CrossFit Athletic Group

by, Mel

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Chris, Respectfully submitting a counterpoint to your recent post on Nutrition Hierarchy

1. Low carb

No arguments here.  Since we’re talking about “amounts”, it’s easiest to stay “low carb” by eating unprocessed vegetables and fruits (ahem, fewer grains) for the bulk of our carbohydrate.

2 3. Enough protein 
What is enough?  It’s more than you think but less than Jacob thinks. 

3 4. Enough/healthy fat 
The flip side here is to avoid the unhealthy fats – vegetable and seed oils.  Soybean oil is insidious and ubiquitous.  If you’re eating nuts and seeds, you’re getting plenty of omega-6 fatty acids.

4 2. Water or milk; that's it 
Give us old-timers our daily dose(s) of red wine, would ya?  Also, maybe a beer now and then.  Oh, and whisky.  (I get it, alcohol gets processed similarly to fructose.  Let’s just say I’ve picked my poison.)

5 6. Sources of protein 
Robb Wolf used to say your protein should have “eyes and a face”, aka animals.  Tough to get all essential amino acids on a vegetarian diet (i.e., gallo pinto is great, but I can’t eat it for every meal).

6 7. Sources of fruits or veggies 
You just can’t overeat most vegetables or fruits.  But watch out for sneaky things like juices (see “Water and milk; that’s it”) and dried fruits (lacking any water content and often sweetened).

7 5. Timing 
I thought Chris was gonna jump on the intermittent fasting train here…

8 9. Supplements
First, how dare you blaspheme the CrossFit holy trinity of creatine, omega-3 fish oil, and branched chain amino acids?  Second, a question: what is Vitamin S?  Wikipedia reports Vitamin S as salicylic acid – aka aspirin.  Aspirin is a supplement now?

9 8. Organic/grassfed 
Please see Mel’s Musings Episode IV for a primer on this – jump down to “Omega-3 in Meat: a Red Herring”.  http://championsclub.squarespace.com/home/2017/9/21/mels-musings-episode-iv-omega-3-what-it-is-and-what-it-isnt.html