There's rumors that General McChrystal (read: some douchebag) only eats one meal a day and gets all kinds of exercise. It is also rumored that he only sleeps four hours a day and want to force this type of living on American troops on Afghanistan.
I'm a fairly hefty guy, so I'm considering testing it out for a few weeks and posting the results, but the health risks seem to be rather apparent. Aside from drinking a lot of water and other various liquids, I would be limited to one full meal a day, probably at around noon. Another variant would be two very small meals in the morning and mid-afternoon.
My question is, how effective do you think this diet is?
[url=http://communities.canada.com/globaltv/blogs/globalnational/archive/2009/11/04/does-the-mcchrystal-diet-deliver.aspx]Diet[/url]
Hmmm.... am sorry I don't have the complete infos, but I think that some scientists did some experiment and lowered the food of some mice.... result is that the mice lived twice as long as normal ones :v:
I will dig some more infos, brb.
[QUOTE=kayOkay;23284225]Hmmm.... am sorry I don't have the complete infos, but I think that some scientists did some experiment and lowered the food of some mice.... result is that the mice lived twice as long as normal ones :v:
I will dig some more infos, brb.[/QUOTE]
Eating a lot of antioxidants will also do that.
[QUOTE=creefer;23284358]Eating a lot of antioxidants will also do that.[/QUOTE]
Lol don't.
Eating a lot of anything harms the body.
Eating less of something less needed WILL help.
For mice, I think it worked because they just spent their days in cages, they didn't do exercises or anything, so they didn't need much food. Without taking much food, there body doesnt have to metabolize too much ingredients, and thus, works less and does less useless things. By doing less useless things the body lives longer.
That's just my thory anyway, its obviously wrong.
But yeah, that antioxidants business is bullshit, it's just in commercials to sell shit just like you hear about Aloe Vera in shampoos and all while it does practicly nothing.
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[release]Since the 1930s extensive scientific research has shown that calorie restricted (CR) diets improve health and extend lifespans of nearly every species tested, including worms, spiders, rodents, dogs, cows and monkeys.[/release]
Yeah but eating a lot of antioxidants won't make me not fat :raise:
I'll be exercising fairly hard during this, so should I compliment this one meal a day diet with some protein shakes or something in the morning?
If you're doing really strenuous and hard shit you need energy, and to have energy you need sugars, protean, and fat, which is in food. Soldiers in Afghanistan need more than one meal a day. McChrystal could do that because he was an officer and didn't do shit. That may be fine and well for someone who does a lot of paperwork and sits behind a desk most of the time, but for someone who's sitting out in the hot sun hauling around fifty pounds of equipment, that's not gonna fly.
The best diet is not becoming fat
[QUOTE=Grim Joker;23284707]If you're doing really strenuous and hard shit you need energy, and to have energy you need sugars, protean, and fat, which is in food. Soldiers in Afghanistan need more than one meal a day. McChrystal could do that because he was an officer and didn't do shit. That may be fine and well for someone who does a lot of paperwork and sits behind a desk most of the time, but for someone who's sitting out in the hot sun hauling around fifty pounds of equipment, that's not gonna fly.[/QUOTE]
I didn't read the whole shit either, but that link says it's not really limiting your calories, but rather giving the optimum. The exact amount you need so that you won't develop fat, or something.
I came into the thread thinking that someone survives only on McDonald's and Krystal's
Ah, yeah I figured this might be a little too extreme.
A limited meal diet seems to be fairly effective though. Maybe smaller meals but more of them.
[QUOTE=kayOkay;23284785]I didn't read the whole shit either, but that link says it's not really limiting your calories, but rather giving the optimum. The exact amount you need so that you won't develop fat, or something.[/QUOTE]
One meal is not the optimum. That article is full of shit.
having one meal is just one of the worst things you could do.
Before sleep you need food to help sustain bodily functions at their optimum during the night. It's why most people feel tired after eating an evening meal.
In the morning your metabolism is at an extreme high. Anything you eat essentially gives free energy.
