Dietary Advice IGX -Style
Warning, the following blog post is heavily edited for language but represents the communication style of a place for those who no longer fit into normal society. IronGarmX.
As we have been described, "….overflowing with foul mouthed ignorance,…"
This post was in response to a question about lowering cholesterol levels and the use of statins. "Sandman" a physician, chimed in and his advice, or the advice of any physician should always be considered first. You get it, try this at your own risk, it’s ideas between a bunch of misfits who find calmness at the center of the storm.
Listen up.
1. Get un fat. Nobody is putting a f**king gun to your head and forcing you to eat. Get under 12% and forget about the chubby squatters who have man boobs and fat aprons over their genital region.
2. Drop all grains. I know, I know, plenty of populations eat rice, corn, yadda-yadda. Just drop them and maybe eat an occasional bowl of oats since that may the least invasive of the grains (opinions vary).
3. Make fun of Art DeVany, but go to his blog, search "meals" print them out and eat that way for six months. Then laugh.
4. Take a broad spectrum anti-oxidant. Don’t OD, just get your ass covered.
5. Talk to your Doc about Niacin. I like the flush, other’s get ill. Kinda like Scotch.
6. Drink Red Wine
7. Start a good fat eating program. Avocados, Olive Oil, TOASTED Sesame Oil, Macadamia Oil. That’s at the top of the list. Also a handful of nuts per day. No excuses.
8. Met Con circuits. I know @fit is ghey, but find some of the metcons you like and do them 2 to 3 days per week.
9. Easy walking for stress relief, active recovery, and the psycho-tropic qualities.
10. Minimize rest on strength training, or measure it. I refer to this as "Iron Pulse(tm)" and I will be writing more about it. Your poundages will drop slightly but who wants a 1000 pound squat when your nose is bleeding and your testicles are the size of raisins?
11. Fish Oil, with heavy DHA content. That means Barry Sears, BioTest Flame Out, or Krill Oil which now available from Costco. Also from Costco,.. .Vit. C, and their CoQ10 is cheap and good insurance.
12. Eat Fish and diversify the source and type.
13. NO SUGARY drinks, carbs, bread, bagels, pasta, rice, etc. for a while.
14. Every plate should have lean protein, veggies and fruit, and a small amount of good fat.
15. Floss your damn teeth before I knock them out! Gum disease translates to heart disease.
I’ll think of more. Always ask Scott. He’s a Doctor and was a stunt double in "Live Free or Die Hard".
this is the best list of what to do to lower your cholesterol without drugs I have seen. great stuff tom, right on the money.
Tom - Anyplace I can find more about Iron Pulse? Searched the blog, but came up empty.
“Iron Pulse” is an idea in my notes right now and I will write further. Nothing really original,… but just just a way to observe things differently.
Good advice, except the 12% is bullshit. There is vast difference between being a chubby squatter and being even close to 12%. Most people who think they are at or approaching 12 are more like 15. Most people who think they’re at 15 are more likely 20 plus. All in all good advice but it’s delusional to say there are any tangible health benifit to go below a bf% that is very difficult to maintain for most people. Lot’s of people see benefit from being lighter to mitigate joint pain but that has a lot more to do with the compromise of retaining low bodyweight while remaining fairly muscular.
The 12% I threw out there. That will vary so widely that I know that “fitness” is the key. As you get smarter and in touch with your body,(I call it aging!), I think reducing food intake and not carrying ten pounds of fat for your knees and hips is a good idea mechanically. For heart and brain health, its a combination of so many things.
That list in the article was written inside of 3 minutes by the way. Off the top of my head.