typical low carb - pufa

Typical LoCarb diet:

Bacon, Eggs, Cheese,

Ground Beef, Green Beans,

Avocado, Chicken, Nuts,

Mayo (or salad dressing)

Heavy Whipping Cream

This is a typical LoCarb Diet with minimally processed

and minimally prepared foods: Single ingredients recipes...

The pufas only go up from here!

23 grams of PUFA

With a 13 to 1 ratio!

23 x 9 = 207 calories from pufa...

[PolyUnsaturated Fatty Acids]

About 10% of the total calories...

Which is OK... but far from ideal!

20:5 n-3 (EPA) is 9 mg...

22:6 n-3 (DHA) is 142 mg...

How did we ever live?

The results of my informal survey are coming in:

Most people don't care what a PUFA is.

They never even took time to answer the questions!

(That's ok - that IS the answer I was looking for!)

Some people don't know what a PUFA

Others don't think they need to limit them.

Or even the Omega 6's.

Only 3 or 4 Nurses take Omega 3 supplements...

Not one of them limits Omega 6.

NOT ONE.

In fact, they serve them and love them.

With Fake Fat Dressings....of course...

(Most of my Nurse Peers are on Low Fat)

Ah..... to be continued!

Link to the original survey HERE...

cross fit monk

Cold day out and about

Till ya get warmed up, that is!

Planking on a foam roller.

Went to CrossFit... gave it my all!

This is my pulse...171.... 

220 minus your age is max max

So... hey! Even yet I am the slowest one in the group.

I recover nicely... I just need more "real" cardio training.

Imagine what my pulse was 9 months ago....

Or 2 years ago!

3 x 200 meter run (after the 400 meter run warm up)

Front squats (use a barbell for these)

Overhead Press and Push Press 

Each 3 x 10 (15 # barbell)

Everyone was getting back to the swing of things today

Shrimp, Bacon, Onions, Peppers....

Still having trouble getting my calories up:

2 HB eggs.

Protein shake (a double)

And the bacon shrimp meal (above)

Plus cream and buttah.

Carborexia? I'm trying not to!

So I leave you with this...a beautiful sunrise to start the day with!

a S.A.D. story

The Standard American Diet....

Pre-weight loss/ non-binge:

McDonalds, cokes, donuts, candy, candy bars,

pizza, breadsticks, booze, etc.

Note the Omega 666!

About 66 grams! That's alot!

PUFA - Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids...

Where the Omega 3 and 6's come from.

The only true Essential Fatty Acids!

Now comes the Standard LoCarb diet.

The one like I did for the first 2 years.

And lost a tone of weight with!

6 strips of bacon, 6 eggs, blocks of cheddar cheese,

walnuts, peanut butter, avocado, mayo, grain-free,

ground beef, sour cream, heavy whipping cream, sweeteners. 

BUT - look at the pufa's.... 66!!

The ratio is better - yes...

But with these numbers, the ratio is kinda moot point.

10% total pufa average - on my previous low-carb diet.

There was a time - I would brag about this.

No more!

Now compare that to a LoCarb, low pufa diet!

The one I am trying here for 100 days, or 2 years...

which ever comes first! 

It takes at least 2 years for pufa's to leave your body!

so my original experiment of 100 days - might be a little short sighted!

My diet now would include salmon most days, 

ground beef some days, grass-fed when possible...

no veggie oils, some butter, again - grass-fed when possible,

some coconut oil, some tallow,

no heavy Omega 6's, low fructose,

low dairy, gluten-free, legume free,

occasional starch, minimal sweeteners....

As much like Paleo/Primal as I dare to call myself!

Eat as much Real Food as possible....no - wait....

Let me put that another way!

As much as possible - Eat Real Food!