The Warrior diet is a controversial diet that encourages under-eating during the day and then feasting at night. It is designed to mimic the way a warrior would eat (Spartans are mentioned by the creator).
I was just wondering if anyone had tried this diet or knows anything about it?
It seems to go against a lot of the more traditional methods of dieting e.g. 6 small meals a day.
i actually read most of this book about a year or so ago.. one of the things that i walked away with was that the diet was based on how Roman soldiers and gladiators trained and ate.. supposedly during the day they constantly tested themselves one of which was to either undereat or fast altogether & then at night it was orgy-time!! eating, drinking and being merry i guess.. i think i dabbled with this diet so i really can’t make an intelligent or educated comment on it as a whole.. but i do know that undereating or constant fasting does put the body on starvation alert.. the body thinks its going to starve and will therefore hold onto fat rather than lose it.. this book is in any good library system.. that’s how i got mine there’s nothing like free!!
with the caveat that I have not read it…
the concept of eating very large meals or “gorging” is pretty universally looked at as negative by most nutritionists. As you mentioned the frequent small meals ( more like hunter/gatherer than Gladiator) seem to suit our system best.
I think it sort of makes sense. During the day, you are bashing people, so you eat late at night to prepare your body for the next day. I eat a lot at night and not much during the day, but I don’t find it makes any difference when I eat to be honest. To known better have a look at http://www.winyourmmafight.com you will get detailed information on dieting. I have a cast iron gut and a ridiculous metabolism, so I never get fat and don’t get stomach problems.
Pedro,
Thank you so much for sharing your info with us. As stated before everyone I have met that practices fasting as described in the “Warrior Diet” has performance issues and decreased work capacity. Interestingly Dawson seems to be interested in your theories. Surprisingly you seem to share the same local. Perhaps you should PM each other and get together to discuss.
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Fasting for religious, spiritual or cultural reasons has always facinated me unfortunately I’m unable to go for more than a few hours at a time without eating due to hormone and sugar imbalances that take place .. so I don’t have any first hand accounts.
However, my ex-boyfriends dad fasts for a week or so every few years, he’s been doing it his whole life ( he’s mid-50’s right now, works construction and is the badest guy I know ) and he lives by his belief that it not only cleanses your body by getting all the toxins out but also your soul and spirit because it makes you feel what it’s like to really be hungry which strengthens you mentally because you learn to control it. I’ve always wanted to try this, alas not only am I a big baby when it comes to eating but I think my body as well as my doctors would kill me, lol. Although he stand by his yearly (or so) ritual, he doesn’t recommend doing it more than once a year and his normal eating habits are 3-4 meals a day.
So..I think fasting is definitely something to do sometime in your life if for no other reason than to see how it affects you and/or if you can do it but I never have (though I would like to try).
It is an interesting concept. I’m okay with the fact that it flies in the face of the more conventional wisdom. In the nutrition world it seems to me that if everyone is doing it…it is probably wrong. Here is the part that I don’t get. How do we ascribe long term health benefits to the diet of a group of people who measured life expectancy in days instead of years. They didn’t eat like this for the health benefits. They trained during the day or fought, and feasted at night because they had the very real expectation that they wouldn’t live to see dinner the next day.
It is an interesting concept. I’m okay with the fact that it flies in the face of the more conventional wisdom. In the nutrition world it seems to me that if everyone is doing it…it is probably wrong. Here is the part that I don’t get. How do we ascribe long term health benefits to the diet of a group of people who measured life expectancy in days instead of years. They didn’t eat like this for the health benefits. They trained during the day or fought, and feasted at night because they had the very real expectation that they wouldn’t live to see dinner the next day.
It would be easier if people would just tell us what they are wanting to sell. that way we can say no quicker.
I find it ironic that this warrior diet topic and the reference to the spartans comes up and “Spartan In Training” makes his first post.
My bad Mr. New Man. I made my first post somewhere without consulting you. I apologize. If you took the time to actually read my post you would see that I was not in favor of the diet that someone else had posted. So I’m not sure what you are trying to say that I’m selling. I was drawn to the topic by the provocative title and am looking at changing my diet. I joined this forum because it is advertised as a friendly and helpful place for newbies to come and learn about crossfit (maybe you missed that).
I’ll be sure to PM you in the future before making a post to get your permission.
You bring up a valid point, my friend. With the recent influx of spammers on the site, I made a quick assumption. So if it was wrong I do offer my apologies. But you have to admit it is a strange coincidence either way.
And I did read your post very carefully.i saw that you didn’t promote the ideas. Just made an observation
