Message #43710

[mccoy]

Good idea to resurrect this post, I wrote those things in 2014 and 2015, before I went deep down the rabbit hole of nutrition helthspan, longevity, reading dozens of books, articles and participating in the forum of caloric restriction practitioners.

I tried a low-carb diet with moderate protein, I tried a vegan diet, but at the end I went back to the SRF/Bakhtananda diet, specifically designed to my own individual tolerances and needs.

For example, I had to cut down fruit drastically, since I noticed that my blood glucose is rising, due to age but probably due to past excesses in sugars, although natural (I used to drink vast amounts of  fruit juice, use to eat ridiculous quantities of honey, fruit and so on).

So, only modest amounts of fruit, no honey, very little cereals now. However some people tolerate glucose well even when not young and for them it's good to eat healthy carbs.

After my recent research and listening to the neurological signals coming from the body (how the body responds to foods). presently my diet is based upon the following food.

Breakfast: kefir or yogurt or Greek yogurt or fresh milk with cacao powder and erythritol

Lunch: all kinds of vegetables, then low-fat cottage cheese or mozzarella, walnuts with splinters of parmesan cheese or other cheese, often low-fat. Other nuts like almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, pecans and so on.One green banana as a sweet.

Dinner: basically a replica of lunch, with different vegetables.

With lunch and dinner I'll also include beans, eggs, mushrooms, when I can.

I find that my body does not tolerate very much starch and cereals (they bloat me without satiating me very much), so I eat modest amounts of them. Some people tolerate them better, they can be nourishing and inexpensive, too many can result in problems (elevated fasting blood glucose) but it all depends on individuals.

Beans are considered a very healthy food, their starch is not deleterious but they usually must be eaten in moderate amounts. I eat them as a side dish or as a condiment.