My poker diet

looks pretty good man. If you want to get your carbs from fruit, look for the fruits that have the closest ratios of sugars/fiber.

Bananas
a very convenient fruit, easy to travel with, have high potassium but they have a ratios of like 3gfiber/12g sugar. So if you want to get your potassium from a better source, eating avocado is a better choice. Banana is still good but something to keep in mind.

Fruits with better fiber ratios are
small blueberries, blackberries, raspberries

Fruits good for recovery after workout
strawberries

Resistant starches
a form of fiber like compound that is hard to digest and goes straight to the colon. Green bananas have resistant starches. So if you want to eat bananas at the optimal time, eat green or partially green bananas vs ripe

Eating foods that have been cooked than cooled, like sweet potatoes, rice, quinoa have higher ratios of resistant starches. Good idea to cook a large dish and refrigerate portions for later. the next meals eat it cool instead of re-heating, for optimal digestion.

ye are potatoes good or not?
I cant be bothered with peeling them though

They dont really sell sweet potatoes here much

"felt a little gay but it felt so good to buy food I like again." lol why do you feel gay grocery shopping?

Potatoes are a cheap and good source of carbs, good for bulking up. Sweet potatoes have a higher carb to calories ratio, making them a better source of carbs to build lean muscle, I think. You can eat potato skin. They're also really easy to peel after they're baked/steamed.

pretty sure reg cook potatoes have one of the highest sugar spike/crashes and sweet potatoes have a lot more nutrients. If you can't get any than I probably would only eat reg potatoes occasionally in the week.

eventhough looks like i dont know anything about poker i do now a lot about nutrition and chemistry since i have a phd in chemistry

that diet looks quite good and potatoes are definetly quite good coz they contain quite a good amount of branched carbs. branched carbs take more time to get cleaved by your enzymes compared to linear carbs and therefore release less carbs at a time but keep your carbs realeses more steady over time (which can help foccusing hours after meal was eaten).
something that is very similar and you should watch out for are whole grain noodles.

Potatoes are probably good in moderation, but don't quote me on this, I think I read somewhere that your body expends a lot of energy converting the starch into sugar.

Definetely buy a blender it's so much easier to eat more vegetables.
Here's what I do:
1 Carrot
1 apple
Spinach a bunch
1 lemon (better than oranges)
1 celery stick
blueberries or any berries
Evian water
Extra virgin olive oil
Some sort of vegetable powder blend (I buy pukka)
I mention evian specifically because you can be sure it is natural and not purified tap water also it is among the least fluoride heavy, others are probably good but be careful of certain brands.

Preferably organic and fresh but in some cases frozen is actually better because it's fresher.

Also a point about omega3 capsules; in most cases the oil is rancid, hence the nasty after burp sometimes. I don't promote the product but I found one that claims not to be rancid (eskimo) keep it refrigerated.

Unfortunately this is pretty expensive, but I would much rather prioritize food over everything else.

whats wrong with tap water, my drink source is 95% that

I probably hate grocery shopping more than any other activity. I think I'd rather do laundry or go to the DMV. I've been eating out on a reasonable budget. Then again, I don't function great without a professional cleaning lady haha. Unless I am serious about working out I perceive it just being a huge ball of rake (time, energy, etc). Guys like Bttech86 seem pretty crazy. I also find myself turning into a food nihilist often when I get active in the kitchen. What's the point of learning this recipe. What's the point of this and that. And end up eating like a bodybuilder/soldier/SuzieOrman. I don't have many health issues at all with regards to risk of diabetes or obesity either.

On January 12 2014 16:58 dnagardi wrote: whats wrong with tap water, my drink source is 95% that

Depends where you are in the world, people will go on about how it's perfectly safe and it might be safe, but I don't like the taste anywhere except where I grew up, faroe islands, which is really rainy and remote.

In many low income neighbourhoods the government takes it upon themselves to keep people's teeth healthy by adding fluoride which I don't want (this also occurs naturally with varying degrees but is usually low in fresh water).

good job! Do you actually considering in lifting weights? or just dieting for healthy purpose?

Do not eat soy or derivatives of soy under any circumstance.

nice diet, gotta find that balance between quality foods, and easy of use. If it isn't easy enough to eat healthy, you will inevitably end up junk again. so any ideas that are easy + healthy are great imo. e.g. when I played poker for long sessions I had a microwave and mini fridge right next to my computer, so I could microwave up mixed vege and chuck some tuna or beans on, then chow down without losing my seats to the left of droolers. Easy and plenty healthy

On January 12 2014 19:33 el_tilon wrote: good job! Do you actually considering in lifting weights? or just dieting for healthy purpose?

I'm a goalkeeper in a not so well known sport called floorball - train 3x1.5hrs/week (+warmups) 2hr game every 2 weeks
I do gym as well average around 2xper week altho try to go more.

It's not really "dieting" just eating well and it does have huge impact on profitability in poker as you can play more and focus more when you eat healthy

On January 12 2014 19:41 GoTuNk wrote: Do not eat soy or derivatives of soy under any circumstance.

why not?
seemed aight and it's so easy to make macros seem good in that +high fibre?

ice cubes + cole zero + a slice of lemon as drink

nice!

On January 12 2014 18:22 Mortensen8 wrote: Show nested quote + On January 12 2014 16:58 dnagardi wrote: whats wrong with tap water, my drink source is 95% that Depends where you are in the world, people will go on about how it's perfectly safe and it might be safe, but I don't like the taste anywhere except where I grew up, faroe islands, which is really rainy and remote. In many low income neighbourhoods the government takes it upon themselves to keep people's teeth healthy by adding fluoride which I don't want (this also occurs naturally with varying degrees but is usually low in fresh water).

When I buy a bottle of water at the store, I always empty it, and pour tap water in it instead xD

I try and follow this, not following all of it, but most of it.

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Been really lazy lately, cba to look up more, and read more about food. Had a period I did it a lot awhile back, and now, I cba anymore. This will have to do xD