I’m in the healthy 20%. Weigh 112 and before Covid lockdowns did a 14-minute mile on the treadmill five days a week. Working up to that much exercise again, but it’s a slow process.
I don’t eat wheat because, according to Wm. Davis, MD, wheat is the cause of cholesterol. I have potatoes every day. No butter or cheese or any form of saturated fat, which clogs arteries. Olive oil is great.
If you’re interested, you can read “Wheat Belly” by Wm. Davis, MD. He really changed my life. BP was 116/76 at MD’s office a couple of weeks ago and I take only one prescription drug, Lisinipril, which is for your heart.
“No butter or cheese or any form of saturated fat, which clogs arteries.”
I also read Wheat Belly and agree that today’s hybridized version of ‘wheat’ is poison, as far as the human body is concerned. I also put sugar right up there with wheat.
A couple of places where I differ from you somewhat: From everything that I’ve seen, carbs, overall are the culprit. So, in addition to wheat and sugar, I’d recommend adding potatoes and rice (and other grains) to the no-eat list. Also, even the government and Big Medical (American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association) has ended their demonizing of saturated fats, as no one has been able to show the association between clogged arteries and saturated fats, seems that it ‘just made so much sense’ that no one ever tried to verify it (Triglycerides, which come directly from carbs, is what clogs arteries).