THE USEFULNESS, HARMFULNESS FOOD PYRAMID
CUT OFF THE TOP, ADD TO THE BASE
(Pretend this is a pyramid.)
I include this as part of my discussion in the book on Weight Loss And Good Health (linked under Books) "The solution to all nutrition and weight problems is pretty simple. But first let's just do a "pyramid" of usefulness to harmfulness, before the obvious become truly obvious."
You'll have greater and greater health the more you cut from the top and add from the bottom, such as many veggies as you can eat!
And always eat alot of the good stuff first and then see if you really want the "other stuff". You'll find that your tastes will change (for the better) and that your cravings will diminish (and even disappear if you do only the bottom part for as little as 72 hours!)
THE PYRAMID
From the bottom most useful to the most harmful at the top:
Refined foods/carbs (blood sugar spikes, weight gain, aging)
Additives (non-natural)
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Whole grains (fiber, but danger glycemically, suggest to limit them, test for sensitivity
to)
Beans, legumes (limit them, hard to digest, high fiber, protein)
Starchy vegetables (limited, best to eliminate for "smoothness" of blood sugar level)
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Fish (high density nutrition, organic better, good fats, no fiber)
Meat (high density nutrition, no fiber)
Alcohol, wine (limited, toxin level acceptable to body, possibly eliminate)
Coffee (limited, 1 cup)
Dark chocolate (limited, 2 oz, 70%; potentially eat wrong amount)
Nuts, seeds (good fats, fiber - but limit)
Spices, peppers, garlic
Fruit (good nutrition, fiber, watch out for highest sugar ones)
Veggies that are high nutritional density, low carb, high fiber (broccoli, greens, colorful vegetables, non-starchy, refer to a page
DISCUSSION
Although in the "low carb" diets you would restrict fruits and grains, you can have a regular diet and still lose weight. It is simple: cut of the entire upper part of the pyramid and eat a lot more from the bottom part. They should not be considered to be real foods anyway. They are on another plant in terms of harm and lack of usefulness in the first place. (See how to make a healthy diet entertaining enough…)
You will for sure lose weight if in addition to such a regular diet you eat at least 6-9 servings of low carb veggies (first) and lots of good fats and meat and fish and hardly any fruit, but some nuts and seeds (several handfuls a day), and use spices for flavoring, plus lots of colorful peppers. Of course, on this you do not do any mindless eating, or eating for no real purpose. Of course, you cannot eat beyond the level of "feeling full enough" (it's about 80% full, but sometimes you have to wait for the signal so you need to use your judgment at first). If you must mindlessly nibble, have a bowl of veggies flavored with garlic salt (it tastes pretty good!)
And it's so workable, no feeling of self-sacrifice,just a little retraining or 're-habitizing'.
