Eating clean works!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Been eating so well for a month.

Tons of nuts
Sardines and other oily fish
No red meats, pasta, rice, bread or booze
Tons of fruits and veggies
Natto
High quality matcha


BP is down 8 to 10 points already and I’m feeling a lot less bloated overall.

Good for you. Come back in six months though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. It's how I live. I look at least 15 years younger than my peers, and I am thinner and fitter than most of them. Keep it up.

Oof. Now maybe work on your personality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:balsalmic vinegar contains lead.

Not entirely accurate, but hey I guess sensationalizing something is more important to you than being accurate with what you post.

Here's the truth: Some balsamic vinegar CAN contain small amounts of naturally occurring lead. "The amount of lead found in balsamic vinegar is so low that you would have to consume approximately 2 to 3 cups a day in order to cause harm."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:balsalmic vinegar contains lead.

Not entirely accurate, but hey I guess sensationalizing something is more important to you than being accurate with what you post.

Here's the truth: Some balsamic vinegar CAN contain small amounts of naturally occurring lead. "The amount of lead found in balsamic vinegar is so low that you would have to consume approximately 2 to 3 cups a day in order to cause harm."

it is entirely accurate.
many balsalmic vinegars contain lead at levels in excess of what the FDA will permit in drinking water.

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/high-levels-arsenic-and-lead-found-vinegar-products-particularly-balsamics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:balsalmic vinegar contains lead.

Not entirely accurate, but hey I guess sensationalizing something is more important to you than being accurate with what you post.

Here's the truth: Some balsamic vinegar CAN contain small amounts of naturally occurring lead. "The amount of lead found in balsamic vinegar is so low that you would have to consume approximately 2 to 3 cups a day in order to cause harm."

it is entirely accurate.
many balsalmic vinegars contain lead at levels in excess of what the FDA will permit in drinking water.

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/high-levels-arsenic-and-lead-found-vinegar-products-particularly-balsamics

PP, or you, made an absolute statement. I corrected that absolute statement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:balsalmic vinegar contains lead.

Not entirely accurate, but hey I guess sensationalizing something is more important to you than being accurate with what you post.

Here's the truth: Some balsamic vinegar CAN contain small amounts of naturally occurring lead. "The amount of lead found in balsamic vinegar is so low that you would have to consume approximately 2 to 3 cups a day in order to cause harm."

it is entirely accurate.
many balsalmic vinegars contain lead at levels in excess of what the FDA will permit in drinking water.

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/high-levels-arsenic-and-lead-found-vinegar-products-particularly-balsamics

PP, or you, made an absolute statement. I corrected that absolute statement.

you corrected it with your own slant on it, which was also not factually entirely accurate.
it's fine, i get it, but don't take the moral high ground.
The truth is that 'eating clean' is subjective. Is balsalmic vinegar inherently 'cleaner' than whole wheat pasta? whole wheat pasta is actually considered 'clean' by many sources
https://www.eatingwell.com/article/290165/best-carbs-for-clean-eating/

'clean eating' is a great example of confirmation bias where someone can consider a multitude of things 'clean' or otherwise that - actually - are not so 'clean'. It's like the fact that there are a ton of fruits and vegetables that you truly dont need to purchase as 'organic'.
https://www.cannon-dunphy.com/foods-you-dont-need-to-buy-organic/

I think the desire to consume as much unprocessed foods as possible is great. But the moniker 'clean' eating is vague and subjective and not oftentimes well researched.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:balsalmic vinegar contains lead.

Not entirely accurate, but hey I guess sensationalizing something is more important to you than being accurate with what you post.

Here's the truth: Some balsamic vinegar CAN contain small amounts of naturally occurring lead. "The amount of lead found in balsamic vinegar is so low that you would have to consume approximately 2 to 3 cups a day in order to cause harm."

it is entirely accurate.
many balsalmic vinegars contain lead at levels in excess of what the FDA will permit in drinking water.

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/high-levels-arsenic-and-lead-found-vinegar-products-particularly-balsamics

PP, or you, made an absolute statement. I corrected that absolute statement.

There is no safe amount of lead.

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/lead

[Anonymous]

Who is the crazy who derailed this thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Been eating so well for a month.

Tons of nuts
Sardines and other oily fish
No red meats, pasta, rice, bread or booze
Tons of fruits and veggies
Natto
High quality matcha


BP is down 8 to 10 points already and I’m feeling a lot less bloated overall.

Good for you. Come back in six months though.

I started six months ago following a similar clean diet. I do eat whole grain rice and pasta, though.

I'm down 20 lbs and lowered my total cholesterol 30 points while improving the ratios. I'm sleeping much better and my skins glows - and I cannot remember the last time I had a blemish. The food noise is largely gone, because a healthy gut fed a high fiber, nutrient rich healthy fats diet regulates serotonin (95% is produced in the gut, not the brain) and stimulates natural production of the glp-1s people pay thousands to get in an injection.

