I eat sweets and cake.
I presume there's a typo in there somewhere, since otherwise you seem to have just said that you find a normal calorie diet easier to sustain than a low calorie diet. I think most wouldn't argue with that one!
If what a lot of knowledgeable people are saying about sugar is true then it's another tobbaco-industry in the making and the lo-fat / high carbs thing is a food marketing/food industry scandal. By the time mainstream Jo Public catch up with what a lot of smart people already believe about sugar the numbers of people affected by poor health - obesity, inflammatory diseases, diabetes etc. - caused by a diet containing too much simple carbs will be huge.
Yep. I've been a believer in the health benefits of a diet high in fat / low in sugar for around the last 5 years now and have read a ton of stuff around the subject. That said, it never fails to amaze me how something can seem like a no-brainer one day - i.e. reducing consumption of sugar/refined simple carbs - and then in a decade's time the wisdom changes as new evidence emerges. I'm open to the possibility that what I believe could be completely wrong. However at the moment the case against sugar looks damning and as if the 'sugar industry' may be culpable for causing a massive amount of ill health. I avoid it.
My fiance went on a sugar detox and it was an ugly, difficult process. I don't think that we appreciate the amount of sugar that most people actually ingest and the potential health implications there.If you're interested in the high fat / low carb diet and science, read The Real Meal Revolution )(http://realmealrevolution.com/) by Dr Tim Noakes. I don't necessarily agree with all of it (and I find it a bit of a polemic), but it makes some compelling points, and the principles of the diet have worked very well for me.
Quote from: the_dom on March 16, 2015, 12:10:09 pmMy fiance went on a sugar detox and it was an ugly, difficult process. I don't think that we appreciate the amount of sugar that most people actually ingest and the potential health implications there.If you're interested in the high fat / low carb diet and science, read The Real Meal Revolution )(http://realmealrevolution.com/) by Dr Tim Noakes. I don't necessarily agree with all of it (and I find it a bit of a polemic), but it makes some compelling points, and the principles of the diet have worked very well for me. Not at all having a go at you The-Dom but.. There may have been a time when I might have paid for books like that but not any more.If you want the science it's easily and freely available from reputable sources, dyor.If you want healthy diet plans, ditto.If you want to help someone to make a living out of commodifying information around a subject which is a fundamental human necessity - consuming a healthy diet - buy their book.That Real Meal website has lots of good free info and I agree with their message. I don't think it's necessary to pay someone a penny to learn how to eat a healthy diet, unless you really are a sheep with no willpower or inquisitiveness who needs to be taken by the hand and led step by step through how to avoid the ubiquitous processed crap we're told is 'food' and instead cook with unprocessed ingredients.Actually I can see there's a huge market for the healthy eating bandwagon because marketing has turned so many people into idiots.. and the solution is an idiots guide..
a slice of black pudding will keep me full till lunch
P.S. the main shift in my approach has been a conscious reduction in sugar and sugar-type things (high fructose death goop) which "low fat" products are often laden with. I've even halved my glass of fruit juice in the morning
For all those on the low carb thing, don't you eat any bread/pasta/rice/tatties etc? Pretty much everything I eat revolves around those key ingredients........
Recently started a low sugar thing myself and so far so good. Definitely feeling less hunger pangs. If I fancy a snack it's a carrot rather than whatever is in the office biscuit tin. Afternoon slumps are less noticiable too. Feel more awake and energetic generally.Also reducing my carb intake though bingeing on them when necessary. Like tonight ready for 4 hours of running tomorrow.A note on quinoa as it's been mentioned. The West's increased appetite for this wonder food has effectively priced out the poorest Bolivians and Peruvians from where it is or in fact was a staple food. Imported junk food is now cheaper for them. Links available on Google.