I think carbs are critical...

just the ratios

starchy carbs - most people over eat carbs to start as a generalization in my opinion - so thats why I lean the other way - if someone said they were on the atkins diet I would push more carbs



carbs are energy food - thats it - of course carbs have nutrients too

protein and fat are building blocks for your whole fucking body lol

your eyes are not made from carbs and neither are your biceps nor is testosterone

carbs (grains) are the cheapest and easiest in many ways - huge profits - the economy is down a bit here in Thailand and guess what portions go up? Rice and guess what goes down? veg and meat.

N. America fill up on bread and pasta and fries

cheap for a restaurant and big big buisness with big lobbies from the grain industries

I am all for carbs - just a balance and a balance to me means what works for the individual

Personal experience

When my health first fell a part and got so bad I couldn't shadow box 3 rounds with out taking a day off to recover... and no docs that I went to helped and no specialists they sent me to helped and no tests they ran got me anywhere except finally finding out I had denervative atrophy (muscles withering away like when you have a cast on)

I started studying health and nutrition and applying it.
Now I wasn't just studying it I was testing it. And it wasn't to just get functioning or just for training it was to go from not being able to work to competing at a pro level in MuayThai.

My first step was some books of Dr Colgan and then going to Salt Spring Island and studying at his 'Institute'

That was the first time I heard about not eating grains..
It was very hard to wrap my head around - I mean I seriously didn't know what i would eat as my social and cultural and family programming was grains every meal. I mean this runs deep in the subconscious (foods really do but thats a topic on psychology) as well as any "logic" or current beliefs and what the government (always out for our best interest) says - which is past on and taught in schools etc

(take a look at the changing recommendations and compare it with the strength of the related food lobbies at that time) ;)

anyway my bud and I really had a hard time thinking what we would eat especially from the point of getting enough energy, enough food and enough carbs...

Thats were it started... and I did it and I have on and off done it for years and seen many do it on and off and without fail getting off the grains, at least gluten containing grains (especially wheat) has shown very positive affects.

The best I ever felt, the happiest I ever was, the strongest I ever was and the best sleep I ever had etc etc etc was when not eating gluten and grains hardly at all - maybe a small serving of rice once a week or a small serving of oats..

I have read lots on gluten and grains since
keep in mind that sprouted grains many people can do better on but the processed shit we eat is really shit
never mind most wheat you eat is genetically modified

do the research and see what that means to your body

my studies continued and over the last oh 10 plus years I have watched many people go off grains...

honestly I think it affects brain function, digestion, immune function etc etc etc

taking mostly processed grains and especially gluten containing grains, wheat being the worst..

A friend of mine was brought up vegan (I was brought up veg) and as he got older he did some research - friends with his Mum really - and he concluded that in midevil times the lords of the castle gave the serfs grains to eat to keep the subservient.


anyway there are some thoughts and experiences without much science or research if thats what you want :)

do it man, don't eat grains for a month and then go back on them and off and on till you decide what you feel better on if either

that is the true test!

and much 'sudoscience' is really unpopular science, meaning ot goes against the huge food lobbies etc

there is loads of bs out there too :)

thats some of my opinions and experiences