The Men Who Eat Like Boys

[Tom]

I have one friend that eats like this.  This article explains why and gives me insight into his odd eating habits.  NO vegetables, fruits & seafood.  He only does beef & chicken protein.  Carbohydrates.  Chocolate milk, Coca Cola & is a heavy cigarette smoker.  He's had one knee replacement operation and bad arthritis in both of his feet.  He's in a lot of pain and has a hard time walking.  Younger than me.  😳  I tried to get him to take vitamin supplements but to no luck. 

If you have a friend that eats like this then this may explain why.   

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-men-who-eat-like-boys?utm_source=GetTheElevatordotcom

[twowheeladdict]

Sounds more like the title should read "men who eat like they don't care when they die."

[bacongrease]

The Eskimos ate an all meat and animal fat diet by eating seal, polar bear, caribou, fox, wolf, whale, fish and bird. Their diet would appear to be low in vitamin C and vitamin K, but they did not develop scurvy or develop illnesses as the result of a vitamin C or K deficiency.

http://www.comby.org/documents/documents_in_english/stefansson-diet-adventures.htm

  https://theiflife.com/the-inuit-paradox-high-fat-lower-heart-disease-and-cancer/

 

[Turin]

I worked with a guy who ate nothing but McD chicken nuggets, staggs chili, and Jack in the box. You didn't want to be on a road trip with him.

[quota2000]

At 52, I am realizing how fortunate I was to have had a mother who cooked three healthy, square meals a day.  Yes, I mean three...EVERY DAY.  And I mean SQUARE, including all of the food groups...every meal...three times a day.

I don't get sick very often, I do not go to the doctor, I am in tune with my body...it tells me when I haven't nourished it properly and I will actually crave the foods that contain whatever I've been deficient in.  I have had to teach my wife about nutrition and cooking well-rounded meals, and I am generally very pleased how she adapted, considering she has a very childlike relationship with food (all of the traits mentioned in the article).  Now that our two boys are grown and out of the house, I have noticed she is reverting to her childlike tendencies and our meals will not have a variety of textures and food groups, and I very quickly realize it when I sit down to do my business and wonder why I am feeling a bit lethargic.  It drives me crazy when adults have not overcome their childlike eating habits only to bitch and moan about their weight, health, and dependency on health care.

Interesting stuff and probably way more imortant than the other things that consume most of our thoughts and resources in the course of a day.

[GeorgiaGuzzi]

I’m used to eating healthy balanced meals. My wife is a cook, and a good one at that. If I tried to turn down something my mom had cooked when I was a kid I was threatened with going to bed hungry. Never happened.
I don’t see how people can eat like that article talks about. I’m just now returning to feeling somewhat human after working out of town for three weeks. The last two weeks I ate mainly door dash for supper and whatever the best option was for breakfast and lunch. But still “fast” food. Ugh I felt terrible. All bloated and lethargic. And that was trying to make decent choices. Got home and after several days eating home cooking I’m feeling better. Had homemade taco salad for supper tonight. The wife has a quiche divvied up ready for me to warm up for breakfast the next few mornings and lunch is usually what supper was the day before. Diet is so important yet so often overlooked.

[Ncdan]

The Eskimos ate an all meat and animal fat diet by eating seal, polar bear, caribou, fox, wolf, whale, fish and bird. Their diet would appear to be low in vitamin C and vitamin K, but they did not develop scurvy or develop illnesses as the result of a vitamin C or K deficiency.

http://www.comby.org/documents/documents_in_english/stefansson-diet-adventures.htm

  https://theiflife.com/the-inuit-paradox-high-fat-lower-heart-disease-and-cancer/

 

Yep and they have very little issues with clogged arteries, stroke, heart attacks etc. go figure.

[Perazzimx14]

Sounds more like the title should read "men who eat like they don't care when they die."

I have a friend who has never eaten vegtables. I mean not ever lettuce on a sandwich.  He's in his 60's hikes all over the country and has run ultra-marathons. Drinks Mt Dew, other soda, eats junk food and meats.  Probably one of the healthiest individuals I know. 

[tommy2cyl]

No substitute for great genetics. 

If anyone has any interest in nutrition & diet, there is a guy by the name of Sten Ekberg on YouTube that makes more sense than anyone or anything I have ever read on the subject.  He has several videos that are very well done.

[oldbike54]

  Sorry fellas , it is an often told myth that the Inuit have low rates of heart disease and occurrences of strokes , completely unsupported by any scientific evidence . Like so many myths , no matter how many times it is proven inaccurate , the stories persist .

 Dusty

[Moparnut72]

I have a step kid who eats like this. Most of his food is processed frozen stuff. His main staple is frozen pizza and there is never a vegatable on any of them. Of course he always has a soda with them. I tell him his diet will bite him in the butt down the road. I am a good example on how he should eat and I am no poster boy for doing what is right. I might a half a dozen steaks in a year, but I do eat meat but I make balanced meals. So why do I have two stents and one heart attack? Genes, bad ones, but it is what it is. If it weren't for the drug makers I wouldn't be here.
kk

[twowheeladdict]

I have a friend who has never eaten vegtables. I mean not ever lettuce on a sandwich.  He's in his 60's hikes all over the country and has run ultra-marathons. Drinks Mt Dew, other soda, eats junk food and meats.  Probably one of the healthiest individuals I know.

