Weekly Reading

Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruits, little starch, and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat. -Greg Glassman
This sounds easy enough, however millions upon millions of dollars are spent trying to find that right diet and the most simplistic formula for health and weight loss.  The bottom line is to eat real food.   That means plants (fruits and vegetables),  seeds and nuts, and unprocessed, grass-fed meats.  The human genome has been evolving for 2 million years.  For the vast majority of that span, our species followed that guideline unintentionally and with remarkable success.  Regardless if it is low fat, low carb, Zone, Atkins, blah, blah, blah that you subscribe to, by eating real, unprocessed foods you will be well on the way to optimal health.
    The "plant" portion of the above equation is easy.  It is up to you to decide how much of them you eat:  "Zone" parameters or lower carb than that.  Fats are easy as well.  Olive oil, nuts, coconut oil, avocados etc…will fit the bill nicely.  The harder part is protein.  I try and stick to fish in the form of sardines, herring, and wild caught salmon.  They are high in Omega 3, low on the food chain so there is less of a concern about mercury, and they are relatively inexpensive.  I also try to eat meat in the form of grass-fed meat.  Here is one plug for it here.  I know  Boney's behind the gym likes to ticket cars for parking in their lot, but they do have grass-fed meat at a reasonable price.  I recommend swinging by after the WOD and checking it out.

    Here are some more articles for you to read through.  This one is an explanation of cholesterol.   As  you know , I am not a fan of grains in any way, shape, or form outside of beer and single-malt scotch.  This article starts to touch on why.  We'll throw this one in the no sh*t category. 

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