I have been following the 50/50 meat and vegetable diet for 9 days. I am practicing this diet to heal what I consider pre-diabetic or Type 2 diabetic symptoms. This is not a weight-loss diet although it is very hard to keep bodyfat on the body when you eat this way. For the first time in my life I am a little concerned about becoming too small. I'm avoiding the scale as much as possible because I have a feeling in am in the low 150's which is a weight I have not been close to since freshman year of college.
The first 2 days on this diet were very rough. Don't forget that I did a full 2-week ketogenic diet followed by a 1-week natural vegetarian diet before this 50/50 diet. This is why I had such a strong reaction (hunger!) when I was on the vegetarian diet. The natural vegatarian diet is way too high in sugar for me or anybody wanting to have a strong and lean body. When I started this 50/50 diet I was sugar-addicted like anybody else and was setting myself up for some bad withdrawal symptoms.
On the 2nd night of 50/50 I had one of the worse headaches of my life. At about 8pm I felt extremely tired and that tiredness quickly turned into a very bad headache. I've had these headaches on and off for about 4-5 years. I thought they were sinus related because they seemed to be located between my eyes and I was also getting a runny, but not stuffed up nose. For years I couldn't not figure out what was causing these symptoms. I saw an ear, nose and throat doctor about 5 years ago and was diagnosed with non-allergenic rhinitis. Non-allergenic rhinitis is a terrible bullshit diagnoses given by the doctor when they can not find the cause of allergy-like symptoms. The doctor did not ask one single question about my lifestyle, there was no chance of getting a proper diagnosis in my case. I had to figure out for myself that I was getting these headaches when I would overload on sugar or on the first few days of abstaining from sugar. I now consider these headaches to be one of the more obvious signs that I have been struggling with insulin related illness for years.
On the 3rd night of 50/50 I felt much better, as if I survived some horrible drug-detox. I slept great, only waking up 1x to use the bathroom, as opposed to my usual 2-3x. By the 4th night forward I was able to get 5-6 hours of uninterrupted sleep which is a miracle for me. Each day I woke up fresher and fresher and now by the 9th day I sleep through the night and wake up as fresh as can be. No headaches for over a week and my sinuses have been very clear.
What this diet is teaching me is that fruit is a sugar. If you are pre-diabetic or have full-on Type 2 diabetes there is no way fruit can be a part of your diet. My friend Vladimir who got extremely sick years ago form Type 2 diabetes eats exactly 1 piece of fruit a day or less and is an incredible specimen of health. There are so many myths around fruits, for some reason people think they are superfoods or something. Fruits are just sugar with fiber and some vitamins and minerals. Fruits spike you blood sugar just as much as pure white table sugar. If you have diabetic symptoms you need to stop kidding yourself with the fruit.
Here I am on the 9th day of 50/50. I spent an incredible amount of energy yesterday hosting my all-day party but still managed to eat only meat and vegetables. I was active and fresh the entire party, teaching and cooking for about 12 hours straight. I had incredible energy! I know I am a fat-burner now because I had no sugar cravings and when I got hungry I just ate my grass-beef and salad. I had too many tempting foods in the house and managed to eat a few raw nuts which tasted like candy to my palate. I am planning on taking a little break today from the 50/50. I have been abstaining from coffee all this time and decided to have a cup this morning which feels a lot like hard drugs :). I think I am also going to get a burger, fries and ice cream for dinner tonite. My cravings are not bad at all but I feel like I should "cheat" now so I don't get too psychologically depleted from this plan. I still have connections to my old childhood foods and don't want to battle myself too much when it comes to an occasional treat. I am lucky I figured out I was sick at this stage in my life. If I left it unchecked there is a good chance I could of gotten much sicker and damaged my body enough that I couldn't handle the occasional burger, fries and ice cream. I think pleasure-foods can still be a part of my life, just not 24/7 365!!!
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