Comments on: The Perfect Human Diet

By: Marko

Marko — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:40:45 +0000

Thank you Mark for this article, film sounds interesting.
Byron: cholesterol is NOT one of the reasons included in 90% of myocardial infarction cases, according to INTERHEART-study(WHO-supported study), published in the Lancet 2004.
Here is small clip of acute MI reasons “Evaluating more than 29000 subjects from 262 sites across 52 countries, the investigators report that the two most important risk factors worldwide for acute MI were an abnormal apolipoprotein B/apolipoprotein A-1 (ApoB/ApoA-1) ratio and cigarette smoking. Diabetes, hypertension, abdominal obesity, psychosocial variables such as stress and depression, exercise, diet, and alcohol intake were the other variables that predicted risk of acute MI.”

By: byron

byron — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:50:40 +0000

I do support low carb diets as they are the only way I loose weight but after 6 months on Atkins my wife and I had choleserol levels that were through the roof.

The problem I can see is that Diets high in protein are much more expensive, to accomodate this cheaper cuts of meat are used and they are much higher in fat.

I am currently trying the moderation thing but it doesnt work like low carb and is harder to stay disiplined on

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:56:03 +0000

Great article, i’m actually just writing a speech about all of the common misconceptions americans have about what they eat. While doing some research I found a study by the oxford group that showed how a diet high in carbohydrates raised LDL and Triglyceride levels(bad cholesterol), and a high fat diet lowered LDL and Triglycerides, while raising HDL(good cholesterol). they point out the process of novo lipogenesis,The researchers found this to be the cause of higher LDL, triglyceride, and lipidprotein levels in the individuals on the lowfat/high carb diet in the study. lipogenesis occurs only when a higher amount of carbohydrate energy is consumed than is being used. (and no, this does not mean that eating carbs before,after or during a workout is a good idea, due to the negative effect on growth hormone and testosterone levels.) Our bodies like to store any energy they can and carbohydrates are easily converted into fat for storage, fat cannot be converted back into carbohydrates and requires more effort from the body to utilize, but people do function better when using fat as the main energy source.

As far as the asian cultures eating high amounts of carbs, they do but they also eat more fish. There were two exchange students in my school from South Korea who were pretty skinny when they came to the U.S. and despite higher levels of activity they both gained a lot of weight in a few months. Instead of eating potato chips, in their country they would eat things like baked seaweed which comes in a chip bag.

By: BW

BW — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:37:12 +0000

You all need to stop beating the “evolution” drum. It is abundantly clear that your concept of evolution is flawed. You’re all putting the cart before the horse. We have evolved to eat grains because we have been doing it and getting away with it i.e. we’re still procreating and passing along our genetic material while eating a lot of carbs ergo we have evolved to eat carbs. The measure of evolution of a species can be distilled down to 2 criteria – how many of the species are there and how long has the species been around. Since we’ve been agricultural societies the human population has sky-rocketed to 7 billion people so you could easily argue that humans have evolved to eat carbs. This is of course a flawed argument because our evolution is completely isolated from our diet now (because it makes us no better or worse at passing along our genetic material).

Now is a high carb diet healthy? Given the evidence – probably not. My point is our diets are now pretty much isolated from our evolution. If we’re all (vegans, vegetarians, omnivores) procreating we’re all evolving, it’s as simple as that

By: Myra

Myra — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:21:25 +0000

Thanks for the review, Mark. I totally want to check out this DVD. Maybe I can get my husband to watch it too.

By: Marc Haring

Marc Haring — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:36:12 +0000

I lived in Japan for a while. They eat a lot of rice but normally wrapped around quality fish and seaweed. There portion size is very small. It’s their culture and also they have little concept of the desert. They tend to eat fruit and that’s about it as regards sweet things. That alone would explain there relative low heart disease. Personally I do believe that some grains are fine in a diet. It depends on whether or not you are in any way intolerant to gluten etc. Same goes for lactose intolerance in dairy. I eat 60% protein and control calories mainly by IFing. Never been fitter. In fact in a nutshell, control calories, eat lots of protein and lift to failure.

By: Milly

Milly — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:59:39 +0000

Yeah, why is oat bad? No offense for this MANS food but it costs way more than basic low fat balanced carb-protein

By: JonniW

JonniW — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:54:16 +0000

The Japanese diet has changed dramatically since the end of World War 2. Up to that point heart disease was virtually unknown in Japan, cancers of the colon and bowel were also very rare. After the war America set up a base there and introduced fast food to the Japanese people and now their incidence of heart disease and cancers has skyrocketed.
We are genetically programmed to be omnivores and the paleo or caveman approach makes perfect sense. As for the comment about evolution – if that were true then where are all the species that should have evolved over the last 20,000 years?? The human body is what it always was and we are designed to process animal fats and proteins.

