Outlier Diet basics

These are the basics of what I call "The Outlier Diet"

Your version of the Outlier Diet can be different than mine so long as you are truly self-experimenting and finding what works for you.

Outlier Diet respects all form of eating so long as the dieter is truly reaching their goals whether they be athletic, body composition or spiritual goals.

My version of the Outlier Diet

Based on how we evolved.

Eat as much living food as you can.  Living food defined as any raw produce, meats cooked no more than a rare or medium rare state, raw milk, raw eggs, raw fish.  It will be too difficult to get all of our calories from raw foods but the more the better.

No processed foods

No  grains but we do eat rice and potatoes as primary source of starchy carbohydrate.

No refined sugars, including derivatives like agave, maple syrup, corn syrup.

Less frequent eating - 2-3x/day for men, 3-4x/day for women.  Some days eat 1x/day and others 3-4.

Lower carbs as you age

Lower carbs in general at all ages to lose bodyfat

Find a food combining theory and follow it - I use chinese and ayurvedic food principles

90/10 - Stick to the diet 90% and eat whatever you like 10%

No fruit if trying to lose bodyfat otherwise all forms of fruit is allowed

1/2-1 gram of protein per lb of bodyweight depending on goals, more for strength athletes, less for endurance athletes and even less for sedentary.

You can follow this diet and be sedentary but it will be a low-carb diet

Some variety in food choices but not too much.  Just enough to avoid food allergies which can occur if we eat the same foods every day for years on end.

Experience some sort of low-carb/low-sugar diet for 2-4 weeks regardless of your goals.  I have a theory that most people do not know what true hunger is.  IMO true hunger is protein hunger, our what I consider a primal hunger.

Why Outlier?

Have you been to a WalMart or Target lately?