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Good article Al. I also recommend “Lights Out” by TS Wiley and Bent Fomby. Its a really good book about sleeping more and eating the right foods. I would also only say a little fruit, and a lot of veggies. because its alot of sugar in fruit. Most fruit that we get in genetically engineered. Thats why we can get strawberries and blueberries in December.

Thanks for the recommendation, Lenny. I'll have to check out that book.

As far as sugar goes, yes fruits have sugar – but way less of it than most other snacks. For example, you'd have to eat almost 2 pounds of blueberries in order the equal the sugar in one can of coke!

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Yes In defense of Food is a great book, however I prefer more meat and saturated fat. For the last 7 months I have been eating a lot of saturated fat to find my body fat dropping and energy rising. Yah, I'm a paleo promoter on the higher fat spectrum. Any type of sugar besides berries really makes me crash hard now. I eat about 5 pounds of strawberries a week because they have no ill effects due to the lower glycemic load, but most other fruit besides berries are to high in sugar for me. On average I eat 5 pounds of chicken thighs, 5 pounds of bacon and another five pounds of pork or steaks a week. And of course my vegetable consumption is any type of veggie I can find in the store, usually about 10 pounds a week of various things. Its pretty simple to eat well but we have been told it is a lot harder than we think. The grains we are told to consume is what has screwed our diets in the first place. Every year consumers get more confused than the last because of all the new “health” foods that go on the market. People just don't understand that the “food” companies are trying to make money and they do not CARE about your health! REAL food has no “heart healthy” labels! Great post Al!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Aaron! I also eat more meat than Pollan recommends, but his philosophy is closer to mine than any other nutritional expert that I am aware of. Plus I really like the way he writes.

this is the greatest video yet. al- you should be the next food network star!

Thanks Armen! You should tell them to give me call.

You need to be careful with agave syrup since there are some that are made with the root of the plant instead of the top. This root is a starch and the process used is the same as sugar made from corn starch;AKA High fructose corn syrup. Real agave syrup is made from the top of the plant and is much more time consuming to make and therefore very expensive and hard to get. You are always better off staying with natural sweeteners, maple syrup, honey, fruit, and stevia.

Thanks for addressing this, Perry. Someone else brought this concern to my attention as well recently. You'll notice that my more recent smoohtie recipes include honey instead of agave for this very reason.

I figured you probably were already aware of this Al, but it just goes to show that we have to be vigilant even with products that are marketed to the health concious, because these manufacturers realize that there is money to be made. Indeed, we will even pay extra for items that we perceive to be better for us and that is incentive enough for the hucksters to get “Healthy”!!!

It's true – a lot of unscrupulous marketers are trying to take advantage of people who want to eat healthy by lying to us about their products. It's hard to discern what's real these days!

That's what is so great about sites like yours. We can all help each other, and if there is something we are not aware of, someone else will share their thoughts and knowledge. Great site Al! I am looking forward to receiving your book, and my blender has come out of storage and has really been put through it's paces. See ya!

Right on, Perry. Glad you're having fun with the blender! Fyi, your book went in the mail this morning.

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The cokes that I know have a little more than 40 kilo calories per 100ml, pretty level with apple- and orange juice, less than milk with 1,5% fat. 100ml or grams of coke contains less calories than the equal amount of blueberries, for instance.