Hey I cant post my diet for review, it would be awesome if someone can review my diet. My goal is weight management, heart health, and mental well-being.
I am at 159, with about 17% BF. I go running once in awhile, for about 2 to 3 miles. I drink at least 2.1 liters of water a day. My lifestyle is pretty sedentary, but I do feel that I eat a decent diet. However, I want it to be the best.
Typical day:
1) Ezekiel bread (2 slices), drenched in a small amount of olive oil
2) 2 to 3 eggs, cooked in olive oil
3) 1 can of sardines
4) Apple, and usually a good amount of broccli, and other mixed fruits throughout the day.
5) Grass-fed beef 15% fat, sometimes I eat half a pound.
6) Pasta with low sugar pasta sauce
7) less than a cup of raw oats, with raisins.
8) I also drink 5-6 cups of coffee a day, ( Straight black, no sugar) this may not be the best thing for me, however it is safer than anti-depressants and it helps increase my mood.
I also take omega 3's, but this is pretty much all I eat. I try to stay about from any condiments.
Opinions are highly welcomed.
You said you wanted it to be the best so I'll judge it very strictly.
-1 this is fine except the lower the carbs in your diet the better unless the food provides beneficial things that have been well studied (glucose feeding cancer cells, raising bg ...) checkout the cancer fasting ketosis thread.
-2 you're cooking wthe oil which isn't optimal-ages. Eggs have been linked to many different issues including heart disease and cancer; there is a whole topic about eggs on here.
-3 fine except if the can has BPA in which case the jury is still out but if you're really following a "best diet" mentality you'd avoid it; it's easier to avoid controversial things than to include them.
-4 broccoli is king, apple and fruits aren't. Many of us limit our fruit consumption due to the high sugar content and minimal benefits not provided by vegetables. If you want something sweet I recomend pumpkins with a dash of cinnamon. Berries are an exception for some people and if you'd like to eat apples then eat the skin only, the rest is just sugar. Also; avocadoes are your friends.
-5 some will say fine, most will agree even grass fed beef is to be removed from your diet (gi cancers strong correlation, heart disease risk...) half a pound is never okay.
-6 pasta sauce and pasta; no processed foods and definitely no pasta it's a low nutrition food that's dense in calories and then you'll be faced with the whole grains debate, again best to avoid.
-7 oats are fine, raisins aren't high sugar low nutrition compared to other fruits, dry raisins should be considered candy
-8 you seem to already know what could be wrong with this.
This is your answer if you really want the BEST diet then it's a mostly raw vegan diet with limited fruit consumption unless you have cancer the a keto diet might be a better option(depending on the cancer). Now obviously it's hard to live like this so here are my recs; ditch the processed food, lower the meat, lower the eggs, switch from fruits to veggies. Monitor your methionine levels(cron o meter is your friend) try not to get too much we don't understand it yet but it is important, cooper to zinc ratio, omega 3 to 6 ratio, make sure you get at least 200% of rdi of vitamins each day from food ideally.
