Staying Healthy in the Fast Lane

the triad diet program

Meats (Optional)

The reason I say that meat (which includes red meats, poultry,
fowl, wild game, fish, and eggs) is optional is that we can absolutely
live without it, as I explained earlier.
Of course, it is your choice. As I have admitted, the healthiest
cultures in the world eat small amounts of animal foods. If you
do eat meat, eat free-ranged, grass-fed, antibiotic-free animals or
hunted wild game. The fat in animals reflects what they are fed.
Grass-fed, or grazing animals, take on the fat content of the vegeta-
tion they eat, which generally has more omega-3 fatty acids and
less omega-6 fatty acids. This food consumption pattern helps cre-
ate an anti-inflammatory metabolism. Obviously, the same goes for
locally hunted wild game.
The need to take supplemental fish oils can be reduced dra-
matically if you were to eat fewer foods that concentrate omega-6
fatty acids (arachidonic acid, linoleic acid), as in meat, egg, and
dairy fat especially from animals fed grain (corn, wheat, etc.) and/
or soybean. We have created the great “need” for omega-3 fatty
acids (EPA and DHA) from fish (or algae) because of the inflamma-
tory, high meat-based diets rich in animal fats that usually come
from factory-farmed animals fed the wrong types of fats, as well as
processed foods that have the wrong types of fats.

Grocery Shopping in the Fast Lane

To shop healthfully is very simple and, in the right store, can be
easily done in less than a half-hour with some very basic principles.
While I am a big supporter of organic foods and eating seasonally
and locally, I think it is incorrect to say America can’t improve its
health dramatically by shopping for non-organic whole food in the
basic grocery store. To improve health, you first have to stop eating
processed foods that do you no good, and even harm you, then eat
quality foods that are good for you.