\r\n Originally Posted by knightofalbion\r\n \r\n

General thinking on this issue is that one should obtain about 30% of one\'s calories from fat, 15% from protein and 55% from carbohydrates.

\r\n Originally Posted by Solstice Goat\r\n \r\n

Pure BS. If we were supposed to burn carbs, we\'d store carbs, but we don\'t; we store fat, because we\'re supposed to burn fat. Fat intake from forty to sixty-percent is optimum, carbs should be below fifteen percent, with the remainder protein.

\r\n Originally Posted by knightofalbion\r\n \r\n

Words fail me! Both dangerous and irresponsible!
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\nEchoes of Stepen Brynes (who died of a massive stroke at 42 - though apparently nothing to do with his high animal fat/protein diet) and the infamous Dr Atkins (who weighed 18 1/2 stone when he died) (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...Dangerous.html) and akin to the Masai diet (who have sky high atherosclerosis and an average lifespan of 42)...
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\nA recipe for heart disease, stroke, ketosis, atherlosclerosis, diabetes (https://www.livestrong.com/article/30...diet-diabetes/ ) and probably cancer as well.
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\nIf people want to follow a specific diet they should try a plant based diet or the Mediterranean diet, which have balanced levels of protein, fat and carbohydrate and a proven record of health benefit.

\r\n Originally Posted by pinballdoctor\r\n \r\n

Your diet is fine, however you still need to supplement with all 90 essential nutrients to maintain health.
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\r\nFats, protein, and carbs don\'t really mean alot... its the nutrients that are important.

\r\n Originally Posted by knightofalbion\r\n \r\n

I wouldn\'t be overly worried about all this. You\'re on a good diet, far healthier than the majority of Americans are on. You\'re fit and active, and not in any way overweight.
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\nA lot of people go totally overboard on this supplement thing. If you have a diagnosed deficiency, fine. Other than that your best bet is a quality multivitamin/mineral. (Personally I prefer and would advise a divided dose.)
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\nSupplements in themselves are just that - supplements. i.e. to back up any shortfall in the diet. There is no substitute for a healthy, balanced diet.

\r\n Originally Posted by pinballdoctor\r\n \r\n

There is no such thing as a healthy balanced diet. This may have been true 100 years ago before Monsanto and Bayer came along with their chemicals and engineered poisons, and while the soil contained all 60 minerals, but this is no longer the case.
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\r\nThe so called quality multivitamins are mostly synthetic. The minerals they contain are made from ground-up rocks, and go by the name of carbonate or gluconate, or oyster shell. Humans cannot absorb rocks, and since vitamins won\'t work without mineral co-factors, most multivitamins are useless.
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\r\nPeople who listen to their doctor are told they can get everything they need from the four food groups. This is a lie and has always been a lie, that is why people are getting sicker and sicker, because you can\'t cure a deficiency unless you supplement with all 60 minerals in colloidal form.
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\r\nMost soil is depleted of several minerals, and has been since the mid 30\'s. Farmers add NPK (nitrogen/phosphorus/potassium) to the soil for maximum crop yield, however they do not add selenium, copper, boron, nor any of the other 57 minerals.
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\r\nPlants take C02 from the air, and use the power of the sun to create vitamins, but cannot manufacture minerals, and as stated in an earlier post, you cannot tell how many minerals are in a carrot just by looking at it.
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\r\nIf you listen to your doctor, you will most likely live to the average lifespan, and will be sick for the last 10 years of your life. If you supplement with all 90 nutrients, including 60 minerals in colloidal form (one ounce per 100 pounds of body weight per day) you can easily double the average lifespan and be in good health til the day you just don\'t wake up..at age 150

\r\n Originally Posted by pinballdoctor\r\n \r\n

There is no such thing as a healthy balanced diet. This may have been true 100 years ago before Monsanto and Bayer came along with their chemicals and engineered poisons, and while the soil contained all 60 minerals, but this is no longer the case.
\r\n
\r\nThe so called quality multivitamins are mostly synthetic. The minerals they contain are made from ground-up rocks, and go by the name of carbonate or gluconate, or oyster shell. Humans cannot absorb rocks, and since vitamins won\'t work without mineral co-factors, most multivitamins are useless.
\r\n
\r\nPeople who listen to their doctor are told they can get everything they need from the four food groups. This is a lie and has always been a lie, that is why people are getting sicker and sicker, because you can\'t cure a deficiency unless you supplement with all 60 minerals in colloidal form.
\r\n
\r\nMost soil is depleted of several minerals, and has been since the mid 30\'s. Farmers add NPK (nitrogen/phosphorus/potassium) to the soil for maximum crop yield, however they do not add selenium, copper, boron, nor any of the other 57 minerals.
\r\n
\r\nPlants take C02 from the air, and use the power of the sun to create vitamins, but cannot manufacture minerals, and as stated in an earlier post, you cannot tell how many minerals are in a carrot just by looking at it.
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\r\nIf you listen to your doctor, you will most likely live to the average lifespan, and will be sick for the last 10 years of your life. If you supplement with all 90 nutrients, including 60 minerals in colloidal form (one ounce per 100 pounds of body weight per day) you can easily double the average lifespan and be in good health til the day you just don\'t wake up..at age 150

\r\n Originally Posted by dancermama\r\n \r\n

I think my protein-fat-carb balance is off. My carbs come from fruits and vegetables. My protein intake is moderate at best. I eat avocado and lots of nuts each day. In general, then, I think my balance errs on the side of fat being my primary fuel. But I\'m really tiny. I weigh 118 and am 5,3, very low body fat. I dance 12 hours a week. It occurred to me that even though I eat healthy fats, perhaps that is still too much fat. Is there a danger in this? I don\'t eat grains at all. A) I have celiac disease and B) they just mess with my blood sugar big time.
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\nThoughts?

\r\n Originally Posted by knightofalbion\r\n \r\n

As for Mr Noakes
\nhttps://www.timeslive.co.za/local/201...es-diet-claims

\r\n Originally Posted by Solstice Goat\r\n \r\n

Ya, Tim is looking pre-diabetic in that pic, isn\'t he? Looks just like the pic posted in the article with the obese folks recommending the high carb diet.

\r\n Originally Posted by knightofalbion\r\n \r\n

Looks like someone being put in their place!
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\n\'High protein diets "place an undue stress on the kidneys that can lead to long term damage"
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\n"If one avoids sugars completely the liver has to work overtime to produce glucose from fat and protein and this is unhealthy"
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\n"A lack of carbohydrates means the brain can struggle to produce serotonin"
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\n\'Noakes himself admits that if a person embarks on a low carbohydrate/high protein diet it must be done for life\'
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\nSee earlier posts on the dangers of high fat / animal protein diet.