Food (5)

It everything was a big improvement in my eating. I eliminated plenty of food products: bread, sugar, sweets, biscuits, ketchup, canned food, meat, alcohol, coke or other fizzy drinks, juices or salt. I also eliminated drugs like nicotine, caffeine from teas/black and green/ I didn't like to drink decaffeinated teas. I ate more cheeses, grains, fruits and vegetables. I didn't even suppose that the best discovery is still ahead of me. In November 2019 I found on the internet the book "The 80/10/10 diet". I wrote my review in a separate post. This book came to me with perfect timing. I was ready for other changes. When I found out that the proportion between carbohydrates, proteins and foods should be 80/10/10. It means that 80% of all calories should derive from carbohydrates, 10% from proteins and 10% from fats.  I was startled after counting my calories and discovering that proteins and fats have overdosed a couple of times. I understood why I put on weight despite eating better food. I withdrew all dairy except for semi-skimmed milk, oil and olive oil, salt, I limited grains to decrease proteins' intake. Now when I count daily calories from 2000 less than 200 are proteins and less than 200 are fats. I still cook my porridge or bran in the morning. My dinner is cooked from vegetables, sweet potatoes, buckwheat groats or very seldom from pearl barley. In general,  about 600-700 daily calories come from cooked food and 1400 from raw fruits and vegetables. At this time I don't want to decide to be totally on raw food.

TBC - to be continued