Warrior Diet
The concepts of freedom in ‘Warrior Diet’.. to eat as much as you want in one large meal and spirituality.. A deep spiritual awareness can only be experienced when fasting.
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’.
• This diet is not about cutting out your favorite foods but instead puts an emphasis on when you eat.
• 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 toget leaner and more athletic rather than big and muscular. This is not a bodybuilding diet as such.
• Heavy exercise regime is encouraged in Warrior Diet and this may be tough for a lot of people.
• 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.
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References:
Scales, Mary Josephine. Diets in a Nutshell: A Definitive Guide on Diets from A to Z. Clifton, VA: Apex Publishers, 2005.
Hofmeckler, Ori, with Diana Holtzberg. The Warrior Diet: How to Take Advantage of Undereating and Overeating. St. Paul, MN: Dragon Door Publications, 2001.
http://www.warriordiet.com/content/ view/24/35.
http://fitnessblackbook.com/diet-tips/ eat-stop-eat-vs-the warrior diet .
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-362469/ A-warrior-sized-diet-shed-pounds.html.
