21 day detox of meat
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I've been reading this with much interest. About a year ago i watched a series on TV (BBC I think) about different diets around the world and another about how we process food and the speed it goes through.
The cultures that ate very little meat 'dispatched' their waste 3 times a day which was a lot faster and more frequent than heavy meat eaters.
The other programme did a simple test where people swallowed a camera and and watched to see how fast it appeared out the other end. For those that ate more meat and less veggies the time taken for the camera /pill took a lot longer to come out.
It was interesting - maybe you can find them on the web? I have no ideas of titles sorry.
That sounds a lot like a lack of dietary fiber to me, which would be a sign of a poor diet, not a direct consequence of the meat itself.
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Oh indeed, they thought (this is all by memory so I could be wrong) that it was actually a combo of both0
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I'm a vegetarian and overweight, so I think his/her theory is wrong :P0
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Detox = Run away
Unless you have been exposed to uranium at work at the power plant with Homer Simpson....
Chances are a detox is not required.
There are food choices we all make, but just because my diet strategy is moderate carb I don't need a carb detox.
That sort of extreme thinking seems flawed to me.
Meat is fine for most in proper caloric amounts.0 -
KittensMaster wrote: »Detox = Run away
Unless you have been exposed to uranium at work at the power plant with Homer Simpson....
Chances are a detox is not required.
Hahaha
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There are people who have good reasons for switching from a diet of meat to a plant-based (vegetarian diet).
Being told to spend 21 days detoxing is Not A Good Reason. The trainer is not qualified to give food advice.
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I am a vegetarian off and on. This is more or less what vegetarians eat: pinto beans, lentils, cheese, nuts, yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs, chic peas, sunflower seeds, green peas, pumpkin seeds, tofu, soy milk, corn.0 -
You should demand a refund and then use the money you spent on his stupid advice to go and buy a hamburger with bacon served with a side of chicken tenders. Make sure you log it though.0
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Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »This thread gives me the sad.
Oh well, more meat for me!
yes, yes, more meat for me!
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PLEASE MAKE SURE if you're going vegan on a caloric deficit that you are HYPER VIGILANT about your nutrients. Learn from my fail. Four surgeries, 3 plates, a bazillion screws, young onset of osteoporosis, anemia, hypoglycemia, recurrent frostbite, unable to donate blood.... I've spent 4 years trying to undo the damage I did. If you're doing this solely for health, I think you should reconsider weighing the potential benefits vs. potential harm.naturallykinky wrote: »I'm going to try to do at least 10 days of no meat just to see if my body feels different or not. Regardless to what the trainer says, this may just become a way of eating for me in the future. There's so much media that shows meat not being good for you, I just want to see if my body changes for the good.
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I've been reading this with much interest. About a year ago i watched a series on TV (BBC I think) about different diets around the world and another about how we process food and the speed it goes through.
The cultures that ate very little meat 'dispatched' their waste 3 times a day which was a lot faster and more frequent than heavy meat eaters.
The other programme did a simple test where people swallowed a camera and and watched to see how fast it appeared out the other end. For those that ate more meat and less veggies the time taken for the camera /pill took a lot longer to come out.
It was interesting - maybe you can find them on the web? I have no ideas of titles sorry.
That sounds a lot like a lack of dietary fiber to me, which would be a sign of a poor diet, not a direct consequence of the meat itself.
Exactamundo.0 -
I've been reading this with much interest. About a year ago i watched a series on TV (BBC I think) about different diets around the world and another about how we process food and the speed it goes through.
The cultures that ate very little meat 'dispatched' their waste 3 times a day which was a lot faster and more frequent than heavy meat eaters.
The other programme did a simple test where people swallowed a camera and and watched to see how fast it appeared out the other end. For those that ate more meat and less veggies the time taken for the camera /pill took a lot longer to come out.
It was interesting - maybe you can find them on the web? I have no ideas of titles sorry.
That sounds a lot like a lack of dietary fiber to me, which would be a sign of a poor diet, not a direct consequence of the meat itself.
Yup, "meat = toxic" is sexier than "eat more fiber" so that's the message the media is inclined to put out.
(That was a general reference, not in reply to Furbuster's post.)
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PLEASE MAKE SURE if you're going vegan on a caloric deficit that you are HYPER VIGILANT about your nutrients. Learn from my fail. Four surgeries, 3 plates, a bazillion screws, young onset of osteoporosis, anemia, hypoglycemia, recurrent frostbite, unable to donate blood.... I've spent 4 years trying to undo the damage I did. If you're doing this solely for health, I think you should reconsider weighing the potential benefits vs. potential harm.naturallykinky wrote: »I'm going to try to do at least 10 days of no meat just to see if my body feels different or not. Regardless to what the trainer says, this may just become a way of eating for me in the future. There's so much media that shows meat not being good for you, I just want to see if my body changes for the good.
I'm realllllly curious how being a vegan gave you recurring frostbite lol... Since that has to do with being outside in freezing temperatures and nothing to do with what you eat lol. Sounds sensationalist to me. Being vegetarian or vegan if you put even some thought into your diet, which I acknowledge most people don't, is perfectly healthy. Most people are too lazy or only eat crap and give the rest of it a bad name. If you don't consider your diet regardless of what is it, you will end up with issues. Meat isn't a magical multivitamin that cures all problems. Or the same problems that surround vegetarians and vegans wouldn't also happen to people who eat meat. It's about thinking about your diet and choosing to eat a nutritionally sound one.
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Dear god. I am more qualified to be a professional Jai Alai player than this person is to be a personal trainer. And I don't know how to play Jai Alai.0
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Is OP ever going to come back? I want to know if she had a talkin' to with her "trainer."0
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