The one constant: eat your veggies. This is the most important piece of advice I have glean about nutrition to date, first heard from my mom when I was 4 (at least, that’s the first time I remember).
Seems like once scientists crack the code for the optimal nutritional balance, we can just make optimal nutrition paste and eat that forever.
@blake: I buy fresh fish at home from a good fish market and cook it; when I’m at a restaurant I’d rather have a seared halibut than fillet mignon. It’s not more difficult or impractical to incorporate a healthy dose of fish in your diet than any other ingredient really.
i hear ppl try to avoid bread/pasta / rice in their diets…what is so bad about them?
@bchad: before I start sounding like some fresh fish nazzi, gotta make it clear I am not recommending excessive fish diet to replace your other proteins or some other nutritional modification. My main point is that whetever dietary guidelines you feel like following, be sure to get your nutrition from actual food, not supplements. “Nutrition science” research can never change this simple truth
Fish oil is actual food…in that way it is distinct from multi-vitamins and various other supplements. It is similar to taking the skin off of chicken and just eating the protien part, but in reverse.
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I’m with you. I was just having some fun with my post.
Do you also reach work at 11.30am?
Your secretary is totally into you. You should take her out.
Blake has inspired me to get back on the fish oil train. Good to see so many people focused on a healthy diet around here, I need to step up my game. Substituting pizza and beer for sleep and exercise the last several weeks has taken its toll.
Also, I’m surprised at how many missed the American Psycho reference. Makes me feel old.
Agree. Fish oil may even have the edge by filtering mercury out and what not.
Whey Protein actually may be the best source of protein. They take the protein from the milk, like some people eat just the whites from the egg.
Pasteurized milk is probably way safer than drinking straight from the cow, and cooked fish beats raw fish for safety as well.
Not every change in the way food is presented is akin to popping Tylenol as a coffee sweetener. Some items labeled as supplements are just food in different packages. Of course, it all depends on which company do you trust the most - food company X or supplement company Y - maybe one of them sells you stuff that isn’t on the label.
I like whole food because it tastes nice and fills me up. But in my opinion the most important point is the one Bchadwick pointed out - nutritional research seems to reverse itself to a great degree every few years. What I try to do, kinda, is to eat a little bit of everything, just to hedge my risks.
In a few years they may discover that water bottles release something that kills your sex drive, or that broccoli has a very strong correlation with some type of cancer. Who knows? I hope to be able to think “well, at least I didn’t eat that much of it”.
From what I’ve read, current research says they’re perfectly fine, but hating on carbs still sells a lot of books.
I am sorry but I believe you completely misunderstood the point.
Analti was referring to the ratio of Omega 6 to Omega 3. That has absolutely nothing to do with calorie intake or DHA or EPA or what you particularly take. The only thing that counts here is a persons Omega 6 and Omega 3 intake and the ratio of those two.
And, YES, Analti was absolutely correct. Our ancestors used to have a 1:1 ratio and a 4:1 ratio would be ideal. Some papers even suggest a 2:1 ratio. Google is your friend: