It doesn’t hurt the naysayers here to at least give it a try

every aspect of my health has improved! the conclusion i came to was that processed foods are evil!!

It does hurt the naysayers here to at least give it a try

I have a tailor made diet where i eat anything that doesnt upset my stomach and doesnt give me any problems going to the toilet i.e. meat, fish as my main serves, with potatoes, eggs, berries, vegetables especially greens and carrots, almonds, honey as my supplements

i cannot tolerate dairy products, grains, fruit, curry based foods, rice, pasta and sugars

This seems to be a typical diet for a person from southern europe, however what type of diet suits you depends on where your roots are from, however i noticed that cultures that typically have a high carbohydrates diet are generally shorter and have bad eyesight

Ir takes a bit of time fine tuning your diet, and you need to give yourself at least a year for trial and error

Furthermore the low fat diet is bad idea is spot on. Fat is crucial for humans and we would die without it. It is also the primary ingredient of sex hormones like testosterone. However marc isn’t specific enough about which kinds of fats we should be eating and this is likely because of the short duration of the podcast and is probably spelled out in his book.

The fats we eat should be UNsaturated fats both monounsaturated and polyunsaturated. Saturated fats in our diet should come from animal products not processed foods we eat. The problem comes because the food industry hydrogenates and partially hydrogenates fats in order to make them less perishable (hydrogenating makes a fat more saturated and more solid in consistency). The problem arises when we consume excess amounts of saturated fat due to intake of both animal products and processed foods.

Unsaturated fats can be found in Olive oil, nuts, seeds and avocadoes to name a few sources. Most saturated fats come from animal protein sources and processed foods.

His approach to fitness does contain some bearing of truth that low intensity exercise burns fat more effectively than the other the other forms he describes. However he is close minded in his approach towards fitness.

Essentially there are two types of exercise: Aerobic and Anaerobic. This boils down to in the presence of oxygen and not in the presence of oxygen respectively. This refers more to the biological processes the muscles and mitochondria in the cells undergo, it does not mean that for the latter option you work out in space or do not breathe.
Aerobically: means in the presence of Oxygen. This form of exercise is effective in burning excess body fat for energy and occurs when prolonged activity at low intensity is sustained. Activities like extended periods of walking, biking etc. qualify.

The body prefers to use fat as a source of energy as it is a much more efficient energy storage medium than carbohydrates. The limiting factor is the body’s ability to get the fat from the adipose tissue to the muscles requiring energy. If the intensity of exercise exceeds a certain point the muscles cannot acquire fat rapidly enough and switch to carbohydrates.

Anaerobically: means not in the presence of oxygen. This form of exercise occurs at high intensities and while it does not burn fat directly, but the hormonal effect it has on the body is profound. If the intensity of the exercise is high enough the body responds by releasing Human Growth Hormone (HGH). HGH does a number of jobs but most importantly here: it repairs damage done to muscle tissue during intense exercise, this task requires a lot of energy and that energy comes from stored fat. Not only does HGH utilize stored fat for the repair process but also aids in the formation of lean muscle.

Ever wondered why World-class sprinters and swimmers are heavily muscled and very lean? Because they exercise primarily if not exclusively in an anaerobic state.

That being said true anaerobic exercise occurs when activity is in excess of 90% of max heart rate. So there exists a grey area where exercise being done is too intense to be aerobic but not intense enough to be anaerobic (prolonged periods of anaerobic activity are physically impossible: for example you can’t sprint for an hour, at most one can sprint for a minute before slowing down) such as marathons and activities described by marc.