Diet Fallacy #7: "It's OK To Eat Everything, But In Moderation." Top Ten Diet Fallacies, Continued.
“To Be Really Healthy ... Be Extreme. If You Want To Be A Loser, Be Moderate ...” says iconoclastic diet guru, Ori Hofmekler, author of bestselling The Warrior Diet.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 19, 2005 -- "To Be Really Healthy… Be Extreme.
If You Want To Be A Loser, Be Moderate ..." says iconoclastic diet guru, Ori
Hofmekler, author of bestselling The Warrior Diet
http://www.dragondoor.com/b17.html.
The term "being
moderate" typically refers to being subtle, average and to being the opposite of
extreme. "Moderation" is currently a buzzword for those wishing to pursue a
balanced lifestyle.
Many health experts use the "moderation-mantra" to
convey a simple message. Everything is allowed in moderation.
The Result:
Millions of people who fail to manage their weight or sustain health are asking
themselves "What went wrong?"
As you're about to see, the notion that it
is ok to eat everything in moderation is wrong and in particular misleading for
athletes and bodybuilders.
Why the Best Diet Is an Extreme
Diet
Moderation does not go hand in hand with scoring and achieving. Real
life superiority requires extreme outcomes.
The greatest figures in
history, including Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte,
Beethoven, Mozart, Albert Einstein and George Patton were all extreme
personalities.
All classical training methods from the days of the Roman
Army to the modern military, are based on one master principle:
Adaptation to extreme conditions.
Ancient warriors were aware
that moderate training would not be sufficient to force adaptation and thus
would most likely fail to prepare soldiers to react swiftly and resist stress in
real life extreme conditions.
The human body is designed to adapt to
environmental changes as well as to physical and nutritional changes. The more
intense the change (stimulant) the more likely it will trigger genes that force
the body to adapt and better survive. (See fallacies 4-6).
Our survival
(thrifty) genes' most important activities are those that induce improvement in
fuel utilization.
Why "Moderation" Can Be A One-Way Ticket to Ill-Health
and Poor Performance:
The capacity to generate energy from dietary fat or
carb is critically important for our survival. Studies at the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) revealed that the human body functions better on
food combinations than on a single food source.
Researchers believe that
humans have adapted to changes in food availability due to the necessity to
survive periods of famine, and seasonal or climatic changes.
In other
words, our body responds better to extreme feeding cycles that somewhat mimic
the cycle of famine and feast (under eating and overeating), rotating between
fat fuel and carb fuel.
As with physical exercise, such feeding cycles
force the body to survive on either fat or carb fuel and thus improve the
utilization of both.
When It Comes to Junk Food, Just Say NO
The
idea that everything is ok in moderation typically refers to "bad stuff" (i.e.
junk food or alcohol) Is this true, though?
Not really.
What we
may mentally perceive as a "moderate" serving of Betty Crocker or Aunt Jemima,
does not translate into "moderate" as our bodies experience it.
Recent
studies at the University of Wollongong, Bandoro, Australia, reveal that even
small (Moderate) changes in the macronutrient content of the diet affect
skeletal muscle performance. Small dietary changes in fat intake exerted a major
influence on muscle cell membrane fatty acid composition.
For instance,
an imbalanced, high-fat diet due to consumption of a large amount of N-6 and a
moderate amount of hydrogenated fats (abundant in junk protein bars and candy
bars), can lead to several deficiencies in muscle N-3 fatty acids. Such
deficiency is often associated with chronic inflammation, impaired recuperation
and muscle wasting.
Moderation simply doesn't apply to real life sports nutrition. An
athlete who wishes to excel cannot afford to "take prisoners." Eating even small
amounts of junk before exercise may adversity affect post-exercise cortisol
levels (see fallacy #2). Insulin sensitivity is necessary for the maximum
anabolic impact of meals.
Note that even a single bout of sugar binging
can decrease insulin sensitivity, compromising the body's ability to recuperate
and build tissues.
In conclusion: Do not fall into the trap of seductive
words like "moderation." Exercise intensely, apply proper recovery meals, and
keep your diet clean. Even moderate amounts of junk food can adversely affect
your capacity to exercise, recuperate and excel.
For more articles by Ori
Hofmekler on the Top Ten Diet Fallacies visit http://www.dragondoor.com/articler/mode2/Nutrition and read
Ori Hofmekler's The Warrior Diet. http://www.dragondoor.com/b17.html
For more information
on the Warrior Diet Fat Loss Program and Controlled Fatigue Training (CFT)
certification seminars and workshops log onto www.warriordiet.com or call
818-992-1994 (866) WAR-DIET
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