This guy did Atkins , Weight Watchers and other internet based info. None of it really worked and some of it almost killed him. Simply switching to plant based food is all he really needed to do all along. It's amazing how difficult we can make something that is so simple. The latest "diet" that I've seen going around is "the blood type" diet. You eat according to your blood type! Haha! Does anyone really think that humans at the time of the dawn of man were expected to know their blood types and eat accordingly?!? How in the world can anyone think that this DIET has any lasting effect. I capitalize DIET because it is just that >a diet plan<.
A "diet plan" suggests a beginning and an end. What then do you do when the "diet plan" is over? With something like the Atkins plan you will undoubtedly die if you try to stay on it for life. All animal fat and little to no fiber has a way of killing people. If clogged arteries, massive constipation, liver and heart failure sound worth losing a few pounds then Atkins is definitely the plan. My only guess as to why people do Atkins is because it allows them to continue their poor eating habits and lose pounds. My other guess would be that great sticking point.. protein. People really are convinced that we are all protein deficient somehow. It's what the television tells everyone and I guess everyone just buys in.
With Weight Watchers you are expected to add points and balance a diet budget for life. Processed foods are a big part of the WW plan. Foods that are calorie dense and nutrient poor will not leave a person feeling true wellness. If it's just about the number on the scale then this plan will give you a lower number but definitely not optimum wellness.
Wouldn't just eating plant foods whenever you're hungry and as much as you want be easier?
I eat whenever I want. I never look at calories or carbs or fat or protein.. I simply eat whole organic plant foods and trust my body to utilize them as needed. If I have a specific craving, it's because after years of eating a plant based diet my body is in tune and is asking for a specific nutrient. I don't crave meat, dairy, junk or processed foods because I never eat them. They have become as foreign to me as they should be. I eat organic whole plant foods only. If it comes from a plant, it's food. If it's made in a plant, it's not.
That's it. No rules. No plan. Just eat.
Simply eating close to earth is all it takes. Nature is set up for US to thrive if we will just use it.
Here is this gentleman's testimony. It's a good one...
My diet and health testimonial.
I am living proof of what a plant based diet can do for your health. There's no arguing fact. I was on a diet of primarily meat and animal products and it literally almost killed me. I was turning yellow and didn't know why. Liver failure due to unused proteins. Also my overall health didn't improve. Instead I lost weight but I also lost muscle mass and developed other health problems. Also there is the invisible causes of death that were present such as heart disease and cancer development that were an issue. The one best single thing I've ever done for my health is to change my diet to whole foods plant based. I don't understand why people seem to want to fight against good health. Such negative strong reactions to a positive and harmless message. Maybe it's caused from their addictions to meat and animal products and processed foods. Or guilt in having to face up to the fact that they are making informed decisions to pursue their poor choices and not being able to hide behind ignorance. If we would only shut up they wouldn't have to feel uncomfortable.
In the beginning I was a dyed in the wool meat eater who thought that vegans were a bunch of liberal wackos. It's not about being a vegan. It's about being healthy. I had some health issues but did not relate them to my diet. I decided I was getting too fat and wanted to lose some weight. My son had been on Atkins before and lost weight so after trying Weight Watchers with my wife and having no success I thought I would try Atkins. I lost some weight on Atkins and thought I was doing okay. Their plan tied into my meat eating habits rather nicely. (I always had the nagging feeling in the back of my mind that eating all that animal fat and bacon was going to clog my arteries because I already had a stent in one of my arteries and was diagnosed with heart disease.) Then one day I noticed myself turning a yellowish color in my skin. I also had a hard time after working out, in my recovery, and my muscle ache was constant. It just seemed like it would not go away. I still did not relate this to my diet. I, like so many others, decided to consult Dr. Internet with my symptoms to try and see what was wrong. With just googling my symptoms I started getting all kinds of information popping up on low carbohydrate high protein diets and how they can cause all the symptoms that I was experiencing. Basically it said I was stressing my liver to the point of failing. Thus the yellow skin tone muscle ache and fatigue. My wife has been training with a plant based trainer named Kris Calmese for quite some time and had mentioned that he was a plant-based eater and preached it religiously. At the time I figured he was just a nut. It wasn't that I was stubborn it was just that I was uneducated. She was also in contact with a plant-based nutritionists through the newspaper named Cyd Notter. She suggested we make an appointment and just go to hear what she had to say. I am not afraid of learning new things so I was okay with it. After talking with her, a lot of what she said made sense. She sent us home letting us borrow the video" forks over knives". Watching that video pissed me off. It opened my eyes to the hog washing that I had been subjected to all through my life just for someone else's profit. I immediately bought copies of that movie and the adjoining literature and cookbooks and sent a package to each of my kids. I felt it was my duty as their father to let them know what I had learned. Unfortunately they like so many others refused to respond because they are too comfortable in their standard American diet. :( ever since that time my wife and I have been 100% whole foods plant-based in our eating. We can't be happier. Prior to my diet I suffered from high blood pressure, reactive hypoglycemia, acid reflux, plantars fasciitis, heart disease, arthritis, incessant back issues digestive problems high cholesterol, being overweight, and a general feeling of poor health. As per my doctors orders I took eight medications to try to fix it. Nothing worked. Now I am cured of all of the above. I take no medications. I am the same weight and waist size as I was as a senior in high school. My energy levels have increased. My pain is way way lessened. my back issues have almost entirely ceased. My arthritis has stopped. And my general sense of well-being and feeling of health are off the charts. Did I say BAM?............BAM! Funny what an open mind and a little bit of research can do for a guy. I guess that's why I try to spread the info as much as I do. Hopefully it catches on with someone else.
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