I tried evidence based and was still sick and fat.
Doing elimination diets was the tool that finally allowed me to resolve the underlying issue.
Nothing against evidence based though, that data is incredibly useful and helped to illuminate all sorts of things people shouldn't be eating.
What kind of evidence have you been reading?
I was agreeing with science based.
There is a lot of bad science and "evidence" out there. It can be hard to sift through the BS.
I think the real enemy is always ultra processed and high sugar foods. Best to avoid those.
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The big ones are obvious, I think like 90% of it is just not doing the things that we obviously know don't help.
I read a lot, so when I was trying to first get stuff figured out I read a bunch of different books about diet. And closely followed a bunch of podcasts revolving around nutrition.
Off the top of my head: multiple different Michael Pollan books, a couple about blue zones, some books about evolutionary diets.
As for podcasts, I preferred more data centric diets with researchers/doctors than "influencer" types.
Layne Norton, Huberman, Peter Attia, Andy Galpin are a few I've been following for a while. I love all of their information, but it was still pure carnivore that was the most helpful tool in all of my dietary experimentation.
Try how not to die by Dr Michael gregger
🤙 great book, my wife went down rabbit hole and got all his books.
Isn't that guy in terrible physical shape?
I'll still totally read his books if it's good information, but that's a huge detractor for me when following someone's advice.
Same reason I don't take financial advice from homeless people.
He looks to be in good/decent shape.
