“Back in the 1970s, I ate a high-protein diet to get bigger and stronger. As a senior at Utah State, I weighed 218 pounds with eight percent body fat, and threw the discus over 190 feet. Then I got some advice from the people at the Olympic Training Center. I needed carbs, they advised, and lots of them. They pointed to studies done on the American distance runners. Being an idiot, I took the advice to eat like emaciated, over-trained sub-performers. It took years of high carbohydrate grazing to learn the evils of this advice.” PeopleYearsStatesDoneBodyEvilStudyFeetAdviceNeededTrainingPercentBiggerStrongerDistanceEightFatsIdiotDietsPoundsPerformersSeniorRunnersWorkoutProteinUtahDistance RunnerMotivational WorkoutCarbsCarbohydratesGrazingBody Fat Author:Dan John
“The ideal human diet looks like this: Consume plant-based foods in forms as close to their natural state as possible (“whole” foods). Eat a variety of vegetables, fruits, raw nuts and seeds, beans and legumes, and whole grains. Avoid heavily processed foods and animal products. Stay away from added salt, oil, and sugar. Aim to get 80 percent of your calories from carbohydrates, 10 percent from fat, and 10 percent from protein.” HumansLooksStatesWholeFormNaturalAnimalProductsPercentIdealsAimPlantFruitOilSeedsFatsVarietyDietsNutsVegetablesSugarSaltGrainBeansProteinCaloriesCarbohydratesProcessed FoodWhole FoodsWhole Grains Book:Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition Source: Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition
“Attention deficit is no longer the supposed domain of Generation Y's who were brought up on a diet of social media and new technology. A recent study revealed 65 percent of 55-64 year olds surf, text and watch television simultaneously.” YearsSocialAttentionWatchesTechnologyStudyGenerationsMediaTelevisionPercentSocial MediaDietsDomainDeficitNew TechnologySurfGeneration Y Author:Kevin Kelly
“It's more about balance for me. I used to be an all or nothing person. And now I would rather have a lifestyle change - rather than use the word 'diet' - where 90 percent of the time spend my life that way and 10 percent of the time have fun and do what my body feels like it needs or craves.” WayNeedsFeelsPersonsUseBodyUsedFunBalancePercentLifestyleUsed To BeHaving FunDietsCraveLifestyle Change Author:Julianne Hough
“My wife was easy because she trains [jiu-jitsu] all the time. She's pretty much on a completely different diet. I always just threw meat at her and she's happy on a 100 percent protein diet, so we seldom ate together.” DifferentTogetherEasyWifePercentTrainMy WifeMeatDietsProteinJiu Jitsu Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Going meat-free can make a huge difference. Studies show that vegetarians are, on average, 10 to 20 pounds lighter than meat-eaters and that a vegetarian diet reduces our risk of heart disease by 40 percent and adds seven or more years to our lifespan.” YearsHeartShowsDifferencesStudyRiskHugeDiseasePercentAddSevenAverageMeatDietsPoundsVegetarianLightersHeart DiseaseVegetarian Diet Author:Ingrid Newkirk
“You may not think you eat a lot of corn and soybeans, but you do: 75 percent of the vegetable oils in your diet come from soy (representing 20 percent of your daily calories) and more than half of the sweeteners you consume come from corn (representing around 10 perecent of daily calories).” ThinkingMayHalfPercentOilDietsVegetablesCornRepresentingCaloriesSoySoybeansSweeteners Book:In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto Source: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto