RDA and ODA for whole food eating

[Guest guest]

Is there an RDA or an ODA made specifically for eating whole foods? A book?

One that

would be highly regarded by the Weston A. Price Founation that works into the

concepts

of traditional eating. I would be interested because I'm an athlete and would

like to have

top preformance, to live long and healthy without spending too much on

unnesecary

supplements. I am familiar with the guidelines that are recommended.

Thank you,

Holt

[Guest guest]

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If you haven't done so already, please checkout these resources:

Splendid Specimens:

http://www.westonaprice.org/men/splendidspecimens.html

Performance Without Pain

https://westonaprice.org/bookreviews/performance-without-pain.html

Adventures in Macro-Nutrient Land

http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition/macronutrientland.html

Problems Adjusting to Traditional Foods

http://www.westonaprice.org/askdoctor/adjusting-to-traditional-foods.html

Another good book about the role of nutrition and physical exertion is

" Not By Bread Alone " or " The Fat of the Land " by Dr. Stefansson.

They're really the same book, the later is an updated edition. It's

out of print, but you may be able to find it at a library or online used.

The book basically makes the point that you can thrive both physically

and emotionally eating nothing but pemmican. The historical record

certainly backs up this claim. It is critical though to understand

what constitutes proper or ture pemmican capable of sustaining robust

health during prolonged periods of strenuous physical exertion. True

pemmican is made from wild buffalo or caribou and contains nothing but

lean muscle tissue and rendered fat is a ratio of about 80% fat to 20%

lean by calorie. Any deviation from this recipe will result in

inferior pemmican incapable of supporting strenuous physical exertion.

Typical deviations would include carbs of any kind, salt, canning,

grain fed rather than grass fed meat, pesticide residues, etc. I don't

believe true pemmican is available commercially.

Now of course I don't recommend eating nothing but proper pemmican,

although you certainly could. The point is that many of our notions

about health and nutrition are heavily biased by cultural tradition

and junk science with an agenda to sell products or ideas.

In the performance domain, we see tremendous amounts of dishonesty.

The whole field of sport nutrition is filled with snake oil sales men

and women pushing products for which there is little or no science

backing their miraculous claims. The classic example would be the

muscle magazines in general and Weider in particular. These magazines

are nothing but large ad slicks for the countless products " featured "

in the magazine. In the case of Weider, they produce the magazine and

sell nutrition products " featured " in the magazine. It's a real shame

too because the Weider brothers really have done some great things to

help make Americans more health conscious.

I would suggest sticking to pretty simple principles. Because you are

an athlete, you most likely keep rather detailed logs of your

performance, food intake and mood. Use these logs to figure out what

really works and what doesn't. Raw milk may the best or worst thing

for you--everyone is different. Same goes for your macro nutrient

ratios. Experiment with varying ratios of fat, protein and carbs. The

problem here is going to be getting out of the grip of preconceived

notions. For example, you may be able to happily maintain high levels

of performance without any carbs. The history of the fur trade

certainly proves this is possible.

Also realize that your body is highly adaptive but takes time to

adapt. I would give any change two weeks before passing judgment on it.

Cheers,

>

> Is there an RDA or an ODA made specifically for eating whole foods?

A book? One that

> would be highly regarded by the Weston A. Price Founation that works

into the concepts

> of traditional eating. I would be interested because I'm an athlete

and would like to have

> top preformance, to live long and healthy without spending too much

on unnesecary

> supplements. I am familiar with the guidelines that are recommended.

>

> Thank you,

> Holt

>