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I'll give Berkhan credit. He's a smart guy that uses science to back up his claims, even if he does get a little fanatical about them and overstate their benefits.
Still, I'd never do that fasting thing. Too much of a hassle.
Easy. For one, I'm a fairly active guy so running around all day on an empty stomach would suck donkey balls, plus I am one of those types that can't eat very much once I reach a certain level of hunger, which in itself would basically rule out me using an intermittent fasting deal. That said, if you IF fits your schedule and preferences, go for it. Just understand that absent those personal preferences, there is really nothing that makes IF superior to conventional nutrient timing.
Not all bodies take fasting well. That is a truth. If you get into depth about detox etc you will find that info. Generally the muscle heavy,low fat body types do not do well.
But they're right about your diet not being enough calories. If you increase the calories to 1600+ by increasing fruit to 15 a day, you'll have my diet for the last 17 years. I am thin, never get sick, I lift weights, and I'm happy.
If you eat all you want of whole foods in correct combos - especially fruit and veg - your weight will normalize (weight gain/loss isn't just about calories)
* The other primates eat mostly fruit. We are Fruigivores. And the 80/10/10 diet shows the best way to do it.
Here's some pics of thin yet muscular 80/10/10rs (811'rs)
Nonsense and poppycock. We're omnivores. Our bodies - including our teeth - are designed to ingest, digest, and expel plant and meat.
"The other primates" - which other primates? Because, there are some other primates that eat a steady blend of both meat and plant matter, and there are some primates that actually prefer bugs to anything else. There are some primates that enjoy a diet of leaves and wood, and still others which yes - do like fruit.
The term "frugivore" describes omnivores and vegetarians who PREFER fruits. That doesn't mean people are frugivores. It means YOU are a frugivore, and all your pals are frugivores. You and your pals don't speak on behalf of the human race and in fact you are in the vast minority.
In fact, even the orangutan, one of the most recognizeable primates, often includes only 65% fruit in its diet. It ranges from 65% to 90% depending on season and proximity to harvestable fruit trees. It isn't even a true vegetarian, since it eats insects and bird eggs, in addition to a variety of plants, from leaves to fruits and vegetable roots, vines, nuts, and honey. They would be considered frugivores because they *prefer* fruit; not because their digestive systems can only handle fruit.
Frugivore is a food preference type, just as a pescatarian is someone who -prefers- the vegetarian diet accompanied by fish.
Jaw Type CarnivoreAngle not expanded HerbivoreExpanded angle OmnivoreAngle not expanded HumanExpanded angle
Jaw Joint Location CarnivoreOn same plane as molar teeth HerbivoreAbove the plane of the molars OmnivoreOn same plane as molar teeth HumanAbove the plane of the molars
Jaw Motion CarnivoreShearing; minimal side-to-side motion HerbivoreNo shear; good side-to-side, front-to-back OmnivoreShearing; minimal side-to-side HumanNo shear; good side-to-side, front-to-back
Major Jaw Muscles CarnivoreTemporalis HerbivoreMasseter and pterygoids OmnivoreTemporalis HumanMasseter and pterygoids
Mouth Opening vs. Head Size CarnivoreLarge HerbivoreSmall OmnivoreLarge HumanSmall
Teeth (Incisors) CarnivoreShort and pointed HerbivoreBroad, flattened and spade shaped OmnivoreShort and pointed HumanBroad, flattened and spade shaped
Teeth (Canines) CarnivoreLong, sharp and curved HerbivoreDull and short or long (for defense), or none OmnivoreLong, sharp and curved HumanShort and blunted
Teeth (Molars) CarnivoreSharp, jagged and blade shaped HerbivoreFlattened with cusps vs complex surface OmnivoreSharp blades and/or flattened HumanFlattened with nodular cusps
Stomach Type CarnivoreSimple HerbivoreSimple or multiple chambers OmnivoreSimple HumanSimple
Stomach Acidity CarnivoreLess than or equal to pH 1 with food in stomach HerbivorepH 4 to 5 with food in stomach OmnivoreLess than or equal to pH 1 with food in stomach HumanpH 4 to 5 with food in stomach
Stomach Capacity Carnivore60% to 70% of total volume of digestive tract HerbivoreLess than 30% of total volume of digestive tract Omnivore60% to 70% of total volume of digestive tract Human21% to 27% of total volume of digestive tract
Length of Small Intestine Carnivore3 to 6 times body length Herbivore10 to more than 12 times body length Omnivore4 to 6 times body length Human10 to 11 times body length
Colon CarnivoreSimple, short and smooth HerbivoreLong, complex; may be sacculated OmnivoreSimple, short and smooth HumanLong, sacculated
Liver CarnivoreCan detoxify vitamin A HerbivoreCannot detoxify vitamin A OmnivoreCan detoxify vitamin A HumanCannot detoxify vitamin A
Using logic and science, It is extremely obvious that human beings do not possess an anatomy that is naturally geared towards the consumption of meat.
If we were dropped in the tropics with no tools and no memory of society, we wouldn't even try to catch an animal. We'd just want.........Fruit for the win.
1. Just because you made it bold, doesn't make it true.
2. Orangutans: as I posted already, they DO include insects in their diet. And all kinds of things in addition to fruits. Purposefully.
3. Bonobos: primarily frugivorius, however they also eat meats such as flying squirrils and other small vertibrates. Purposefully.
4. Tropical gorillas: fruit makes up only around 25% of their diet, and only when it's available. They eat mostly leaves, and enjoy ants - which is an animal. Purposefully.
5. Monkeys: again - depending on what's available at the time, they will eat anything from leaves, shoots, roots, insects, small reptiles, fruits, and eggs. Purposefully.
