Shoot for a total of no more than 80 grams of carbs in your daily diet. This means favoring vegetables that grow above ground like kale, broccoli, spinach, and cauliflower as opposed to those that store carbohydrate in the form of starch like potatoes and beets.
A ‘healthy diet’ includes meals rich in whole grains, vegetables, nuts and fruits. Lean protein such as fish and chicken are recommended, and processed meats, such as bologna or cured ham and bacon, should be avoided.
Think of the universe as a benevolent parent. A child may want a tub of ice-cream and marshmallows, but a wise parent will give it fruits and vegetables instead. That is not what the child wants, but it is what the child needs.
I eat vegetarian at home, so I always have yogurt and milk, eggs, whole wheat bread, whole grains. Lots of vegetables and fruit. Cereals and oatmeal. That type of thing.
My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man, I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too.
As a chind in Dublin, I can remember having my plate piled high with four or five vegetables – and I’m convinced to this day that my mother’s home cooking helped to ward off illness.
The thing about Mongolia is that it’s incredibly difficult to grow vegetables there, so mostly we ate muttony stews.
I’m a pretty decent cook. I like to grill. I have a smoker that I love. I love me some steak. And I’ll make a huge salad with a ton of vegetables.
I make a big pot of pasta with vegetables, and I stretch it out for the week.
I avoid junk food and love vegetables, salads, and fruits.
I’m not the guy who loves cooking that much. I try to keep it as simple as possible: chicken, rice, and vegetables, all day, all night.
If we went back to the basics of vegetables, legumes, grains – the things closer to the Earth – it’s a lot better for the Earth and for other people. We can feed more people, we can feed the starving people.
Sadly, commercially-produced, frozen broccoli lacks the ability to form sulforaphane because the vegetables are flash-cooked before they are frozen.
I don’t eat vegetables. I eat potatoes and green beans, and that’s it.
We need radical dietary improvement, and the earlier in life that change is made, the better. Just following a vegan diet or eating a few more vegetables is not enough.
I tend to eat vegetables only when I’m with the kids and the rest of the time, I’m a bit slack. But, I am weight-conscious, so I concentrate on avoiding junk food.
Anything out of a packet is off-limits. Copyright that: the No Packet Diet. I just prefer fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and fresh protein.
