Warrior Diet

According to advocates of this diet, you move beyond the idea that you need food as a fuel, feel more energetic and no longer suffer from energy crashes and these claims are based on historical evidence and survival science. This challenging diet is also claimed to make you sharper, more alert, more energetic and more adventurous.

'Consuming most of the food during the day, starting with a big breakfast, you pay the consequences with ever growing epidemics of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disorders and other modern man diseases'.

• You should eat less during the day and more at night, exercise when you are undereating to burn off excess fat and eat a one large meal later at night. It's okay to have some live raw fruits or vegetables, and even a small portion of protein during the undereating phase. Your main night meal will be high in protein and full of different colors, flavors and aromas.

• Undereating throughout the day will help your metabolism in a positive way and increase the fat you burn.

• Human genome is programmed for a late Paleolithic world. As hunter/gatherers we're better adapted to pre-agricultural food– i.e. chemical-free fruit, vegetables, roots, sprouted legumes, nuts, seeds, fertile eggs, marine food, and dairy from grass fed animals.

• Although you may lose weight on this diet, it is more about improving fitness, reducing fat, increasing energy levels, gaining strength, slowing down the aging process and boosting the immune system. The goal is to get leaner and more athletic rather than big and muscular. This is not a bodybuilding diet as such.

• Focus on whole body exercises- squats, chin-ups, high jumps and sprints rather than different body parts. You need to keep your workouts short- 20 to 45 minutes. After 45 minutes of intense, resistance training, there is a decline in blood testosterone. You should finish your workout while your hormones are at a peak level.

• It is important to eat more of organic foods that are more expensive, to avoid chemicals, not to buy or store foods in plastic containers.

• The Warrior Diet is not about carb-deprivation. The fact that warriors in the past were in such great shape had a lot to do with their high-carb consumption.

*As an alternative to warrior diet, I'd like to tell you about a healthy diet program that uses a lot of the lower GI foods: Isabel de los Rios' 'The Diet Solution Program'.

The Diet Solution Program favours a long term health orientated approach to fat loss, but not offering anyone a quick fix to their weight troubles. It has loads of valuable data and research to support its approach. I personally investigated the program thoroughly and my mum has been using it for a while now. I have to say she got some great results.

The nutrition plan is one of the healthiest we have seen, a strong core focus on vegetables, fruits, vitamin dense foods, lean proteins, select dairy produce and a clear approach to not expecting one diet to work for all body types. So give it a try and let me know how you’re doing.*


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