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03-23-2013, 02:20 PM
Brent Smith

Total Diet Change

Yesterday my wife and I found out her dad (my father in law) has cancer. He had a biopsy from a lump in his neck and it was confirmed as cancer. He still has to go to the specialist to see how extensive it is so we're hoping for the best case scenario, being hardly any at all.
This is the 3rd person from my family that has been diagnosed with some form of cancer in the past 2 years (5th person that I've known). So this really got me thinking about how much of a mortal we all are. Anybody that knows me, knows I really don't have the best diet. I've drank (drunk?) soda as long as I can remember (Mt Dew is my weakness) and my diet wasn't top priority being that my metabolism keeps me model thin. I've seen some major correlation between diet and diseases such as cancer and heart disease, so I've decided when I'm going to die, it sure as shit isn't going to be from cancer.
Any advice would be much appreciated. There's so many diets out there itll take me a bit to weed it all out. I'm thinking more on the organic side of things and probably low/zero meats and bi-products (though I love me some meat).
03-23-2013, 02:47 PM
Chad Clark

Here is something to think about.

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cance...#axzz2OOw4LAYN

I've been trying to model my diet (and exercise and sleep patterns) around this guys website. I physcially feel great, and I'll probably be going in to see my primary MD for my annual check-up here in another month or so. Last time around all my labs were within normal ranges except for blood pressure was a little high (135/75). I'm curious to see what changes, if any, eating plenty of animal fats and veggies while cutting out grains and processed foods has made on anything lab wise.
03-23-2013, 02:52 PM
VictorV

Be prepared for sticker shock. It's way more expensive to eat healthy than you will believe.
03-23-2013, 04:01 PM
Kyle Spalla

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Originally Posted by VictorV

Be prepared for sticker shock. It's way more expensive to eat healthy than you will believe.

This. Whole Foods should fucking be ashamed of themselves. Just be glad we don't live in Hawaii. $8.50 for a gallon of milk....ON SALE.
03-23-2013, 04:10 PM
Justin W.

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Originally Posted by Kyle Spalla

This. Whole Foods should fucking be ashamed of themselves. Just be glad we don't live in Hawaii. $8.50 for a gallon of milk....ON SALE.

I do live in hawaii and let's just say I don't drink milk lol

honestly though, it's not THAT hard to eat healthy for cheap. you just gotta make sure you buy things on sale or in bulk (like at costco or something). I end up paying the same or less for organic foods than conventional. farmers markets have great food for great prices as well.
03-23-2013, 05:04 PM
Jack LaBarge

Best wishes for your Father in law! I hope everything works out.

I have also been doing some soul searching. I know no one with a worst diet than myself. I'm 43, eat junk all day 2 to 8 sodas a day. Pepsi is my heroin! Never eat any vegetables. Fruits rarely and I sleep 4 to 5 hours a night. So, I know I have to change my ways fast.

Obviously stop or limit the soda problem. Vegetables taste like shit. So, I'm going to buy The Ninja Mega Kitchen Blender and start drinking the vegetables. That's the start of my attack with my poor choices.
03-23-2013, 05:23 PM
Kyle Spalla

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Originally Posted by Jack LaBarge

Best wishes for your Father in law! I hope everything works out.

I have also been doing some soul searching. I know no one with a worst diet than myself. I'm 43, eat junk all day 2 to 8 sodas a day. Pepsi is my heroin! Never eat any vegetables. Fruits rarely and I sleep 4 to 5 hours a night. So, I know I have to change my ways fast.

Obviously stop or limit the soda problem. Vegetables taste like shit. So, I'm going to buy The Ninja Mega Kitchen Blender and start drinking the vegetables. That's the start of my attack with my poor choices.

Jack, we gotta keep you healthy man. Your our main Jiu Jitsu media informant, saving us countless hours of searching the web and finding shit out on our own. With out Jack Labarge how would I have found out all those years I speculated "Man, Llyod Irvin looks he has raped a few people" to be true. Boom your articles. I just recently went gluten free and love it, I feel south better. It's a great place to start. :)
03-23-2013, 06:00 PM
Aaron Gustaveson

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Originally Posted by Jack LaBarge

Best wishes for your Father in law! I hope everything works out.

I have also been doing some soul searching. I know no one with a worst diet than myself. I'm 43, eat junk all day 2 to 8 sodas a day. Pepsi is my heroin! Never eat any vegetables. Fruits rarely and I sleep 4 to 5 hours a night. So, I know I have to change my ways fast.

Obviously stop or limit the soda problem. Vegetables taste like shit. So, I'm going to buy The Ninja Mega Kitchen Blender and start drinking the vegetables. That's the start of my attack with my poor choices.

goddamn. Your so on top of providing the best posts, I just assumed you were the type to have all aspects of life locked down. Im very disillusioned.
03-23-2013, 06:10 PM
Jack LaBarge

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Originally Posted by Aaron Gustaveson

goddamn. Your so on top of providing the best posts, I just assumed you were the type to have all aspects of life locked down. Im very disillusioned.

Do as I say not as I do.
03-23-2013, 10:23 PM
Brent Smith

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack LaBarge

Best wishes for your Father in law! I hope everything works out.

I have also been doing some soul searching. I know no one with a worst diet than myself. I'm 43, eat junk all day 2 to 8 sodas a day. Pepsi is my heroin! Never eat any vegetables. Fruits rarely and I sleep 4 to 5 hours a night. So, I know I have to change my ways fast.

Obviously stop or limit the soda problem. Vegetables taste like shit. So, I'm going to buy The Ninja Mega Kitchen Blender and start drinking the vegetables. That's the start of my attack with my poor choices.

Thanks for the well wishes :)
Haha im right there with you. Except 15 years sooner. Do you not like any vegetables whatsoever? I used to despise them all then I ended up trying delicious ones like asparagus. Blending it up is a good idea too. Then even if its not great you can just chug it down lol. I like to make a carrot apple juice, which is really good even though I really don't like carrots.
Never thought I would give up soda. I've heard its terrible for you the entire time I've put it into my body but its like something clicked. I just know I need to shape up. I need to stay in the matrix a little longer to help spread my love for jiu jitsu and help spread the 10th planet love as well.

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Originally Posted by VictorV

Be prepared for sticker shock. It's way more expensive to eat healthy than you will believe.

I fully expect to spend a pretty penny on this change. My kids had an intolerance to wheat for the first 3 years of their life and the upmark on those products are crazy. So I kinda already got a taste of the price hike.

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Originally Posted by Chad Clark

Here is something to think about.

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cance...#axzz2OOw4LAYN

I've been trying to model my diet (and exercise and sleep patterns) around this guys website. I physcially feel great, and I'll probably be going in to see my primary MD for my annual check-up here in another month or so. Last time around all my labs were within normal ranges except for blood pressure was a little high (135/75). I'm curious to see what changes, if any, eating plenty of animal fats and veggies while cutting out grains and processed foods has made on anything lab wise.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll def check out that website.

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