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For an entertaining intro to these concepts, you can check out Fat Head. It's streaming on Netflix if you are a subscriber.
Gary Taubes has done a lot of research on the subject. You can check out his books Why We Get Fat and Good Calories, Bad Calories.
I was originally introduced to these concepts by Mark Sisson through his book The Primal Blueprint. He also has a website full of great information; Mark's Daily Apple.
There is also a ton of information you can find online by googling primal diet, paleo diet or ketonic diet.
I will tell you that I was highly skeptical of all this myself given all I was told about nutrition throughout my life. But I now feel better than I ever have. All my health indicators are now in the excellent range. I have more energy than ever. I am rarely hungry. And I have a six pack now. Never in my life, even as an athlete have I had a six pack. And I only exercise about 30 minutes a week (I just follow the simplefit program.)
I now understand what Hippocrates meant by 'Let food be your medicine and your medicine be your food."
And here is a list of ailments I no longer suffer from after switching to a high fat diet.
And don't take my word for it. Do the research yourself. And why not give it a try for 30 days yourself and see how you feel. I think you'll be surprised.
all of these posts about exercise are incorrect, it is what you consume that defines your bodyfat percentage (unless you are starving yourself which is very bad for you). Read this, I can send it to you if you like http://www.amazon.com/The-Primal-Blueprint-Reprogram-effortless/dp/0982207700
Read The Primal Blueprint and tell me you can't find time to do that.
That depends on your concept of healthy. I'll give you mine.
I use a Primal diet, because it is low-carb and gluten-free, but there's a positive focus on things I can eat instead.
Gluten has been linked to some odd symptoms. It's possible it has some tie to the mystery illness. Or she could try Whole30, which is a bit drastic, but I hear that many people have found it helpful to identify unknown food allergies. Essentially you eliminate several common allergens from your food for 30 days. After that, you add them back one at a time, and see what causes problems.
More details here:
The Primal Blueprint -- Looks like a typical diet book, with lots of unlikely sounding claims, but turned out to be well researched.
Cookbooks:
This is probably the best one for a beginner, and it does include nutrition data:
Primal Blueprint Quick and Easy Meals -- Simplest recipes of these three.
These do not contain nutrition details, but the recipes are nearly all relatively low carb:
The Primal Blueprint Cookbook -- Good recipes, but requires some cooking skill.
Paleo Comfort Foods -- Bigger book with more recipies. Has some really good low-carb alternatives to desserts or typical comfort foods.
All of those have great pictures and reasonable instructions. Some of the ingredients are a bit odd.
The Primal Blueprint is worth a look. It isn't specifically keto, but more paleo/low-carb. An interesting read though.
I'd say that book's looking fairly out-dated now, personally I'd recommend the Paleo Solution or the Primal Blueprint. I think Cordain was still recommending a relatively low-fat diet when he wrote that, and was more concerned about risks in consuming saturated fats.
Hahaha, you have a great point, and it almost makes me chuckle like a jolly old Santa Clause! Just think about it. There's the "indoor" lifestyle, where as you described is horribly arduous with seemingly minimal payoff, and everybody forgets that you could go outside RIGHT NOW and live there for the rest of your life without spending a single penny! It's the same outdoors that existed 4000 years ago, with the same plants and animals, all you'd have to do is sacrifice the little securities that we have all come accustomed to, like security of health, reliability of food, protection from predators, etc.
But when you look at it, everything around you is simply a tradeoff. We can have these little furnished homes where you can live long, healthy lives, free from danger, from disease, from hunger, and all you have to do is live a significantly less fulfilling life! Sounds insane right? Insane enough for practically every single human to mindlessly abide by.
I recommend a book to you that I'm currently reading. It's called The Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson. It's mostly a diet and exercise program, but it's also a complete lifestyle adaptation (which diet and exercise play a huge part in).
