Comments on: Ten Rules for Good Nutrition from Berardi

By: heidiswift

heidiswift — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:56:27 +0000

Hi NoPo!
Good questions.
I can’t answer for everyone, but here’s how I deal with those things.
Coffee: I don’t count it, it hardly has any calories at all (I don’t take cream) and there are much worse things for you. I drink it till I’m bouncing off the walls.
Sports nutrition: I treat this separately as well. If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s that people who believe in HIIT type fitness (high intensity interval training) generally disparage what they call “cardio”. They dismiss it as a shitty way to lose weight (it is, frankly) and don’t deal with it in nutritional guides like these. So, if I’m going on a 4-hour bike ride, I listen to what the folks over at Hammer Nutrition (or my coach) say. Still, I don’t do Cytomax (tons of sugar) but stick to products like Perpetuem, HEED, etc. After I’m off the bike, it’s back to Berardi’s simple rules. That seems to work out pretty well over all.
What I haven’t figured out is how Portland-worthy beer consumption fits in. :) I”ll get back to you on that.

By: NoPo

NoPo — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:17:39 +0000

These steps may get tricky. Where does coffee fit in (this is Portland, after all)? What about sports drinks like, say, Cytomax, when on the bike? Should I be counting my calories each day? I’ve done that before and it became like a second job. I could certainly stand to eat more frequent, smaller portions (though I do like the veggies as a vegetarian).

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By: snarkypants

snarkypants — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:07:50 +0000

I have to say that I don’t drink fruit juice – it’s true, the vitamins and minerals are very good for you, but they’re even better for you if you get them along with the natural fiber that they were intended to come along with (i.e. actually eating whole fruit)

Since most people’s diets are sadly lacking in fiber, I really encourage people to eat their fruit instead of drinking it. I also think fruit juice is one place where a lot of people don’t realize they are blowing their daily calorie count straight through the roof… in very small glasses (true juice glasses are tiny, but we don’t do anything tiny here in ‘merca, do we?) it’s fine. I just doubt that people are stopping at 6oz.

I’ll also add a point about very high levels of sugar like that doing mean, mean things to your body in terms of blood sugar levels and energy.

Every person is different, however, and if the only fruit you’re ingesting is from juices, it’s certainly better than nothing. (And still way better than soda!)

By: Dave Child

Dave Child — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:35:01 +0000

Some of those seem quite reasonable and sensible, but some seem a bit extreme. No fruit juice? Pure fruit juice is high in natural sugars, yes, but it’s still good for you, and for many people it’s one of the few sources of fruit.

We’ve (my wife and I) have recently switched from white rice and pasta to only whole grain (we were already on whole grain bread) and I’ve already noticed the missing sugar high following a pasta meal – quite incredible.

Some really good tips in there, though. I really need to be doing 1 and 2 more / properly.