An elephant, a hippopotamus, a gorilla, a horse, a salmon fish, a chicken, a tiger, a cat, a dog and a very long list of animals regardless of size, shape, weight, foods and natural habitat are all generally fit. If we assume that the BFP or “Body Fat Percentage” is a meaningful measure of being overweight, then accordingly a range in the 20% or below is healthy. Well interestingly those animals easily fit into that range. Furthermore, none of them follow diet plans nor do they suffer a natural food restriction plan. Meaning that they eat as much and as often as they can or want. Even the foods that they eat vary widely from being plants, grains, fish, or meats and they can weigh tons or a few kilos and be huge or slim but in general terms they are fit. Would it not be wonderful if it were the same case for us humans ?
Category: VGDiet
VGDiet
SuperFood COCOA
SuperFood COCOA is rich in theobromine which in greek means “food of the gods”…
SuperFood GINGER
SuperFood GINGER is claimed to be anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-osteoarthritis, anti-nausea, anti-diabetic…
DIET
“Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions.” Idries Shah
THERMOGENESIS
“Thermogenesis is the process of heat production in organisms. It occurs in all warm-blooded animals, and also in a few species of thermogenic plants such as the Eastern skunk cabbage, the Voodoo lily (Sauromatum venosum), and the giant water lilies of the genus Victoria. The lodgepole pine dwarf mistletoe, Arceuthobium americanum, disperses its seeds explosively through thermogenesis.[1]”* *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermogenesis
BASAL METABOLIC RATE (BMR)
“The body’s generation of heat is known as thermogenesis and it can be measured to determine the amount of energy expended. BMR generally decreases with age, and with the decrease in lean body mass (as may happen with aging). Increasing muscle mass has the effect of increasing BMR. Aerobic (resistance) fitness level, a product of cardiovascular exercise, while previously thought to have effect on BMR, has been shown in the 1990s not to correlate with BMR when adjusted for fat-free body mass.”* *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_metabolic_rate
LOW FAT DIET
“A low-fat diet is one that restricts fat, and often saturated fat and cholesterol as well. Low-fat diets are intended to reduce the occurrence of conditions such as heart disease and obesity. For weight loss, they perform similarly to a low-carbohydrate diet, since macronutrient composition does not determine weight loss success.[1] Fat provides nine calories per gram while carbohydrates and protein each provide four calories per gram. The Institute of Medicine recommends limiting fat intake to 35% of total calories to control saturated fat intake.[2]”* *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-fat_diet
KETOGENIC DIET
“The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate dietary therapy that in conventional medicine is used mainly to treat hard-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. Normally carbohydrates in food are converted into glucose, which is then transported around the body and is important in fueling brain function. However, if only a little carbohydrate remains in the diet, the liver converts fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies, the latter passing into the brain and replacing glucose as an energy source.”* *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketogenic_diet
ENERGY PROFILE OF FOODS
Foods have a Nutritional Profile. Meaning what nutriments the food provides. But foods also have an Energy Profile which describes the type of energy it provides in terms of calories. Our bodies can extract energy from different sources such as carbohydrates ( starches, sugars ), proteins, and fats. For practical purposes carbohydrtaes are the simplest and fastest energy source that our bodies extract and will be converted first. Then depending on certain factors our bodies will convert fats or proteins to energy. We are going to examine the Energy Profile of a number of natural and man-made foods to have a better understanding of how our bodies will extract energy from foods and how the type of food might affect our digestive and extractive processes…
NUTRITION – “we are what we eat”
“Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life. It provides organisms with nutrients, which can be metabolized to create energy and chemical structures. Failure to obtain sufficient nutrients causes malnutrition. Nutritional science is the study of nutrition, though it typically emphasizes human nutrition.”* Nutrition influences our bodily functions and it can be argued our mental functions as well. It is said : “Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what your are.” Anthelme Brillat-Savarin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrition