The Top 10 Nutrition Rules so far

Thank you for your input yesterday, I think I’ve got a handle on the biggest nutrition ‘rules’ that need to be investigated in the new book.

There was an obvious theme and here are the big ones that I will cover:

1. Eating Breakfast to ‘rev up’ metabolism

2. Eating frequently throughout the day to maintain metabolism

3. Eating protein at every meal

4. Avoid most or all forms of refined white sugar

5. Drinking 8 glasses of water every day (and somehow drinking cold water will cause you to burn more fat?)

6. Avoiding eating after 7pm (shift workers are just screwed on this one I guess)

7. Don’t drop your calories too low otherwise you’ll go into starvation mode

8. Eat most of your carbs in the morning then less at lunch and even less at dinner

9. Cardio on an empty stomach burns more fat (I know this isn’t technically a ‘nutrition’ rule but it goes along with the concept of meal timing)

10. Supplement with Fish Oils and or CLA

There were lots of good suggestions for things that need to be covered that aren’t technically rules but rather stories about how the body works, so I’ll try to cover those as well either in the book or as future blog posts.

This is going to be a straight up no BS book about weight loss, the way I did it. It should be finished by July. I’ll be filling you in about it periodically on the blog and might even release a chapter or two for you.

Thanks again for the input.

John

Posted by johnbarban in Weight Loss
Tags: nutrition rules, top 10, weight loss rules |13 Comments

13 Responses to “The Top 10 Nutrition Rules so far”

  1. Cooper Says:
    April 27th, 2010 at 11:09 am

    Great, can’t wait for the book. I was about to post yesterday until I read Wood’s post. He must have read all the same magazines/books as I did, lol.

  2. Anthony Ramos Says:
    April 27th, 2010 at 11:53 am

    bust the myths and back it up with studies if you can, let’s shut up the nutrition mafia!

  3. The Homebody Says:
    April 27th, 2010 at 4:32 pm

    Now I’m interested to hear about #5 because I’ve read that cold water can put your body into shock which is why you shouldn’t drink it. I think that’s eastern philosophy. For example, you wouldn’t water a plant with ice water, therefore you shouldn’t replenish your body with it. Either way, I agree with Anthony. Let’s bust the myths and back it up with studies.

  4. Bart Says:
    April 27th, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    Excellent, this will be great book, but question is if you can brake all the myths? I think people believe so hard in the fat loss and muscle building BS that your book will be a scam for them.

  5. johnbarban Says:
    April 27th, 2010 at 8:32 pm

    Bart,

    You’re probably right, there will always be true believers and people who simply cannot be reached and don’t want to listen to reason.

    But there’s also lots of people who’ve tried all the BS diets and realize they were all scams and are now definitely ready to listen to the truth, and those are the people I’m writing this book for.

    JB

  6. Chris R Says:
    April 27th, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    I’m thinking Pullitzer……!

  7. Michelle Legg Says:
    April 27th, 2010 at 10:43 pm

    Looking forward to the book.What about the venus index ,a while back you said you would cover that for us ladies.Did I miss it somehow

    Michelle Legg

  8. Cooper Says:
    April 28th, 2010 at 1:38 am

    I think a big part of the problem is a lack of education in the scientific method and critical thinking. If John’s book was well explained in terms of the research and we were properly educated at school, letting go of our old beliefs shouldn’t be a problem.

    If you think about it, it was irrational to ever believe that the personal trainers and the bodybuilders who write for fitness magazines know better than the scientists with PhD’s who research the stuff. It shows how good marketing can be.

  9. usernametooshortnowitstoolon Says:
    April 28th, 2010 at 2:05 am

    I agree with Cooper. Even if you have the best sound logic, many people are just…how do I say this tactfully…too DUMB to follow. Trying to explain the basic rules of logic to many people is like trying to explain quantum physics to a preschooler.

  10. Wood Says:
    April 28th, 2010 at 2:22 am

    i think the biggest problem, that the experts and promoters of the bodybuilding views can show professional athletes who follow (or said to follow) their rules. I know that all of them use or used drugs, but no one cares. The average gym rat want to be Jay Cutler they dream about it. If they read that you lose muscle if you dont eat 6 times a day and you dont use the supplement they promote they will believe.
    And they won’t believe you when they follow a simple diet plan and at 170lbs they dont see 6packs abs. And they will think you are wrong.
    Everyone thinks he is more muscular and they are shocked and think they lost all the muscle during the diet.

  11. lachlan Says:
    April 28th, 2010 at 3:29 am

    Will it be a hardcover or a e-book?

  12. Lars Says:
    April 28th, 2010 at 4:09 am

    I actually don’t think the book will get a bad reception. If anyone’s heard of or read “Born to Run” (http://www.amazon.com/Born-Run-Hidden-Superathletes-Greatest/dp/0307266303) It’s basically a book saying that the entire running-shoes industry is based on bullshit and that our bodies are built to run bare-footed.

    The book has actually got a really good reception,and even sites like Tnation are frequently theese days claiming that “Anyone who’s read “Born to Run” knows that the running shoe business is basically a 20 billion dollar SCAM”.

    Get some publicity going and have a lot of references, and no one can argue it. I seriously think you should be taught what I think the book will be about in school instead of bullshit rules. That way, people will never have to worry about fat loss and fad diets won’t reach people because we’ve been warned about them.

  13. Jay Says:
    April 28th, 2010 at 6:05 am

    I read the cold water thing in a book by ellington darden. he reckons that ice cold water is 0 degrees celcius, and that the body is 37 degrees. a kilocalorie is the amount of energy required to heat a litre of water one degree. therefore your body would expend 37 calories by drinking that one litre of iced water. in his book i think he recommended drinking 5 litres a day.

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