Month: June 2008
-
MaxDiet Week: What to Eat?
Refined flours and sugars are out. Meat is out. When people hear this, they often say, “wow… what’s left?” It’s a sad statement on our current food system when that question is asked, because it shows how far from eating healthy we’ve gone. The two least healthy things a human can readily digest have become…
-
MaxDiet Week: What’s Wrong With Meat?
Cutting out sugars and refined flours, as we talked about last time, probably offers the most significant opportunity to improve your diet. Unlike sugar, meat is not all bad. It does in fact have nutrients in it which are readily used by your body. Unfortunately for steak lovers (my former self included), the negatives associated…
-
MaxDiet Week: Sugars, Carbs, and What They Mean for Your Weekend
Everything you eat is primarily made up of three macronutrients, or building blocks: carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Today I’m going to focus on what I’ve learned about carbohydrates, because they make up the bulk of most people’s diets and they offer the biggest opportunity for diet improvement. I will try to not get too…
-
Gear Updated
Our original gear list has changed. We’ve added a few gems and have also dumped some poor performing or no longer useful stuff. The Losers: Stuff that hit the trash can. #1 on the loser list, a spot earned for being total failures, are those Solomon XCR Pro 3D shoes. They served me well for…
-
MaxDiet Week: Introduction
I occasionally mention my diet, which has spawned some questions in a recent thread as well as in my survey results. So this week I’m going to explain my diet in detail, focusing on what I eat, why I eat it, and the facts behind the food. The ideas aren’t mine originally, and I’m certainly…