Bonus: You're thinking of chimpanzees, who thrive on fruit as their -primary- source of food, though they will ALSO eat other sources of nutrition. None of the primates you mentioned eat primarily fruit, and only the bonobo (among the ones you singled out) prefers fruit, though even the bonobo will, and does, enjoy meat, and can digest it just fine.
This information is readily available to you with a quick google search, or by checking the Encyclopedia Britannica, or with National Geographic magazines, or on wikipedia.
A frugivore is any type of omnivore or herbivore that feeds primarily on fruit, whether by design, availability, or preference. Fruit bats are frugivores. Chimpanzees are frugivores. Bonobos, monkeys, orangutans, and humans - are not. Gorillas are primarily herbivores, though they will also eat meat in the form of ants, which they actually like, and other small insects.
Again - this information comes from any of a variety of resources.
The term "Fruitarian" is a subset of veganism that revolves around eating fruits, nuts, seeds, and avoids meat, vegetables, and grain.
Humans, once they evolved into "humans," have been omnivorous from the start. Prior to our evolution from ape to man, we were not man. We were ape. And even then, we weren't frugivore; we were herbivore-leaning omnivores.
This information comes from - you guessed it - a variety of resources, from National Geographic magazine, to World Book Encyclopedia, to Grey's Anatomy-Physiology, to random and sundry articles and scientific publications on evolution, to the remarkably unreliable, though often accurate wikipedia.
As for the nonsense about physiology: you're getting your information from a website that profits by convincing suckers that their supplements/book/summer camp/product/lifestyle/scam is worth paying for. If a world reknowned cardiologist had truly "shattered" the human omnivore "myth," then it would be shattered. And the known world of medical science would say "OMGWTFLOL WE WERE WRONG MAKE EVERYONE EAT FRUTEZ!!!1111" and the supplement companies would have a field day selling all the supplements that humans require when they stop eating anything other than fruit, and the laxative companies would rejoice, for all these people eating 30 bananas a day would need something to eliminate the constipation, and the government would party their butts off after "saving" us all from our own folly by outlawing milk and cheese once and for all, and taxing Tropicana to the hilt. And the CDC would be grateful for a whole new budget to keep them in business while they re-draw their food pyramid. Again.
But - none of these things have happened, or are in the process of happening, or even being considered as a possible future happening. The only people who think a primarily-fruit diet is a good idea, are the people who are eating a primarily-fruit diet. And - the people who are trying to sell suckers on the idea that a primarily-fruit diet is a good thing.
And the known world of medical science would say "OMGWTFLOL WE WERE WRONG
I don't think you're that naive. We live in a society that believes in - and lives by - an ocean of myths and dogma. Any professional going against the status-quo is risking their reputation. Besides, very few people would follow the advice to do a dietary 180(the mainstream "known world....yada yada" would never recommend a fruit diet........ OR ants....or they would cease to BE the mainstream).
Some individual experts ARE though: Douglas Graham Phd. Kloss, Kordach and Bragg. But the powerful groups - especially the medical/drug cartel(oops, emotional wordage) - will tell us the truth. LOL it's politics.
1-5 is cherry-picking biased observational studies. Ex: Someone may've found a crazed bonobo killing an animal (and eating some of it to intimidate other animals), but......
The average bonobo eats a 90-100% fruit diet.
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Again - this information comes from any of a variety of resources.
Yes, I urge people to actually look up the real facts instead of believing in misconceptions that get passed on as "everybody knows that".
Forget Scientists; I'm looking at SCIENCE: real life, the way we're built, the way we think.
People, cut through the biased dis-info that feeds you - and leads you - into the pill-pushers hands (I just made that up )
Dis-info people don't care about people being healthy - they just want keep people buying the meat/dairy industry's products. Its just business.
Meanwhile, I'll keep living the truth, and being as healthy and long-lived as Graham. Kloss, Kordach and Bragg. Don't hand the responsibility of your health to some corrupt group, because only you can be responsible for you.
I don't think you're that naive. We live in a society that believes in - and lives by - an ocean of myths and dogma. Any professional going against the status-quo is risking their reputation. Besides, very few people would follow the advice to do a dietary 180. Some individual experts ARE though: Douglas Graham Phd. Kloss, Kordach and Bragg. But the powerful groups - especially the medical/drug cartel(oops, emotional wordage) - will tell us the truth. LOL it's politics.
1-5 is cherry-picking biased observational studies. Ex: Someone may've found a crazed bonobo killing an animal (and eating some of it to intimidate other animals), but......
The average bonobo eats a 90-100% fruit diet.
Yes, I urge people to actually look up the real facts instead of believing in misconceptions that get passed on as "everybody knows that".
Forget Scientists; I'm looking at SCIENCE: real life, the way we're built, the way we think.
People, cut through the biased dis-info that feeds you and leads you into the pill-pushers hands (I just made that up
Sorry, I'm going with AnonChick on this one. Evidence of primates eating meat in the wild (usually insects) is abundant, not just a few instances where observational studies are "cherry picked."
One of the first things you are taught in graduate school about reading research is to look at the source and look at who is funding said research. If all you can show me is one doctor/scientist who is espousing his opinion (not citing research) on a website that obviously is pushing an agenda (30bananasaday?!), then I'm not going to give what you have to say much credence.
And if you want to look at SCIENCE, as you say, then you need to read peer reviewed research done by "real scientists." Otherwise you are just making (possibly ill-informed) observations.
And why would you be concerned with insulin? Not only are it's effects on weight loss GREATLY overstated (even protein can raise insulin levels) but elevated insulin levels can inhibit muscle protein breakdown and aid in muscle protein synthesis.This is another example of why you should listen to people who actually know what they're talking about.
Oh, and you're doing a very poor job of hiding your new account.
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