mykroberts wrote:He claims
mykroberts said:
He claims one of the primary reasons americans are so overweight is that our body is constantly craving the nutrients we evolved to consume. Our processed food has very little nutritional value - its not an issue of carb vs fat vs protein - its simply that processing food destroys thousands/millions of healthy chemicals in veggies and fruits that our body uses to fight disease and aging. Science doesnt know most of them, but our body knows how to use them.
Well said mykroberts,
Currently living with 3 Americans at college whose diets seem to revolve around processed foods, pizza, wings, and cheeseburgers. One has already dropped out and moved back home because his body had given up (Losing hair, cannot sleep, chronic stress, major depression, skin problems, NO ENERGY whatsoever, and weight gain). And he is only 25. He managed to "exercise" a mere 5 times since August until he left last week.
The other two are suffering from mild weight issues, always seem tired / burned out, angry, and weird skin problems. And they are 20 and 29. The younger one keeps bouncing back because he has youth on his side. The other one is f***ed. Overall, they "exercise" once or twice a week. So they are still here and "alive."
I, on the other hand, grew up in the Meditteranean coast of Syria eating real food such as burgal with chicken, rice with lamb or fish, lots of raw foods like tomato, onion, garlic, lemon, cucumber, potato, olives, figs, pomegrante, grapes, nuts and almonds, lentils, and all the other fruits and vegtables.
Also lots of pita bread, labne (kefir cheese), shangleesh (aged cheese), eggs, fava beans, chick peas, and lots and lots of olive oil on our food. So I eat everything, as long as it is REAL FOOD not processed.
So given the differences between them and me, you can predict that I can barely stop moving. I exercise 2 times a DAY usually an hour each outing besides playing soccer in my basement, going to my classes and besides cooking all my meals. I am 24.
I only eat out at places that have REAL FOOD such as my local Halal butcher shop that serves fresh lamb or chicken with rice or sushi sometimes. I have real human energy from REAL FOOD.
And BTW I like to eat right before I run. Food for thought, ain't it?