that the Maasai diet has radically changed over the years, as has their life-span.
Today, their staple diet consists of cow’s milk and maize-meal, with meat eaten irregularly. Blood is taken only rarely now days. Their milk ingestion is also more of fermented types which provide a special enzyme that helps them to easily digest what meats they do eat. The women and children eat mostly fruits and an increased amount of grains. In other words, the Maasai no longer subsist on the same diet that Dr. Sears used as his example.
The Maasai, as a semi-nomadic people, are cattle, sheep and goat herders, nearly always on the move … by foot. It is this constant and high amount of exercise that is reportedly the reason for their “near-olympic” level of fitness, not the ingestion of meat.
Unfortunately, this is like trying to say that the Eskimos, who eat primarily meat and whale blubber, don’t have obesity or cardiovascular diseases. That might be, but they also have a lifespan of usually no more than thirty (30) years. Until they began changing their diets to less meat and more vegetables and grains, neither did the Maasai enjoy very long life spans.
This is not to say that meat is bad or even dangerous to one’s health. It is rather to point out that it is misleading to use old information to make a point. This whole subject is explored further at the web site accessed by clicking on my name in red above.
Entered: October 26th, 2009 at 2:15 pm. Permalink