Less can be said for lunch but if you work (and most of us do) then it is essential to top up the energy you've used. Plus in countries where no siesta is available, it is a replacement for the natural energy lag you get around noon. Of all of these breakfast is the most important (hence it's name, break-fast) but you can't live off just breakfast.
and aside from the actual scientific reasons, you'll get to enjoy all the kinds of food available if you have all 3 meals. You can't (I suppose you could if you wanted to though) eat curry for breakfast. Taste is possibly my favourite sense and I would be morbidly depressed if I could only have one meal a day.
I don't think having four hours of sleep is too healthy.
[QUOTE=Heroms;23284895]I don't think having four hours of sleep is too healthy.[/QUOTE]
This too. Sleep is possibly more helpful than eating. We still don't fully understand sleep but it's recuperative properties are fantastic.
Your fat loss would be nothing compared to how shitty you'll feel and how much muscle your body will break down for calories.
Diets are bullshit.
No it's fucking horrible.
The average infantry soldier needs about 5000 calories per day to maintain his bodyweight and performance, and we're talking an [B]average[/B] bodyweight. It might be more than that depending on various factors.
Try downing 5000 calories in one meal without puking all of it up or having serious digestive problems. Hell try downing half of that in one meal without puking it back up. I dare you.
As for the 4 hours of sleep, infantry soldiers and/or other combat roles are probably going to be getting very little sleep as it is, sometimes the best they can achieve is 20 minute naps here and there.
Also, look how skinny McChrystal is. Surviving, functioning? Yeah sure. Optimum performance? Fuck no.
Reminds me of the guy who said he would only drink liquids the whole summer
RIP.
I don't believe they mean one LARGE meal, I think it's a rather small meal.
Regardless, I need to lose some *pokes belly* of this. Any GOOD suggestions?
There are rumors that eating healthy and exercising everyday, without restricting calories or necessary sleep, will make you lose weight. Pretty fucking crazy.
I've actually been partially doing this to a extent (1,2 meals a day) And it actually makes you feel alot better after a while.
[QUOTE=Fycix;23285169]I don't believe they mean one LARGE meal, I think it's a rather small meal.
Regardless, I need to lose some *pokes belly* of this. Any GOOD suggestions?[/QUOTE]
Eat healthy food instead of snacks only (i.e. don't feed just on chips and instant ramen)
Go outside more often.
Pretty much it...
[QUOTE=sYnced;23285288]There are rumors that eating healthy and exercising everyday, without restricting calories or necessary sleep, will make you lose weight. Pretty fucking crazy.[/QUOTE]
Since when, I've never heard that before!
Stop eating!
But yeah, I find it hard to eat lol, guess its the other way around too.
I bet it's very fucking effective if you eat once a day and sleep for 4 hours.
It's not a Diet it's fucking starvation.
They are still testing the calorie-restricted diet on primates i think. They have proved many times with mice and other small animals that it drastically increases not only longevity but also youthfulness.
The only reason they have no data for primates yet is because, obviously, they take a lot longer to die than smaller animals (and therefore have to wait decades for results to be observed)
Give it a try for a week or two. If you start feeling like utter dogshit then stop before you harm yourself.
[QUOTE=Fycix;23284483]Yeah but eating a lot of antioxidants won't make me not fat :raise:
I'll be exercising fairly hard during this, so should I compliment this one meal a day diet with some protein shakes or something in the morning?[/QUOTE]
How about asking an expert (i.e., not us :D)?
oh yeah, when you lower the amount of calories you eat, your body goes into a hyper efficient mode. This usually happens to starving people and then they die, but if you still eat something, you can live in that mode for your whole life, you age at like half the rate
[QUOTE=Dr. Oswald;23286644]They are still testing the calorie-restricted diet on primates i think. They have proved many times with mice and other small animals that it drastically increases not only longevity but also youthfulness.
The only reason they have no data for primates yet is because, obviously, they take a lot longer to die than smaller animals (and therefore have to wait decades for results to be observed)
Give it a try for a week or two. If you start feeling like utter dogshit then stop before you harm yourself.[/QUOTE]
Living a few extra years does not necessarily mean living efficiently. I don't consider being 120lbs as a male in your prime to be efficient or "optimum". Yeah you can go live like a yogi if you like, just don't expect to be able to perform physically strenuous tasks or be able to defend yourself when the chips are down.
If you work out every day you need atleast 3 meals a day.
Working Out + No Nutrition = No muscles.
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