I think some lifestyles choices are very unnecessarily politicized right now because bad actors have captured the entirety of the discourse surrounding them for their own rhetorical purposes and twisted them to fit their biases. Iā€™ve actually been attacked recently and accused of being an alt-right nutjob by someone who knows the way I eat which saddens me! Itā€™s also difficult to talk about your own dietary choices sometimes without making people feel personally attacked so when I say this keep in mind itā€™s just what works for me ā¤ļø I avoid seed oils as much as possible and choose to use butter, olive oil, coconut oil, or avocado oil instead (if you would like to hear a coherent, logical, data-driven argument for this check out this video). I donā€™t eat a lot of chicken and rarely if ever eat pork; if I eat them itā€™s usually pasture-raised chicken and forage-fed heritage pork from the farmers market because the meat is higher quality due to their diet and better animal welfare standards. Same with eggs; I would never buy eggs at the store when I can get the best quality eggs I can buy for like $6 a dozen from my favorite friendly farmers. I eat fresh produce in season but I honestly love organic frozen vegetables because theyā€™re cheaper and easier to manage. I eat a lot of grass-fed beef and grass-fed New Zealand butter. I go through wedges of aged parmesan absurdly quickly. I love organic pasta imported from Italy and try to buy organic for almost everything. Lots of black espresso. fresh bread from my neighborhood bakery and dessert about once a week. I donā€™t like to carelessly or mindlessly eat sugar; if Iā€™m going to do it I want it to be a real treat! Love carbs. If I buy processed food I prefer that it has a short ingredient list and you could say I live in an ā€˜ingredients household.ā€™ I donā€™t eat until Iā€™m hungry (usually somewhere from noon to 2:00 pm) at which point Iā€™ll eat a snack with protein and fat. I eat one big meal at the end of the day. Iā€™ve tried a lot of different dietary lifestyles. I was a vegetarian for about a decade and a vegan for a good portion of that time. I ate keto and fasted regularly. I didnā€™t eat any sugar for a couple of years. Iā€™ve incorporated elements from all of these and found a way of eating that I enjoy! I feel good in my body and Iā€™m never stressed about what Iā€™m going to eat. Food is a joyful thing for me and my dream is for better nutritional education and the ability to buy healthy foods (whatever that looks like to them) to be accessible to everyone šŸ™
Nov 12, 2024

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if youā€™re an alt-right nutjob for that diet, count me as one too wth , anything from New Zealand I love, especially since all their meat is pasture raised and halal, thatā€™s the majority of the meat I buy, also cutting seed oils out is literally the #1 thing that will heal most of us and cut down on obesity tbh, and thatā€™s a FACT. I agree that what works for one doesnā€™t work for all, but generally speaking , eating less (as you do via snacking small then having a big meal) is GREAT for your overall health and digestion, and keeping processed foods limited in ingredients is a great way to enjoy foods without making life hard for yourself. I fully support this, nice to know thereā€™s people out here on the same wave!
Nov 13, 2024
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bilalbikile I feel seen in this moment lol!!!! Not eating seed oils has made the most dramatic changes for me in how vital I look and feel. This is all really important to me and I wish people were more receptive to it!!
Nov 13, 2024

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I am trying to get 20-30 plant foods in per week but I be busy as fuck and the thought gets overwhelming so hereā€™s what Iā€™ve come up withā€¦ I take 10 minutes to chop up three days worth of some raw veggies that I like to eat on the side of whatever protein. what is ā€œwhatever proteinā€? Cheese squares, cold cuts, cottage cheese, lentils/beans/any legume, meat from a rotisserie chicken or a pot roast that I prepped (also so hands off and easy). to further boost my plant intake, I have a mix of a bunch of random nuts and seeds that I can rely on. for something sweet, I plop a few scoops of Greek yogurt into a container and throw frozen berries and mango on top. EASY. Nourished. I am allotted Diet Coke as well, Iā€™m not a sadist!!!???!!?!?
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Food is one of the worst things for you. For most of the summer, I was having a large smoothie with whey protein isolate, egg yolks, powdered coconut oil, and frozen berries. Only for the past several days (Iā€™m recovering from SARS COV-2) have I abandoned this highly caloric, insulin-bomb of a breakfast, replacing it with cold water, creatine, and powdered coconut oil, blended. You wouldnā€™t believe how much sharper I feel mentally, how much less hungry I am all morning, my neighbors have stopped complaining about my outburstsā€¦ the list goes on and on.Ā  Oh, but back to food being bad for you. I really do think eating a ton of food is one of the worst things for you. You can read about this in my book, in which the protagonist, in an attempt to gain weight and become physically more imposing, starts eating a ton of food, and his quality of life suffers greatly. Itā€™s a really clever commentary on masculinity and ā€œimprovement cultureā€ in general, actually. You should read it.Ā  I too have gone through periods of regimented physical activity (lifting weights) and eating large quantities of food, and it always leaves me feeling terrible, physically and mentally. Lately Iā€™ve started eating huge portions of vegetables again (bag of Brussels sprouts, bag broccoli, two large zucchini) in the middle of the day and itā€™s been working out really nicely for me. Skin cleared up, mind feels sharp, face looks more chiseled and handsome, itā€™s been great.Ā  You (the reader) should probably eat less food, just like, statistically, most people eat too much. I know that might not be true for the target audience of this newsletter, so if you have an eating disorder then you should eat a little bit more (but not too much too fast), but most people should eat less food and replace some of the food theyā€™re already eating with more vegetables. Theyā€™ll experience great benefits from eating their first meal as a large bowl of vegetables with ghee around 2pm.Ā 
Oct 7, 2024
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and focusing instead on making reasonably healthy, self-compassionate, consistent choices and moving your body in ways that make you feel good. Weā€™re assaulted with numbers, data, and metrics everywhere else in life why let it creep into your relationship with food and your body!!! It takes time and practice to do this right and find balance without descending into total uninhibited hedonism but it can be freeing to live this way. Controversial perhapsā€¦
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