The "Anti-diet"

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Fit for Life or "anti-diet" is a diet created by a Northamerican couple. Its main premise is that nutrition depends more on how and when you eat rather than how much or what you eat.
It is a diet based on Orthopathy principles (alternative medicine philosophy that considers self-healing the only cure for disease, and emphasizes prevention over cure).
The diet claims that one can lose excess body weight and maintain good health via long term dietary and lifestyle practices, rather than short term dieting.


The main rules in the diet consist of:
-eating only fruit in the morning to detoxify the body 
-eating predominantly "live high-water-content" food
-avoiding to combine animal protein with complex carbohydrates (glucose and starch)


Fruits and Veggies ftw!


So, this is almost all about food combining. A wrong combination  causes fermentation in the stomach, and this destructs valuable enzymes and nutrients.
Fruits are best eaten fresh, raw, and alone (they should never be eaten with or immediately following anything)
Carbohydrates and proteins should never be combined in one meal ( meat and potatoes, eggs and toast, bread and cheese, or chicken and noodles)
Water dilutes digestive juices, so it should never be drunk at meals. As the diet consists of a lot of watery foods, you wouldnt really need to drink a lot of water in normal conditions.
Dairy foods are mainly restricted, due to their allergic capacity.


Be careful with dairy food :[


But be aware, as according to studies Fit for Life diet is low in calcium, zinc, iron, and vitamins B12 and D. So if you plan on following this diet, you will have to take this on account.

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