Key phase. One of the healthiest persons YOU know. 

As much as you kid around on the forum, I’m going to have to assume your joking.

[Demar]

I eat ok, not great. I do like chili and I do like coke (not diet coke). I'm happy to eat veggies and fruit. We do eat a lot of fish and chicken.

About 4 years ago I was having trouble lifting my arms above my shoulders and had a lot of pain in my shoulders. I couldn't figure out why. I did dislocate my right shoulder about 15 years ago.... came out and got stuck and the doc had to pop it back in. I also have a metal pin in my left shoulder from a football injury in high school (1979). Some days were better than others. I was also having balance problems and i was unsteady when on top of a 6 foot ladder changing light fixtures. That had never been a problem. I remember sitting on my Triumph Bonnie in Yosemite Valley next to my daughter on her V7II and I almost fell over on her. I had to really fight to get the bike back to center under me. Two years ago my doctor for over 40 years retired and I had to find a new doc and I was bummed about that. He was an internist and my new doc was a cardiologist. The new doc did a blood test and it turned out I was vitimin D deficient. I was in the 5% range for vitimin D. I've been on 5000 IU vitimin D for 2 years. I did some research on vitimin D. Vitimin D is listed as being important for good balance and joint health and preventing joint pain.

After about 2 months on the vitimin D supplement I had no shoulder pain and could move my arms as well as ever (I've always had some lost motion in my left shoulder due to the pin). My balance is as good as it ever was. I don't feel shakey on ladders and recently went up 16ft to install a nest camera. Balance on the bike is back to normal. It looks like vitimin D is helpful to ward off --19. I had a head start on that.

Bottom line..... I'm not a huge beliver in vitimins but this changed my view and I'm a big fan of vitimin D.

[Ncdan]

I eat ok, not great. I do like chili and I do like coke (not diet coke). I'm happy to eat veggies and fruit. We do eat a lot of fish and chicken.

About 4 years ago I was having trouble lifting my arms above my shoulders and had a lot of pain in my shoulders. I couldn't figure out why. I did dislocate my right shoulder about 15 years ago.... came out and got stuck and the doc had to pop it back in. I also have a metal pin in my left shoulder from a football injury in high school (1979). Some days were better than others. I was also having balance problems and i was unsteady when on top of a 6 foot ladder changing light fixtures. That had never been a problem. I remember sitting on my Triumph Bonnie in Yosemite Valley next to my daughter on her V7II and I almost fell over on her. I had to really fight to get the bike back to center under me. Two years ago my doctor for over 40 years retired and I had to find a new doc and I was bummed about that. He was an internist and my new doc was a cardiologist. The new doc did a blood test and it turned out I was vitimin D deficient. I was in the 5% range for vitimin D. I've been on 5000 IU vitimin D for 2 years. I did some research on vitimin D. Vitimin D is listed as being important for good balance and joint health and preventing joint pain.

After about 2 months on the vitimin D supplement I had no shoulder pain and could move my arms as well as ever (I've always had some lost motion in my left shoulder due to the pin). My balance is as good as it ever was. I don't feel shakey on ladders and recently went up 16ft to install a nest camera. Balance on the bike is back to normal. It looks like vitimin D is helpful to ward off --19. I had a head start on that.

Bottom line..... I'm not a huge beliver in vitimins but this changed my view and I'm a big fan of vitimin D.

👍
My Dr actually has the Vitamin D check added to my wife and my physical every year and tells us how many IU to take daily. He said the majority of the American people are D deficient and don’t even know it.

[larrys]

Mrs. larrys feeds me a pretty balanced diet, and she's a great cook. Lots o' fresh ingredients. Always fresh fruit around.
Larry

[Rough Edge racing]

Time for gross reality... I was never fat, rarely drank alcohol, was active ,ate well but the diet was a bit fat rich. 25 years ago we changed the diet, lots of raw vegatables, limited meat mostly chicken and pork organic when possible and no proccessed meat..and dail excercise...
 The reward for this is stage 4 esophagus cancer I was not as risk to get.. Brutal surgery that greatly limits what can eat..I get a series of drugs that will peel chrome plating in a limited trial program ,the docs hoping it will give me more time....
  I say live your life, eat what you like, stay trim and avoid all tobacco ....It's all in the genes....
 

[Tom]

The Eskimos ate an all meat and animal fat diet by eating seal, polar bear, caribou, fox, wolf, whale, fish and bird. Their diet would appear to be low in vitamin C and vitamin K, but they did not develop scurvy or develop illnesses as the result of a vitamin C or K deficiency.

http://www.comby.org/documents/documents_in_english/stefansson-diet-adventures.htm

  https://theiflife.com/the-inuit-paradox-high-fat-lower-heart-disease-and-cancer/

 

Hopefully you're not using this to justify your diet.  You have to read everything.