Philosophy of The Revolutionary Diet

Nearly everyone is looking for the best diet plan to help them with weight loss or weight management. They're constantly buying books and magazines that tout the latest weight loss diet and teach them how to diet. They spend hundreds of dollars on healthy eating guides and meal plans that don't work (or work for a few weeks).

Meanwhile, the answer is right there in history - just live the way Americans did at the time of the American Revolution.

Paul Revere, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and the rest didn't sit in front of the television stuffing their mouths with Doritos and swilling Diet Coke from 64 oz. buckets. They ate real food, worked outside in the fresh air and sunshine, and got plenty of sleep.

Regardless of your diet goals, you can enjoy the benefits of healthy living without starving yourself and without suffering. Oh yeah, it's not that hard. Just eat real food and get some exercise. You'll be amazed at how quickly you get great results, how good you feel, and how good you look. And all without the pain and sacrifice that you experienced with diets in the past.

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New dietary guidelines, boiled down

From The Washingon Post:


Are you as excited as I am about the release yesterday of the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010?
Probably no one is more excited, or perhaps relieved, than the folks who have been working for years to craft the new document. They've had to sort through lots of scientific evidence and consider the opinions of everyone from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association to the pro-vegetarian Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and come to some consensus as to what the document should advise about how Americans should eat.
The 100-plus-page brochure (available here in PDF form) offers guidance on everything from fish consumption (everyone, including pregnant women, should eat more) to improving Americans' access to healthful foods. It all boils down to two key messages. Americans should:
  • Maintain calorie balance over time to achieve and sustain a healthy weight.
  • Focus on consuming nutrient-dense foods and beverages.
Still, there's a certain air of resignation to an accompanying document issued on the Dietary Guidelines Web site called "Selected Messages for Consumers." Here it is, in its entirety:
Dietary Guidelines 2010 
Selected Messages for Consumers 

Take action on the Dietary Guidelines by making changes in these three 
areas.  

Choose steps that work for you and start today. 

Balancing Calories  
• Enjoy your food, but eat less. 
• Avoid oversized portions. 

Foods to Increase 
• Make half your plate fruits and vegetables.  
• Switch to fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk. 

Foods to Reduce 
• Compare sodium in foods like soup, bread, and frozen meals -- and 
choose the foods with lower numbers. 
• Drink water instead of sugary drinks. 

That, you can almost hear the authors conceding, may be about all the guidance many of us can absorb.
But just think: What if we all just took these basic baby steps? I will if you will.
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