Anybody doing any of this stuff?
I've been eating paleo-ish for two years now & dropped 40 pounds without changing my activity level much (had put on some weight since I retired) I'm lean-n-mean again!
I'm not extreme though ... I just minimize my empty carbs and starchy foods; eat good meats and lots of fresh veggies and some fruits. I don't like my cooked veggies overcooked either and I like all kinds of raw veggies. I avoid highly processed foods when I can and I'm a real hawk about sugar in my foods. I don't do much dairy though, never really have, except small amounts of good cheeses here & there. I love me some good cheese once in awhile. I do cook with butter too. Or olive oil. I cut the vegetable oils out as much as I can. No margarines either. And I avoid soy.
I'm pretty skeptical about the whole "keto" thing though ... I know some people on it. Seems kind of extreme and unnatural to me. Not to mention probably pretty hard to sustain as a permanent diet. Why would you want to put your body in a permanent state of ketosis? Ketosis is what they used to monitor our long-term criminal Mariel Cuban detainees the BOP used to keep for us when they would go on a hunger strike so they would know when to force/tube feed them.
I've been eating paleo-ish for two years now & dropped 40 pounds without changing my activity level much (had put on some weight since I retired) I'm lean-n-mean again!
I'm not extreme though ... I just minimize my empty carbs and starchy foods; eat good meats and lots of fresh veggies and some fruits. I don't like my cooked veggies overcooked either and I like all kinds of raw veggies. I avoid highly processed foods when I can and I'm a real hawk about sugar in my foods. I don't do much dairy though, never really have, except small amounts of good cheeses here & there. I love me some good cheese once in awhile. I do cook with butter too. Or olive oil. I cut the vegetable oils out as much as I can. No margarines either. And I avoid soy.
I'm pretty skeptical about the whole "keto" thing though ... I know some people on it. Seems kind of extreme and unnatural to me. Not to mention probably pretty hard to sustain as a permanent diet. Why would you want to put your body in a permanent state of ketosis? Ketosis is what they used to monitor our long-term criminal Mariel Cuban detainees the BOP used to keep for us when they would go on a hunger strike so they would know when to force/tube feed them.