I have had many cheat days - too many, I am working on it. But with a very healthy gut that is routinely fed a nutrient rich, high fiber diet, occasional cheat foods are tolerated without the cascade of ill health effects. Once the palate changes by consuming a clean diet, cheat foods become somewhat distasteful and cravings for them become purely psychological and manageable by a variety of healthy techniques - my cheats are become fewer and further between.

I have been changing my lifestyle from largely sedentary to fairly active - I'm not athlete, but changed jobs to move my body more and am moving it more in leisure as well.

It really does work. We all know it works. But life is damned hard and many of us go through periods of our lives where we just can't do it. I am empathetic, I spent a lot of time there myself. But of course it works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Been eating so well for a month.

Tons of nuts
Sardines and other oily fish
No red meats, pasta, rice, bread or booze
Tons of fruits and veggies
Natto
High quality matcha


BP is down 8 to 10 points already and I’m feeling a lot less bloated overall.

Good for you. Come back in six months though.

I started six months ago following a similar clean diet. I do eat whole grain rice and pasta, though.

I'm down 20 lbs and lowered my total cholesterol 30 points while improving the ratios. I'm sleeping much better and my skins glows - and I cannot remember the last time I had a blemish. The food noise is largely gone, because a healthy gut fed a high fiber, nutrient rich healthy fats diet regulates serotonin (95% is produced in the gut, not the brain) and stimulates natural production of the glp-1s people pay thousands to get in an injection.

I have had many cheat days - too many, I am working on it. But with a very healthy gut that is routinely fed a nutrient rich, high fiber diet, occasional cheat foods are tolerated without the cascade of ill health effects. Once the palate changes by consuming a clean diet, cheat foods become somewhat distasteful and cravings for them become purely psychological and manageable by a variety of healthy techniques - my cheats are become fewer and further between.

I have been changing my lifestyle from largely sedentary to fairly active - I'm not athlete, but changed jobs to move my body more and am moving it more in leisure as well.

It really does work. We all know it works. But life is damned hard and many of us go through periods of our lives where we just can't do it. I am empathetic, I spent a lot of time there myself. But of course it works.

+1

Diet changes do work. Unfortunately, most western doctors are not in touch with that fact. They take a single "nutrition course" in the first year of med school and that is all.
They also know most Americans will not put in the work to do dietary changes---they want quick fixes (medications) so doctors prescribe it.

But you can reverse diabetes (type 2) with diet. You can lower cholesterol and BP with diet. Simply switching to a clean diet with more Whole Foods, more vegetables and leaner meats/fish and whole grains (or for me cutting the grains and getting carbs from starchy vegetables is better). I personally feel my best on a lower carb/diabetic diet where my carbs come from sweet potatoes and blueberries/raspberries/blackberries---carbs that have a ton of nutrients. You also loose weight when eating that way. Fill your plate with 2/3 low carb veggies and you will definately loose weight. And cut out sweets. Once you start eating that way you will crave less and less.

But it always amazes me that doctors don't send people for nutritional counseling or at least not long term to solve problems. Diet is a huge contributor to health issues. Fix it and you fix a lot of other stuff

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:balsalmic vinegar contains lead.

Balsamic vinegar can* contain trace amounts* of lead.

[Anonymous]

I've been on a health kick since new years, and I wish I did a "before" test for everything.

I've lost 10 lbs so far. I've been eating pretty boring during the week, and then the weekends are not-so-healthy/clean.

Generally eating weekdays:
Chicken breast or chicken thighs or salmon
Rice made the day before (resistant starch), reheated
Salad or veggies - sauteed or roasted, usually zucchini, asparagus, broccoli. If lazy I throw frozen peas or corn into the rice before heating it up.
Protein shake w 1 scoop vanilla protein + 1c frozen fruit

Weekends we will have pasta w some sort of meat, steaks and some sweet treats like ice cream and granola.

I cut out alcohol as well, so drinking more water during the week and some diet cokes on the weekend. I think if I can get the sweet cravings under control (or replace them with more fruit), I'll be even better off.

[Anonymous]

Congrats that is great! I wish I could do sardines -- they are so good for you. I should try them again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. It's how I live. I look at least 15 years younger than my peers, and I am thinner and fitter than most of them. Keep it up.

Everyone thinks this and it is never true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. It's how I live. I look at least 15 years younger than my peers, and I am thinner and fitter than most of them. Keep it up.

Everyone thinks this and it is never true.

Actual person who regularly gets told I look 15 years younger than I am. People always thought I looked younger than I was...my first pregnancy a lot of people thought I was a teenage month, although I was mid 20s. Now they cannot believe I have children in college.