First, let me say, I cannot really provide a solution for you, but I can share what has worked for me. I have not been as overweight as you but I have at times in my life been significantly overweight (not in mass but in % body fat) and as I am becoming older, I had found it increasingly difficult to control. My point is, you need to try things to see what works for you. Keep a daily journal of how you feel (energy, attention, brain function, etc) so you can do some experiments on yourself.
What has worked for me is adopting (what appears to be the latest fad) the paleo/evolutionary fitness model for diet and exercise. I eat little or no processed foods (e.g. read Pollan, and other rules of thumb...if it doesn't spoil, don't eat it, never shop in the inside area of the supermarket, if it comes out of a box, don't eat it, etc.). I don't drink soda, juice, or anything with sugars (just unsweetened coffee or tea, water). I eat a lot of meat, eggs, fish (no worries on fat content...my favorite lunch is a sandwich from the local deli called the Three Little Pigs, without the bread, it is smoked ham, pork bbq, and bacon). I eat some dairy, primarily full fat and fermented, like Fage Total plain yogurt (with a little fresh fruit and shredded raw coconut). I eat all my favorite vegetables slathered in full fat butter (from the farm if I can get it). This may sound like a low-carb, Atkins type diet, but it isn't. That isn't to say going low carb won't help you lose fat quickly. Nevertheless, it isn't the main point. The main point is to eat as our ancestors did some 10,000 or more years ago, as evolution has not caught up with our recent use of grains in our diet and certainly not processed foods. Another thing I do is intermittently fast. At first somewhat forced, but now just because I am not hungry. I can typically eat dinner (say around 5pm) and not eat again until around lunch the next day.
As far as exercise, I avoid long aerobic activities unless in pursuit of yard work, handling the kids, or sport (like tennis). No treadmills, distance running, or biking. I do walk or ride a bike for transportation, but I am not getting winded. I do lift weights, usually once a week, using only large muscle groups and free weights, and very intensely. It takes about 20 minutes, but given its intensity it is brutal...but over quickly. I introduce a bit of randomness into the exercise frequency and variety of exercises (e.g. maybe twice in one week, maybe I will do a bunch of pull-ups one night or push ups). Sprints are intermingled with this, sometimes just as part of playing with the dog. Again, the point is to expose the body to stresses in an irregular but intense pattern, as perhaps were encountered by our ancestors.
The result is that I am probably a month away (after approximately 9 months total) from having washboard abs, I have great energy levels, stamina and focus. I no longer wake up with aching joints. I don't get low energy levels after eating (unless I really stuff myself). Keep in mind, I am in my 40s. I was 210 and very soft and pear shaped when I started, now I am 185 and back to a youthful V shape.
The only negatives I can speak to is a diminished ability to find quick and convenient food sources and missing bread, pasta and a pizza once and a while. I really don't miss sweets, but I don't think I was that hooked on them in the first place.
Finally, let me give the sources that drove me in this direction. Take a look and see if you are interested in trying it. As I said, I can't say that it will work for you, but it has worked for me.
Websites:
Art Devany http://www.arthurdevany.com/ Evolutionary Fitness
Keith Norris http://theorytopractice.wordpress.com/
Mark Sisson http://www.marksdailyapple.com/
Richard Nikoley http://freetheanimal.com/
Seth Roberts http://blog.sethroberts.net/ (more about self-experimentation and the value of fermented foods)
Weston A. Price Foundation http://www.westonaprice.org/
Books:
Gary Taubes, Good Calories, Bad Calories
Little, McGuff Body by Science
Weston A. Price, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
Mark Sisson The Primal Blueprint
Primal/Paleo
This would be a good time for me to say: Check the FAQ sir.
You won't do it, but buy and read these, it will change your life.
http://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Get-Fat-About/dp/0307272702
http://www.amazon.com/Primal-Blueprint-Reprogram-effortless-boundless/dp/0982207700/ref=pd_sim_b_7
http://www.amazon.com/Primal-Blueprint-Reprogram-Effortless-Boundless/dp/0982207700/ref=cm_cr-mr-title
The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy (Hardcover)