While "cut carbs and sugar, compensate with fat, protein and indigestible cellulose" covers a broad and useful category of dietary research these days -- as does much of MDA's exercise and sleep recommendations -- I find Mark's writing style (and that of most paleo writers) extremely offputting. Sexist, racist, smug, dripping with homebrew evo-psych just so stories, selective reading of the anthropology, history, biochemistry and genetics ... and then claiming "it's science so we're right" at anyone who disagrees or claims that, as is often the case, the science is ambiguous and they're just picking the answer they like the sound of best.
Of course I wish you the best of luck, and portions of this kind of advice I take myself (should probably take more); but I wonder if ... you think there's any subset of the recommendations that could be presented in any less irritating a fashion. Like, what's the core (minimal) set of changes you made that made you feel better, and what's the reason you think it works? More HIIT or strength
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I agree with you to some extent on the preaching and selective science, but I get that he's selling a product (several, even) and so he's going to be maxing-up every angle to make himself look good. I expect that because it's marketing, and I try to see past it evaluate the good stuff
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He is on the milder end of the scale, it's true. The whole thing just reads, to me, like ... one of those "pick up artist" websites or something, a machismo hard-sell soaked in evolutionary fantasy-thinking.
I'll continue to try to reduce the carbohydrate load (within the context of vegetarianism) though, thanks. I hear that theme at least quite consistently from everyone who toys with their diet. Glad you found something that works so well anyways!
With all the evolutionary and biochemical mumbo stripped-away, his essential message is to keep the macronutrient profile as follows:
Less than 150g of carb per day, ideally less than 100g (although any less than 50g and you can end up with bad breath from ketosis, which some people would rather avoid).
* <0.7g to 1.0g depending on exercise level> grams of protein per day, so that your body isn't scavenging from muscle mass to heal itself
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Of course I wish you the best of luck, and portions of this kind of advice I take myself (should probably take more); but I wonder if ... you think there's any subset of the recommendations that could be presented in any less irritating a fashion. Like, what's the core (minimal) set of changes you made that made you feel better, and what's the reason you think it works? More HIIT or strength ( ... )
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I'll continue to try to reduce the carbohydrate load (within the context of vegetarianism) though, thanks. I hear that theme at least quite consistently from everyone who toys with their diet. Glad you found something that works so well anyways!
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Less than 150g of carb per day, ideally less than 100g (although any less than 50g and you can end up with bad breath from ketosis, which some people would rather avoid).
* <0.7g to 1.0g depending on exercise level> grams of protein per day, so that your body isn't scavenging from muscle mass to heal itself ( ... )
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