Do eat:
• Meat (and fat, fish, eggs)
• Vegetables (and berries)
• Fruit (and nuts)
Do not eat:
• Dairy (milk, cheese, butter, etc) (*)
• Grains or corn (maize, wheat, barley, rice, etc.)
• Starchy vegetables (potatoes, yams, jerusalem artichokes, etc.)
• Sugar (refined)
• Legumes (beans, soy products, peanuts, cashew, lentils, etc.)
• Chemical food additives
Go easy on:
• Salt (can cause overeating and hypertension and dull the senses)
• Processing of foods (nut flours/butters, pork rind flour, etc.) Eat simple foods instead
• Artificial sweeteners (don't dull your senses, and they cause insulin responses simply by being sweet on the tastebuds)
Basically: if our ancestors could pick it from a bush or catch it with a spear, you can eat it. The rule is that a food is healthy, if you could have eaten it in its raw state. This is a naturally occurring "low to medium carbohydrate" way of eating.
If you have to "cheat" the most forgiveable cheat is butter, full cream and cheese, and fermented milk products like yoghurt (as long as you're not lactose intolerant, which incidentally a large percentage of the world's population are). But honestly "cheating" doesn't mean anything but being weak; its not different from dropping the weight you could've hit you PR with; is no different than stopping 300 meters before finishing your 5k run; is the same as stopping to drink water and complain about a workout when you are going "for time"... but again as Coach said, "its OK to be a pussy".
Remember:
- Willpower is not needed in the same amount as with other diets, as your addictions will fade in a few weeks, and you simply do not starve on this diet.
- If coffee, alcohol, smoking or any other drug disturbs you appetite i.e. "munchies" or appetite suppressors. Minimize them
