Comments on: Your Grandpa’s Diet Plan

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:57:53 +0000

“Bacon is high in salt and high in fat. Some things, in any degree of “moderation” cause nothing but harm. For example, heroin.”

(A) Comparing bacon to heroin is just fanatical.
(B) Or maybe not, as even opiates can be good in moderation. They’ve been used for centuries for their painkilling/medicinal values. Have you ever had codeine cough syrup? In fact most legal and illegal narcotics can be beneficial in moderation and when used for proper purposes. Marijuana for pain and relief from nausea. Ecstasy has been used to help struggling couples. Even cocaine, if used moderately, is a great hangover cure; the reason it was originally put in Coca Cola. I could go on, but you get the idea. Moderation is key.

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:01:00 +0000

I eat bacon all the time and the daily percentage of fats in my diet always remains in the 20-30% category that most nutritionists recommend. The oldest woman in the world (age 106 I believe) said one of her favorite foods was “greasy bacon.”

If you’re limiting it to one serving, and it’s not something you eat every single day, I see no problem with it. Your body will tell you what foods are best, all you have to do is compliment that with a healthy dose of manly exercises and you’re good to go.

By: Clinton Walker III

Clinton Walker III — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:35:51 +0000

This is an interesting blog. Sometimes even science can’t explain wisdom.

By: annai

annai — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:58:59 +0000

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By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:43:09 +0000

While I do agree that people ate all the things they tell you not to eat today and were generally healthy doing it, it’s clear that science has also advanced light years ahead of where it was “back in the day”.

It’s a fact that eating every 3 hours or so is much easier on the body and most importantly to your digestive system. 5-6 small portioned healthy meals each day is infinitely more healthy than the standard 3 meals a day of anything.

It’s simple really.

Eat healthy, often.
Exercise your body often.
Exercise your mind often.
Relax.

Great site by the way.

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:25:59 +0000

“Protein” in most culture means grains-and-legumes. It’s not a male- female thing (protein manly, salad for female wimps). In Mexico, rice and beans. In Japan, rice and tofu. In India, lentils and rice.

Meat -eating is cruel.

And don’t forget the life expectancy in 1945 was about 62 years old. A lot of that was the diet you are recommending (bacon, pork, steaks, etc.)

I know. My grandparents stopped up their arteries with their diets.

Have a heart and eat like the rest of the planet (see paragraph #1).

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By: Mike OD - LifeSpotlight

Mike OD - LifeSpotlight — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:22:26 +0000

Nice! Real men eat meat and fat….not soy. As one of the top strength coaches Charles Poliquin says “Only dorks eat egg whites”.

Quality and sources of all food is important too….health cow = healthy meat…..sick cow = sick you!

People still harping the oldest myth in the book about “meat and fat are evil, give you heart disease and cancers”….need to find out the truth on their own and stop just repeating what they read in USA Today.
http://www.westonaprice.org/mythstruths/mtbeef.html

By: Patrick Kalakpeh-Mesahn, Sr.

Patrick Kalakpeh-Mesahn, Sr. — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:52:36 +0000

I am getting fat, weak in the body, difficult breathing and lazy in other home activities.

I need a diet for a healthy happy long life. What can I do to meet my desire?

Thanks.

PKM.

By: Julio Iglesias

Julio Iglesias — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:27:30 +0000

Before getting totally taken in by the nostalgia, note the gigantic portion of meat on the man in the photograph’s plate. And be really careful about all that bacon and meat (belive me, I love it too) – it had better be the leanest you can find. Besides increases in medical technology and disease prevention, we’re on average living a lot longer now because of positive changes in diet – be careful to separate the science from the nostalgia.

By: DR

DR — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:15:30 +0000

You mean they ate “real” food???

That’s might just be crazy enough to work.

By: MaartenMac

MaartenMac — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:17:25 +0000

Online diet meal plans are a great way to introduce accountability into your diet. One of the primary reasons why most diets fail is because they either lack structure, they lack flexibility, or they lack both. The ideal diet for weight loss would have both structure and flexibility simultaneously factored into it.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:00:14 +0000

In one of the books my girlfriend read, it said something to the effect of, “If you don’t recognize the ingredients, it’s not food, it’s entertainment.” The thing to remember is that our grandparents worked on farms and in industry, not sitting in front of computers, and could burn those calories. In order to make up for this and still eat the diet above, you just need to get out and exercise regularly. Additionally, our grandparents didn’t intentionally practice portion control – it’s just what they could afford.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:09:12 +0000

I’d just like to talk a second about the diet of my great-grandfather, now age 96.

Like many of the above posts, he can contribute his ongoing health in large part to walking several miles a day.

Being an old Japanese man, real whole protien is of course not limited to the red meat category. A large part of his diet is comprised of every creature from the sea as well as large amounts of tofu. And yes, tofu is real food.

I’m not talking about the stuff pressed into meat-esque shapes but real honest to goodness natural tofu. I think that if take a little time to read up on Asian cuisines then you will be greatly rewarded. Remember, Japan has one of the highest life expectancies in the world.

Just as a matter of perspective, I’m not suggesting total meat replacment. its just another option that worked for my great grandfather.

By: Jake is so wrong

Jake is so wrong — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:00:55 +0000

Bacon is high in salt and high in fat. Some things, in any degree of “moderation” cause nothing but harm. For example, heroin.