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I take the hormonal model of nutrition to heart. Lecture Paper

Tldr: keep insulin low all the time.... By eating keto

I listen to medical lectures on diets and nutrition for fun

It works for me, it fixes metabolic syndrome, and makes me fun at parties. Lol

Hormonal issues / hyperinsulinemia are behind lots of modern medical epidemics : high blood pressure, diabetes type 2, obesity, PCOS, etc...

I'm an outlier in most regards when it comes to diet and eating habits.

I'm 6'3 and weigh about 170lbs. I don't exercise and I eat your typical garbage foods like frozen boxed meals and fast food.

I honestly don't know how I'm not 300lbs because if I'm not at work I'm laying in bed doing absolutely nothing.

I try to eat a lot of vegtables and some fruit because I like those, and a minimum of meat, dairy etc. Basically only eat meat when someone else cooks it for me. Dont like anything really sweet or really salty, and dont eat stuff like bacon, salami, ham etc because I dont like it anyway. Eat quite a lot of wholegrain bread because I like it

Mostly just eat what I like in moderation it just so happens I dislike a lot of unhealthy stuff (except biscuits/ cookies) and like a lot of healthy stuff, so I dont really have a "system" as such, just preferences. Also dont drink alcohol

Listen to your body. Period. If you're craving something, there's a reason for it. I don't mean "eat what you want" or "I need a bucket of chocolate ice cream right now", do it with a little sense, please. No time to explain further, I'm craving beets like a mofo right now, gotta run.

Well, in terms of weight control I gamed the system by staying underweight when young (often very unhealthily and anxiously so) so that middle age weight gain got me to a healthy weight.

I can't diet because of the early eating disorder, and can't quite get to intuitive eating either. So as someone else mentioned, I do limit the hours I eat not what or how much.

Lots of beans and rice. Love cheese too. Meat & fruit every week but not every day. Grow some vegetables every season but not enough to rely on; but in fall & spring have fresh greens from the yard, and whatever else I can manage. Make sourdough bread each week. Junk food of choice is chips (both crisps and fries).

Would say a typical day is coffee around 10, a lunch of sandwich or leftovers around noon, a coffee at 1600, a supper around 20:00 because I cook after work and it's hard to have it earlier. Supper of beans and rice and greens, or meat and rice and greens, or pasta or stir fry, but something creative at least a couple times a week (tonight was poblanos stuffed with black beans, greens, and cheese on a tomato/chipotle sauce). Supper the main meal, not my ideal but most important meal with family. On weekends a late brunch or lunch and meal at teatime only.

If I could have only one sort of meal forever? Beans, rice, and greens.