My diet
Based on two things:
- The "daily dozen" by Nutrition Facts, which is founded on a whole-food plant based (WFPB) diet
- Getting enough protein to build muscle for Calisthenics, which for me on 82kg is 90g protein a day (from 1.1g protein per kilo of body weight).
Everything else is just collected wisdom, probably also from Nutrition Facts. If you have advice or spot any misinformation, please let me know.
- Green tea as much as possible and coffee as much as I like as long as it doesn't mess with my sleep.
- A third of a spinach bunch and 1g (1/4 tsp) fenugreek a day for body odour.
- Eat within a consistent 10-12 hour window each day and fast otherwise (except beverages). Aim to stop eating by 8pm and start eating after 9am (13 hours later). Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper (or go without).
- Minimise eating animal products to contained windows. Consistent omnivore status denies many of the benefits of WFPB. If I'm going to eat meat (ie for Christmas or gatherings), try to do it intermittently. Otherwise, stick to WFPB. This keeps your gut biome in the healthier Prevotella archetype., and it only takes four days of meat eating to switch to the Bacteroides archetype. Also, eating eggs and meat on a stomach with low (or no) animal-protein digesting bacteria has less harmful effects.