Three Day Diet
Nutrition, Evolution, and Having a Healthy Diet
This Original article was written by Judith Schwader
the three day diet
Your health depends on the food choices you make in both the short and long term.
Change your eating habits, and create a lasting change in your well-being. So here is something to consider: what kind of foods are humans evolved to eat? Cheetos? If you’re about to pop something into your mouth that wasn’t around before agriculture, (a relatively recent development in human history), then eat it knowing it’s not considered a ‘normal’ food by your body. Foods your body considers ‘normal’ contribute to your health, other foods are either neutral or harmful. A well-known exploration of this concept that certain foods help our bodies thrive is Dr. Peter D’Adamo’s book, “Eat Right 4 Your Type,” in which he bases his lists of what to eat and avoid on blood type. D’Adamo asserts that type O is the oldest type, and the newer A type didn’t show up on the scene until agriculture. Type As can eat grain, but not dairy. Dairy is a category reserved as a ‘normal’ food only for the yet more recent human blood type, AB. (Maybe we’ll evolve a new type that can handle Cheetos and red licorice, my personal favorite abnormal foods).
D’Adamo supports his blood-type theory with all kinds of careful research, and so what? Does it make sense that humans should rely primarily on foods that occur naturally? Absolutely. If you’re going to eat a grain like wheat then, eat it whole, or don’t eat it at all, and don’t eat much of it anyway because humans pretty much made wheat up! The short story for how this works is that up until the ice age, humans ate whatever was readily available, like roots, plants, fruit, and a little tasty carrion now and then. Along came the ice ages, and those foods became scarce. The result: our ancestors evolved ways to make the most of the conversion of excess blood sugar into stored nutrition in the form of body fat. Today’s diet mimics the ice age diet: high fat and high protein, and our genetic programming says, “Uh oh, we’re facing starvation again. Better store up some fat.” Lipetz goes into convincing detail about food combinations in his book. In a society where obesity and its attendant health issues are rampant, these food combinations are helpful places to focus our attention. Yet the single most useful bit to remember from his research is that foods which cause our bodies to create excess fat all have one thing in common: they weren’t part of our ancestors’ normal diet.
To Diet or not to Diet, That Should Be The Question!
This Original article was written by Sarah Whittaker
Diet information is everywhere. In advertisements, on TV, in magazines; the bookstores are crammed with books on many different diet options - The South Beach Diet, The Atkins Diet, Weight Watchers, The Cabbage Soup Diet. If you aren’t already thinking about dieting, you will be before long.
Your shape, your height, your size, your hair colour, your eye colour, the shape of your features, and the size of your knees - they all combine to create you. Having a negative personal image can lead to weight gain or weight loss. Most eating disorders occur as a result of a negative body image. Are you wearing clothes that don’t fit you? More importantly wearing clothes that are bigger than you or too small for you will make you look bigger.
Tips
Go through your wardrobe and clear out all items that don’t fit you. Cut out the size tags.
Are you wearing clothes that suit your body shape?
Wearing the wrong shape clothes can add pounds.
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Also, opt for jeans with stretch. Jeans for a narrow hipline - most jeans look a dream on you, but ensure you opt for structure. T-shirts for a curve - use softer fabrics with drape and soft stretch that have a curve in the cut. Avoid front pockets, too high a neckline, square short sleeves. Instead, feminine touches - flowers, soft textures and chiffon, depending on your style. For men: go for softer fabrics. T-shirts for angles - use structured fabrics, stripes and lines, boyish cuts, and heavier stretch. If you are having concerns about your weight then you may have put a stop on your wardrobe spending ‘until you lose weight’.
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If you achieve the latter, your own appearance and weight will find its natural way.
Being healthy is mostly achieved by finding balance. Dieting can be unhealthy.
