The Warrior Diet:
Switch on Your Biological Powerhouse For High Energy, Explosive Strength, and a Leaner, Harder Body
Disclaimer:
I am not a medical doctor. Everything I share here are things I have learned from others and from personal experimentation. I am simply sharing what has helped me. Hopefully, there are a few nuggets that help you on your personal journey to become healthy and serve the Lord with all your might. If you have pre-existing medical conditions, check with a doctor (a functional medicine doctor if possible).
I am not a medical doctor. Everything I share here are things I have learned from others and from personal experimentation. I am simply sharing what has helped me. Hopefully, there are a few nuggets that help you on your personal journey to become healthy and serve the Lord with all your might. If you have pre-existing medical conditions, check with a doctor (a functional medicine doctor if possible).
While I do not agree with the evolutionary concepts in this book, this diet was helpful in planning the timing of my food throughout the day. It is a form of intermittent fasting, eating a smaller amount during the day for lunch (usually skipping breakfast), and then having a big meal at night. The key is this: you save your carbohydrates for the evening meal. This is the pattern I have followed for quite a few years.
The Warrior Diet has straightforward food suggestions which is a good starting point. I follow this eating schedule but have also used “It Starts with Food” for food suggestions.
Self-Experimentation:
Energy:
When I first read this book, as usual, I tried it out to see what the results were. I was blown away with how much energy I had by cutting out carbs until evening. This keeps me from getting the after lunch crash and allows me to be mentally sharp all day. By waiting to eat carbs, you keep your glucose levels low and your body isn’t having to work to digest the carbs. I can’t imagine going back to regularly eating carbs during the day because I know how much more productive I am when I don’t and how much better I feel.
On days that I am going to have a hard workout, I sometimes include carbs like rice or potato earlier in the day. If it is a muscle-building workout, I will eat a lot of carbs very soon after exercise (evening meal). When you exercise hard, you open the receptors in your muscles so your muscles will absorb the glycogen from carbs and can help replenish what was burned off. Instead of being stored as fat in our gut, the carbs are stored as fuel in our muscles. For more on this concept, the book Carb Backloading was helpful.
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