The Warrior Diet may sound self-explanatory, however I would argue that not only is it more than a diet, but that it is a beneficial way of life. The Warrior diet began when a man in the Israeli Special Forces decided that the standard way of eating was not working for him, a modern day warrior (Hofmekler). The name of that man was Ori Hofmekler (Hofmekler). During his training in the Special Forces Ori realized that the standard three meals a day was not going to fit into his hectic schedule (Hofmekler). He began eating only at night before he went to sleep, since that was when he had the time to eat (Hofmekler). At first this routine was strange and seemed to have negative effects on his performance, however as he continued he saw that his energy and alertness had increased as well as he was sleeping soundly (Hofmekler). He was curious as to why this was helping his overall well-being and so he began to conduct research (Hofmekler). He found that he was not the first to come up with this idea and that past warriors have been following that very same lifestyle for ages (Hofmekler).
This is when Ori branded this way of life as “The Warrior Diet” (Hofmekler). Rather than a knockoff version of this warrior lifestyle, it was an update (Hofmekler). Ori added an ideology to the ancient way of living. The ideology that the warrior diet became had numerous presuppositions and the most interesting are the ones that I will cover in this paper. These presuppositions are that fitness is the key to wellbeing in any part of life (Hofmekler). This implies that regardless of the goal, fitness is the means to the end. The next presupposition is that preparing the body to handle excessive stress will help it function under “normal”...
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It is a nutritional eating lifestyle, which allows you to achieve your health goals in the most convenient and efficient manner. At the same time, it maintains your trim and fit physique as soon as you attain your goals.
Everyone has questions about something, but here we are looking at a particular diet. Well not so much a diet plan but more an alteration of the way you live.
The Western Diet mainly consists of fried foods, refined grains, sugar, high carbohydrate and fats, and meats (3). It has been hypothesized that having a Western Diet increases one’s chances for developing depression. There has been a great deal of research into why the western diet increase’s one chance of having depression. A common sense reason maybe that the Western Diet consisted of large amounts carbohydrates, fats and sugars which promotes obesity and then causes depression (1). More scientific evidence suggest that having a improper diet like the Western Diet negatively affects peripheral and central dopamine, which are neurotransmitters (chemical which transmit signals across the synapse from the nerve cell to the target cell) directly linked to the mental health of the brain and are negatively affected by high fat diets (4). Research has also suggested that having a poor nutrition status such as lacking folate (a natural water form of vitamin bg which is crucial for many of the bodies processes) and key vitamins like vitamin b12 significantly increases the risk of depression in elderly people (5). Research into the topic of dietary habits and mental health is very crucial with the growing rates of obesity and depression in the United States compared to the rest of the world. Thus, does having poor dietary habits increase the likelihood of having depression? The likelihood of developing depression has been linked to the type of diet one consumes such as the Western Diet, Diets Low in Fat and Carbohydrates and weight control diets like binge eating.
Barrington M. Robinson, a former treasurer and vice-chairman of the British Charolais Cattle Society, of Lodge Farm in Rochford, England, personally fought gaining weight during a time when he was seriously ill. He created the cabbage soup diet, and having found out it worked, he came up with an idea to cut back on the preparation, cooking, and storage of the soup, by making it i...
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According to McIntosh and Sheppy, (2013) stress is not always harmful and can have some positive effects on an individual (McIntosh & Sheppy, 2013). Some stress can serve as an intrinsic motivator and enhance an individual’s performance and productivity. Stress becomes a problem when it begins to decrease an indivi...
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Alwin Lewis’ Five Bite Diet as a option for weight loss or improved health is a terrible, misinformed decision. If any family or friends I knew wanted to lose weight or get healthier and were thinking about trying the Five Bite Diet I would stop them from doing so. I would not recommend the Five Bite diet to anyone. This diet is the product of a doctor who observed gastric bypass patients’ meals and applied it to regular healthy people. This diet requires entirely too much self discipline and promotes food waste. The strong willed people who endure the diet’s ten bite restriction will end up having a deficiency for multiple vitamins and minerals, which will have major consequences for the
The topic of "Should people follow the Macrobiotic Diet? has been the most mentioned topic in history of diets around the global. Why should people follow it? As to that Macrobiotic Diet is not just a diet, it approaches you to live healthy and longer. In fact Macrobiotic Diet stresses the importance of a balanced diet, because one's diet is created for the foundation of a happy and harmonious life. Macrobiotic Diet combines tenets of Zen Buddhism with a western-style vegetarian diet where the word Macrobiotic comes from the Greek meaning "Long Life", "Great Life". In this essay we will discuss the key points that Kathleen M. Zelman proves in the text such as how Diets like the Macrobiotic diet are good to follow because they
"Stress should be a powerful driving force, not an obstacle,” says American author Stanley Johnson. I consider stress in that sense today, but just a little while back, it wasn’t so. A few months ago, I would mull over situations which weren’t even remotely demanding, unnecessarily stressing myself. Through my eBay business, I learned to effectively deal with situations that would otherwise seem insurmountable.
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Specific Purpose Statement: The audience will learn what causes stress and how stress can affect their health, and how they can manage their everyday stress with different techniques.
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...hat one can handle the effects of stress on one’s own, but one must seek the ways on how to prevent the effects.