Of course, I am gradually switching to a healthy diet, not buying any poison in the store at the level of all sorts of tasty things or beer, etc. Any advice on what food is worth buying and what is better to avoid? I just want to feel, so to speak, in good shape because I am tired of being a sluggish zombie.
I don’t really trust AI so I wanted to ask you. You can also recommend something else if you want.
Actually it’s really solid advice and lines up with my reading.
It really doesn’t matter, complex or simple all carbohydrates get turned into blood glucose, the only difference is a 15m onset delay. Blood glucose is blood glucose, if you want to fight cravings and low energy, you want to keep it low and even.
We absolutely do not need to eat sugar, the body will produce the tiny amount of glucose required via gluconeogenesis, when someone is fat adapted the vast majority of the body will run on fat, reducing the need for any glucose at all (only red blood cells, and 3-5% of the brain will still require glucose)
Fat is very satiating, it is VERY difficult to overeat fat in the absence of sugar. As a example think about eating a stick of butter by itself, that would be a difficult task if your not very hungry indeed.
https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/saturated-fat#evidence-to-date
Saturated fat has been pilloried unfairly by the lipid heart hypothesis which is based on fabricated data. It’s vilification does not stand up to modern scrutiny. Basically fat is good for you.
Industrial oils are examples of extremely processed foods which have many downsides, causing whole body inflammation, interfering with cholesterol rafts, artificially lowering lipoproteins (this is a bad thing). It’s true real authentic olive oil can be produced without heavy processing and avoids these issues, but it’s nearly impossible to source genuine olive oil, it is almost always adulterated with cheaper industrial oils (vegetable oils).
There is no nutritional requirement in human health for industrial oils, they provide nothing essential, it is more prudent to eat real animal fats instead of fats from a chemical factory.
Then read more.
Your information is on par with the fitness influencers who are at the peak of the dunning Kruger curve after reading a few research articles from a predatory journal.
I’ve actually read quite a lot so far.
Reading about nutrition and metabolic health is my hobby.
That said I’m always happy to read more, if you have any primary non-epidemiology publications you can recommend I’d be happy to read them.