“The best diet is high in saturated animal fats and protein, veggies and a little carb, little natural sugar in fruits.”
Yes and we know that the Palio diet works because it is proven by real life experiences of body builders.
If you work out really hard, the palio diet is exactly right.
You dont have to work out really hard.
Proteins and fats keep you satisfied longer and don’t spike your bloodsugar. This keeps inflammation and insulin down, which is what causes damage to arteries. Eating mostly proteins and fats and keeping sugar down will not cause one to get hungry later and eat crap in an attempt to stayfull.
They take a long time to break down and use up. They keep you running on an even keel all day.
Carbs on the other hand do the opposite of everything above. Carbs are why you are hungry an hour or so after you eat. We don’t run well on carbs.
I put on quite a bit of weight while caring for my dying husband. Up to 165 from my preferred 25 to 30lbs. After a year of trying to loose weight I had only dropped to 155. Then I encountered a book by Dr. Atkins which pretty much prescribes a very low carb, at least in the initial phases. I followed it scrupulously and in 4 months was down to 130 lbs. Then I got careless and now have crept back up to 155. On the other hand medical opinion now has it that a little overweight for older people doesn’t hurt, if you eat nourishing foods and get enough exercise. I mostly eat really carefully but could use more exercise, but 2 days ago I took my blood pressure at a grocery store and PB was 101 over 64, with a pulse of 66 and I was feeling fine, so in those immortal words: “What, me worry?”
The idea that leftists are into carbs and hate paleo is absurd. Health food stores are full of leftists, and I see plenty of morbidly obese Republicans around. Now poor people often love cheap carbs because they are poor, but most of them wouldn’t know a paleo if it bit them.