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:04:40 +0000

Mark,
What’s bad about eating oats?????

By: andrewf

andrewf — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:49:13 +0000

I agree with Ian’s comment about the high degree of grains. Also, vegetarians don’t always refrain from eating meat because they consider it to be healthier, it’s because they don’t like the thought of eating a once living creature.

By: C.J. Hunt

C.J. Hunt — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:47:17 +0000

Hi Mark,
This is the filmmaker…Thanks for the great write up!
Please note, as of 2 days ago the DVD is no longer available world wide. The US Post Office changed the rates and now it’s higher than the cost of the DVD…. so, at the moment, the DVD is USA ONLY (you just made it with your order!).

BUT your friends and subscribers CAN get the film on iTunes in Ireland, UK, AU, NZ, Canada and USA, “THE PERFECT HUMAN DIET”. Also, International viewers may find it by Title search on Amazon Instant Video, GooglePlay or SonyPlayStation. USA and Canada are also on cable systems.

Thank you too for the links in the article, which will work for Amazon Instant Video, but not the DVD. We do not sell the DVD on Amazon Only here http://www.perfecthumandiet.us. (that picture on Amazon is someones resale)

Thanks so much for your support!!
Sincerely,
CJ
Charles “CJ” Hunt
http://www.PerfectHumanDiet.us
@PhDdocumentary
#ThePerfectHumanDiet

By: John

John — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:31:36 +0000

Hi mark just wondering what you would advise for diet when high cardio is a must? (Army training Etc)
Thanks!

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:25:45 +0000

I am reasonably certain the Japanese live longer due to the intense amount of FISH they eat, although I am sure their rice is superb to the Uncle Ben’s trash distributed here in the US. Asian edibles and snacks focus on natural products, like dried shrimp and such, so I wouldn’t be so quick to exploit the Japanese as a pro-grain approach. Simply unfounded.

By: JaSoN

JaSoN — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:00:39 +0000

been going to some low carb talks with all the latest stuff going on and whats really happening in the food industry, its shocking to note that fat has a bad name, sugar sells and is a booming industry, what got my attention is that we have all been lied to! the american heart association and the like, where we are getting all this nonsense infomation on food is infact sponsored by companies like coca-cola and mars bars..etc. they sponsor millions of $’s for these guys to write up on how bad fats are and to not mention that sugar is infact the problem. This article is spot on and I erge all of you to do your own research on healthy eating, also google GMO’s in food!! you will be shocked at what so called health shops are selling you and putting in your mouth.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:08:17 +0000

I gotta admit that while I was on MANS I never felt more healthy, strong and energetic. Finally a documentary that supports what MANS advocates already know. Nice work

By: jonathan clarke

jonathan clarke — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:02:46 +0000

This is essentially the paleo or cavemans diet. I have been on this for a year now and it is spectacular. Everything in your body feels so much better. Even if you implemented half of it would be beneficial. All I cook with is butter and people thing im crazy, but thats real food. Not some vegetable oil, or some processed margarine. The only change I have made was having a half cup of steel cut oats in the am, I just feel i need that tiny carb boost first thing in the morning. After that though, the only carb i get might be from a potato and vegetable.

By: craig

craig — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:57:33 +0000

Dvd sounds interesting…something along the lines of the ketagenic diet. My one critique would be that the meat and animal products in our day and age are laced with hormones and the like, which definitely aren’t natural. I’ve also seen studies recently that do anything but promote the added benefits of organically sourced products. Cheers

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:46:56 +0000

Had a massive row with a paleo-diet advocate a couple of years ago about this. The way I see it is that if blue eyes evolved in 6,000 – 10,000 years, (look it up), a stomach can evolve to metabolise grain just fine. The start of agriculture and therefore grains as a staple in diet has been discovered to have commenced about 23,000 years ago.

More facts for you. Japan has the highest life expectancy, high degree of grains in their diet

Being a slave to any diet makes a vital part of life boring. Treat any diet with a degree of suspicion and never commit to one diet that excludes foods that you enjoy. Once again it’s moderation that matters.

By: ian

ian — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:27:34 +0000

watched this when it came out last year
very impressive and it validated our approach to nutrition which is paleo / primal with MANS of course
never been healthier!

By: Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:25:29 +0000

Sounds interesting, thanks for the tip. I’ll make sure to check it out. Cheers!