A friend of mine is on Facebook working on losing 200 lbs (starting from 420, I think he said). He asked if anyone had any nutritional tips. Well. I posted a few, and figured I'd post them here, too.
On a side note, I'm kind of surprised that pasting from FB into WordPress worked so well. Modern technology is pretty amazing.
Larry Clapp Here are two places I recommend that give a broad outline of what to eat, or actually what *not* to eat:http://www.archevore.com/get-started/ . The first time I read that, I thought, "that guy is whacked", but the more I read, the more it was in line with current, evidence-supported theories about diet, nutrition, and health.www.archevore.comAn Archevore is someone who eats based on essential principles, and also someone who hungers for essential principles. Take your pick.
Larry Clapp And there's http://www.gnolls.org/1141/ . "Predators eat meals, prey grazes on snacks."eat-like-a-predator-not-lik e-prey-paleo-in-six-easy-s teps-a-motivational-guide/ "Eat Like A Predator, Not Like Prey": The Paleo Diet In Six Easy Steps, A Motivational Guide - GNOLLwww.gnolls.org?"How does the paleo diet work?" Here's the simple, solid, and strongly motivational step-by-step guide. You can do this!
Larry Clapp Okay, three places: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/ .definitive-guide-to-the-pri mal-eating-plan
It's not an accident that all three of these guys (and their websites) are heavily into reading the actual studies (not just news stories about them); heavily into what's *practical* as opposed to some fleeting *optimal*; and (grrr) heavily, though pretty much accidentally, *opposed* to "conventional wisdom" about diet, exercise, and health.
And all three of their eating plans are similar. Imagine.www.marksdailyapple.comDo the Math In my recent Context of Calories post, I explained how the different...See More
Larry Clapp My biggest piece of advice is, only make changes that you can live with for the rest of your life.



- wheat and other grains are actually not that good for you, and wheat in particular is actively bad for most people.
- The whole "gluten free" thing? Not a fad, and a good idea to at least try.
- The whole "low carb" thing? Also not a fad. (Well, okay, it was, for a while.) But it turns out that consuming too many carbs does tend to promote obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and just general poor health. "Too many" varies by individual, but < 100g/day is a good place to aim for when trying to lose weight. Contrast this to the "recommended daily intake" of *over 300g/day*!
- Eating fat doesn't "make you fat", turns out that's sugar (and probably things that taste like it, like supposedly non-caloric sweeteners).
- Skipping meals is okay, and may in fact be actively good for you. Search MDA for "fasting" and "intermittent fasting"
- The "six meals a day" thing to "keep your metabolism going" is not actually supported by the evidence.