Heavily promoted tom brady diet,

[empedocles]

This morning at breakfast my nutritionist daughter brought up the brady diet. Very strict diet, lot strict rules: no; coffee, glutens , alcohol, certain vegs ruled out, etc., etc.

Daughter noted while there are healthy aspects, nutritionists often criticized the science behind it. Private chef needed of course.

My snarky critique - brady is a well known trump golfer/go for.

Diet may be deficient in critical brain foods.

[former9thward]

1. It certainly has not hurt him.

Most people would not have the discipline to follow it.

[Elessar Zappa]

3. For most people, there's no reason to eliminate gluten.

A very few have adverse reactions to it.

[mitch96]

8. "no reason to eliminate gluten" True and I just feel better when I don't eat it...

Again, this is me... When I have a choice I don't eat gluten. But there is something about a po-boy served on a NOLA french bread that is hard to pass up. Thank god I don't have a gluten gut problem.
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[Elessar Zappa]

10. For me, carbs in general make me feel bloated, gluten or not.

Nonetheless, I’m obese and have zero discipline when it comes to eating. I’ll go on a diet and stick to it for a week, then fall off the wagon. I need to work on that.

[mitch96]

12. I do well following the 5:2 way of eating and I also eat most of my food around noon

Eat like a King for breakfast, a Prince for lunch and a pauper for dinner. That leaves me about 16 hrs of a "half fast/fast". My problem is Beer...... liquid carbs and gluten... love the stuff.
I use to brew but making about 9 sixpacks a week got to be a bit much... drinking that is..
So I stopped..
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[bedazzled]

14. you are right to have a period of fasting every day!

your body is happy if you don't eat from dinner to breakfast.

[bedazzled]

16. check out "the obesity code" by jason fung

it postulates that most of our problems are caused by refined carbs and high fructose. our body's insulin levels are negatively impacted by those foods. with the current types of food available, no wonder most have weight problems

[mitch96]

19. ""the obesity code"". And what's with the BMI scale? Body builders are fat?

Then I came to the realization that my BMI shows I'm too short..
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[bedazzled]

22. I would have to be10 feet tall!

Which would present a whole new set of problems...

[Tink41]

27. Didn't read the book BUT....

I have lost 52 pounds since July, and it rapidly started dropping once I cut out added sugars, refined carbs, basically "white" anything. I will NOT go back to things I ate before. The energy levels thru the roof. Of course I got off the couch also but it's the food. That's the key. Just wish I had figured it out sooner

[bedazzled]

28. amazing isn't it

our culture seems to be cultivating overweight people. congratulations on your accomplishment. must feel Good to lose when everyone else is putting on weight!

[Tink41]

29. Once I made the connection.....

What is marketed to "us" as food, is not really food. They are products engineered to appeal to our ultimate fantasy taste wise. Sweet, salt, fat.... Speaking for myself, I went thru life not thinking about what I consumed. Just an automatic reflex to put into cart
"food items" on shelf. It is so wild to look at it from a different perspective and never having a thought about it before.
Thank you, the virus is the reason for the change. Perfect opportunity to change the behavior. Look for the silver lining everywhere.

[empedocles]

5. Certainly?

[former9thward]

25. Yes.

[Happy Hoosier]

7. For me, Keto has almost been like magic.

After a couple of years of trying deny it, Lat September, I finally had to admit that I have Type II diabetes. My A1C was 10.4. Ugh.

I was put on meds (the doctor was considering insulin), and sent me to the diabetes specialist. She recommended a Keto diet. Lots of studies are now showing real impact on blood sugar control. Combine with meds, my A1C dropped to 5.5. My blood sugar rarely pops above 120. My blood pressure has normalized and I've dropped close to 60 pounds so far. I have had to give up some foods I like.... rice, pasta... and some veggies and fruits I like. But for the most part, I am satisfied with my diet, and rarely hungry.

For me, it's been a game changer.

[Ms. Toad]

20. I'm not doing full keto - but am using low carb to control diabetes

with similar results.

My body tolerates 21 net carbs in a 2-hour sitting with similar results to yours. (Although losing weight takes conscious effort for me since my eating has emotional triggers, rather than hunger triggers.)

My A1c has never exceeded 7.X (I think below 7.6, but I'm not positive without looking). with the lowest dose of metformin (500 mg 1x /day) I'm down to 5.7.

And I feel so much better. I can tell by feel when I'm above 130, and I don't spend my days in a complete mental fog now.

[Happy Hoosier]

21. Well done!

I plan to stick pretty hard to Keto for a full year. After that, I will step up to a low-mod carb diet. The tough thing about a true hard keto diet is that it is HARD to go out, unless you stick some pretty narrow stuff. So much stuff has hidden sugars and carbs.

[Ms. Toad]

24. Yup.

I was focused specifically on keeping my blood glucose in the normal range for non-diabetics. So I tested up to a dozen times a day while I learned precisely where those limits were, whether net carbs v. total carbs matter, whether simple v. complex mattered, etc.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Criticizing science is the operative phrase

Scratch the surface of any MAGAt and you’ll find the love child of Albert Einstein and a prostitute: a fucking know-it-all.

[exboyfil]

4. Working out three hours a day probably has a lot to do with it as well

I think we all know what it takes to be healthier.

[Politicalgolfer]

6. Relative on Patriot's staff for 19 years

Says in training camp Brady scarfed down the stuff the other guys were eating....he isn't that "pure"😎

[empedocles]

15. I wonder how he could keep the weight up?

[3lbs of kale and fish per day?]

[Tommy Carcetti]

9. No coffee, alcohol, or glutens?

Yeah, I'm out.

Might live a little longer but that's hardly a life worth living.

[empedocles]

11. My wife comes from a family of 'foodies'. On doctor's 'orders' no salt for

wife's dying Mother.

All 4 of the Mother's children agree, bad decision.

[Blue Owl]

13. Recalibrate the scale to drop 5 extra pounds

[KentuckyWoman]

17. My standard go to for Tom Brady

He just doesn't get enough air in his balls.

[ChubbyStar]

26. Woman you are singing my song

"Killing me softly with soft balls"

I heard he played a good game I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him, to see it for a while
And there he was, this young turd, deflated balls and all
Killing me softly with soft balls."

[OnDoutside]

18. Does it exclude PEDs too ?

[Tribetime]

23. I posted a thread on otto graham and it got thrown off GD

Graham played in all 10 championship games he was in football and won 7 of them and has the highest winning % ever