What should I eat?

The One said:
Take your pick:


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are they still in b usiness? i remember this!
 
On a more serious note, look to the human dental structure and digestive system for the best clues.

First off, a full set of teeth includes 20 molars, 8 pre-molars, 4 canines, and 8 incisors, for a total of 32.

Broken down mathematically, 20/32 = 5/8, therefore slightly more than half of the diet should consist of food that requires grinding, e.g. whole cereal grains. Of the remainder, 1/8 (canines, for tearing) or less than 15% should be flesh; 1/4 (pre-molars) for mashing (root vegetables, beans); and, finally, 1/4 (incisors) for slicing (leafy vegetables).

Now let's consider the gut.

The stomach, if it is not too shrunken from starvation or stretched from overeating, has a capacity for about a pound of food. But that doesn't mean you should eat a pound at one meal, because some space is needed for the stomach juices and for churning. You should stop eating when you are 75-80% full. You will still feel a little bit hungry at that point, but within half an hour you will feel satisfied. Note that if you eat until you feel full before stopping, half an hour later you will feel stuffed and/or sleepy.

Since most food is about 80% water, and if you chew properly, quite a bit of saliva is added to the food prior to swallowing, you had better not drink beverages, even water, with a meal; wait at least an hour after eating to have a drink, otherwise you won't have room for the amount of food required to meet your energy needs, without stretching the stomach too much. And be very careful with ice and cold foods. They shock the stomach and slow digestion way down. If you must drink during a meal, it's probably because your food is over-salted or laced with MSG or sugar (yes, sugar makes you thirsty).

As Gandhi said, chew your drinks and drink your food. He was talking about thorough chewing. Even water should be chewed. Drink slowly and mix saliva with your tea, water, or whatever. And don't swallow your food before it could pass easily through a mesh strainer. This is a great help to curb a tendency to overeat, and is ever-so-helpful to the stomach and intestines, which have to work a lot harder to break down larger particles of food.

The human intestinal tract is 30 feet long. Thus, the food you eat takes quite some time to pass all the way from the mouth to the anus. By way of contrast, carnivores' digestive tracts average about double the length of their body, so their food passes through in much less time. The carnivores' digestive juices are also much more acidic than the human's, which enables them to process their food more efficiently. This is why people who eat a disproportionate quantity of flesh tend to get sick more than people who don't eat a lot of meat. Meat putrefies when left at 98.6 F. It's common sense.

Much more could be said about this topic but since I am short of time, you can take the above info as a starting point for further independent research.
 
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Suzu said:
On a more serious note, look to the human dental structure and digestive system for the best clues.

First off, a full set of teeth includes 20 molars, 8 pre-molars, 4 canines, and 8 incisors, for a total of 32.

Broken down mathematically, 20/32 = 5/8, therefore slightly more than half of the diet should consist of food that requires grinding, e.g. whole cereal grains. Of the remainder, 1/8 (canines, for tearing) or less than 15% should be flesh; 1/4 (pre-molars) for mashing (root vegetables, beans); and, finally, 1/4 (incisors) for slicing (leafy vegetables).

Now let's consider the gut.

The stomach, if it is not too shrunken from starvation or stretched from overeating, has a capacity for about a pound of food. But that doesn't mean you should eat a pound at one meal, because some space is needed for the stomach juices and for churning. You should stop eating when you are 75-80% full. You will still feel a little bit hungry at that point, but within half an hour you will feel satisfied. Note that if you eat until you feel full before stopping, half an hour later you will feel stuffed and/or sleepy.

Since most food is about 80% water, and if you chew properly, quite a bit of saliva is added to the food prior to swallowing, you had better not drink beverages, even water, with a meal; wait at least an hour after eating to have a drink, otherwise you won't have room for the amount of food required to meet your energy needs, without stretching the stomach too much. And be very careful with ice and cold foods. They shock the stomach and slow digestion way down. If you must drink during a meal, it's probably because your food is over-salted or laced with MSG or sugar (yes, sugar makes you thirsty).

As Gandhi said, chew your drinks and drink your food. He was talking about thorough chewing. Even water should be chewed. Drink slowly and mix saliva with your tea, water, or whatever. And don't swallow your food before it could pass easily through a mesh strainer. This is a great help to curb a tendency to overeat, and is ever-so-helpful to the stomach and intestines, which have to work a lot harder to break down larger particles of food.

The human intestinal tract is 30 feet long. Thus, the food you eat takes quite some time to pass all the way from the mouth to the anus. By way of contrast, carnivores' digestive tracts average about double the length of their body, so their food passes through in much less time. The carnivores' digestive juices are also much more acidic than the human's, which enables them to process their food more efficiently. This is why people who eat a disproportionate quantity of flesh tend to get sick more than people who don't eat a lot of meat. Meat putrefies when left at 98.6 F. It's common sense.

Much more could be said about this topic but since I am short of time, you can take the above info as a starting point for further independent research.
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I always get sleepy after eating even a small amount on my days off , not complaining though , I love my naps :)
 
eduardo89 said:
I'm drooling...

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No surprise I am the only one here who noticed that "deep fried in pure lard" sign behind her. I don't know what the hell it is but I'm sure its yummy, and a heart attack waiting to happen. I think old men should stay away from whatever this restaurant is.
 
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