The Anti Inflammatory Pyramid

[Astra]

Not sure who Dr Weil is tho!

http://www.drweil.com/drw/ecs/pyramid/press-foodpyramid.html

 

[FDK80]

Thats so nice ! guys check it out its really simple and helpful.

Thanks Astra. I did copy it

 

[glory_h]

This is awesome! Thanks much!

 

[glory_h]

I'm using this basic concept (with slight alterations to reflect my personal aversions to, say, beans) and creating a weekly meal planner.

It's a spreadsheet with breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, and evening snack, with a breakdown of what to eat each meal.

If anyone wants a copy of it let me know!

 

[outlier]

I love the unlimited mushroom level.

much better then the dentist who told me to eat pinnapple

 

[dietsavedme]

Not sure who Dr Weil is tho!

http://www.drweil.com/drw/ecs/pyramid/press-foodpyramid.html

Dr Weil is an american advertiser / media doctor, who makes money telling people to live healthy and it works.

What that pyramid is, is the type of and the proportions of food everyone should be eating.

 

[Beach]

I might be wrong about this, but believe I've read in the past that Dr. Weil has modified his dietary suggestions somewhat from what was recommended in the past. Recall this reference to Gary Taubes book Good Calories,Bad Calories.

"Good Calories, Bad Calories"

http://garytaubes.com/works/books/good-calories-bad-calories/

excerpts:

In Good Calories, Bad Calories, Taubes tries to bury the idea that a low-fat diet promotes weight loss and better health. Obesity is caused, he argues, not by the quantity of calories you eat but by the quality. Carbohydrates, particularly refined ones like white bread and pasta, raise insulin levels, promoting the storage of fat.
Taubes is a relentless researcher, shining a light on flaws in the scientific literature. For example, he charges that when scientists figured out how to measure cholesterol in the blood, they became “fixated on the accumulation of cholesterol in the arteries as the cause of heart disease, despite considerable evidence to the contrary.”

&

I think this is a very important book; I have been recommending it to my medical colleagues and students. He raises big questions and I think there are some very big ideas in this book. [...] I think he’s done a meticulous job showing that many of the assumptions that are held by the conventional medical community simply rest on nothing.
- Dr. Andrew Weil, Larry King Live

 

[bella2]

This food pyramid is amazing. I recently discovered it myself. I plan to implement it into my own life.

 

[hugh]

I think it's great, except for where it's BullShit.
Limit sugars - perfect
Only healthy fats, leave canola off the list then
Grains are inflammatory so they're out,
Beans and soy, well -google saponins and lectins,


Just kidding - i like it (except for the bits i don't like)

 

[Thermo]

I have lived off this diet for the last 7 months and it has made a big difference.

 

[peleburrows]

I've been phasing in the paleo diet and my early findings go pretty strongly against this pyramid - in particular carbohydrates which appears to be a high percentage of recommended foods