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Not actively surviving is passively dying.
"Not actively surviving is passively dying," says Ori Hofmekler in his new revised edition of The Warrior Diet/Blue Snake Books, Berkeley, California, 2007, "and the first sign of not actively surviving is getting fatter and sicker."
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The Warrior Diet is a call for action. Based on survival science and anthropological research, the book proposes a radical yet surprisingly effective solution to weight gain, obesity, diabetes and their related diseases. Its premise: eat one main meal at night, avoid chemicals, exercise properly. The book shows how to nourish the body in sync with its innate circadian clock – separating between a.m. foods to p.m. foods for effective removal of toxins, increased breakdown of fat for energy, increased utilization of nutrients and improved resilience to stress. The result – a leaner, stronger and healthier body.
Recent studies on intermittent fasting have shown the benefits of following eating programs similar to The Warrior Diet. "Mice and rats maintained on an intermittent fasting regiment lived up to 30% longer than those fed ad libitum." Such meal skipping diets have been shown to improve glucose regulation, reduce blood pressure and enhance cardiovascular stress adaptation, improve renal function during aging, and increase the resistance of animals to disease in experimental models of cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. Especially striking are the improved insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular risk profiles in animals maintained on diets with long inter-meal intervals." (Mattson, M.P., PhD. Lancet 2005; 365:1978-80)
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"As a hunter/gatherer, the human species has evolved to actively gather, hunt, fight or flee to survive. Nowadays, in a world of convenience and plenty, we don't need to gather or hunt for food, rarely do we ever need to fight or flee. Our inherent survival mechanisms that have kept our species alive on this planet for many thousands of years are all but shattered today and rather than actively surviving, we are passively dying." (Ori Hofmekler, author of The Warrior Diet)
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(Mattson, M.P., PhD, Lancet 2005; 365:1978-80)
Eat your breakfast at night and lose weight!
Eat your breakfast at night rather than in the morning and you may notice how surprisingly your body gets leaner rather than fatter. As a species we are nocturnal eaters, inherently programmed for night eating. Unfortunately, we consume most of our food during the day, starting with a big breakfast, and we pay the consequences. The solution: skip breakfast, eat your main meal at night, and you'll notice how you're leaning down without even changing your calorie intake.
The Warrior Diet book explains how everything in the human body has been programmed for night eating. Learn how a.m. meals that cause energy crushes and weight gain may actually benefit you if eaten at night.
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The Warrior Diet book provides a detailed guidance of how to eat and exercise in a way that fits our true biological nature – and thus helps restore the ability to manage weight and sustain health in today's world. Learn how to remove stubborn fat from the belly and other areas.
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Warrior Diet Principles
1. Eat One Main Meal at Night
There is evidence that humans are nocturnal eaters, inherently programmed for undereating and toiling during the day, followed by overeating and relaxing at night.
2. Go Low on the Food Chain
Researchers believe that the human genome is programmed for a late Paleolithic world. As hunter/gatherers (albeit more gatherers than hunters), we're better adapted to pre-agricultural food– i.e. chemical-free fruit, vegetables, roots, sprouted legumes, nuts, seeds, fertile eggs and marine food (wild catch).
3. Exercise While Undereating
It has been established that we have inherited survival mechanisms that compensate us when enduring physical or nutritional stress. Combining exercise with undereating will amplify the beneficial compensating mechanisms of both making us tougher, stronger and healthier.
How To Follow The Warrior Diet
The Warrior Diet is based on a daily eating cycle that incorporates two phases: undereating during the day, and overeating at night.
Undereating Phase
The Rules of Eating
- Start with subtle tasting foods and move to more aggressive foods – salad, vegetables and protein food first, followed by carb food or fat food (i.e. grains or nuts).
- Introduce all tastes, textures, aromas and colors possible in your main meal.
- Stop eating when you feel much more thirsty than hungry.
The Warrior Diet 10 Commandments
- Undereat during the day
- Eat your main meal at night
- Provide your body with all essential nutrients (i.e. vitamins, minerals, EFA's, Amino Acids, Probiotics)
- Increase intake of anti-estrogenic foods and herbs (see Anti-Estrogenic Diet)
- Detox by minimizing animal food, processed food and sugar intake for a few days
- Rotate between days of detox, high fat and high carbs
- Avoid foods containing hormones, pesticides, chemical additives, sugar alcohols, artificial sweeteners and fructose
- Do not eat carb foods alone
- Avoid wrong food combinations such as:
- Grain and sugar
- Nuts and sugar
- Nuts and grain
- Alcohol and carbs
- Exercise during the undereating phase
During the undereating phase, one should minimize food consumption to mostly raw fruit and vegetables, soups, and small amounts of light protein foods. Note that undereating is not necessarily fasting. The undereating phase lasts throughout the daily (working) hours. It naturally promotes the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), which regulates reaction to stress, alertness, and energy expenditure. During this time, the body shifts into a negative energy balance and thus is forced to break down stored fat for energy.
Overeating Phase
The overeating phase lasts during the nightly hours. This is the time to have the main meal, consisting of all food groups in the right combination. Individuals are encouraged to cycle between days with different fuel foods, such as days of high fat (nuts) followed by days of high carbs (grains), to find out which fuel works best for them. Note that active individuals may require to adjust their fuel intake according to the nature and level of their physical activity. The overeating phase promotes the para-sympathetic nervous system (PSNS), which regulates relaxation, digestion and recuperation. During this phase, the body shifts into a positive energy balance, while establishing an overall anabolic state. This is the time when the body recuperates, builds tissues and replenishes energy reserves.
We are inherently programmed to rotate between negative and positive energy balance, and thus cycle between stress, alertness and fat burning during the day followed by relaxation, compensation and recuperation at night. Human survival is measured by the capacity to improve energy utilization, and the capacity to resist stress and disease. The Warrior Diet restores biological mechanisms that improve human survival on a day-by-day basis.
Exercise can help amplify the benefits of The Warrior Diet. It's a good idea to incorporate strength, speed and velocity drills in your workout routine (see Warrior Diet Control Fatigue Training - CFT).
The Warrior Diet's mission is to help restore eating and physical routines that are inherent to humans and thus help people manage weight and sustain health in today's world.
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