Plentity FDA weight loss drug vs Fiber Supplements

FiberousJ wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

Personally, I prefer to consume mostly things that humans have consumed for centuries/millennia, and thrived. I found ways to do that, and manage my satiation and body weight, after previous decades of obesity. It took some experimenting, though.

YMMV.

What kinda ways? Care to share?

*What* in what kinda ways?

It's fairly obvious what humans have eaten for centuries and thrived, I think. It's mostly what some people would call whole foods (veggies, fruits, nuts, seeds, relatively low-processed dairy in some cultures, eggs, etc.), plus traditional-ish "processed" foods (stuff like yogurt, fermented foods, reasonable bread, pasta, etc.). I don't personally eat meat/fish (for reasons having nothing to do with health), but I'd include meat/fish/seafood in the canon. (Diets without animal foods can be healthful, but healthful diets including them are slightly simpler to manage.)

For me, though, a lot of that is taste preference: Most of the so-called hyperpalatable modern processed foods are things I don't particularly like, haven't liked for decades if ever.

What I *really* think is most important is well-rounded, balanced nutrition: Enough of the essential macronutrients (fat and protein), plus a boatload of veggies/fruits for micronutrients and fiber, at appropriate calories. IMO it matters relatively little which food choices the essential macros come from.

Most people, IMO, would be better off focusing on getting the right nutrients *into* their eating, and worrying less about eliminating supposedly bad things, chasing individual supposed "superfoods", demonizing particular macros (fats or carbs, usually) or foods, and that sort of things. Those are a red herring, a distraction, a pointless tangent to the important stuff (basic, science-based, overall good nutrition). Also, those things often seem to lead to posturing and dramatics . . . I hate drama, personally.

This thread encapsulates how I'd suggest going about it:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm/p1

The things about experimenting, managing satiation, etc., are discussed more in that thread.

Satiation, practicality, taste preference are all individual and flexible. My preference (or leaning, maybe more accurately) toward foods human have eaten for centuries is more of a bet hedge: It seems natural-selection-tested, to me. I think overall good nutrition is more important than whether someone gets protein from a hamburger patty or tofu or lentils.

Again, YMMV.