Health and Fitness

Nutrition

Good nutrition is not complicated. In fact, I can sum things up quite nicely in two sentences.

• Eat mostly unprocessed food such as tubers, winter squash, vegetables, eggs, meat, fish, fowl, olive oil and butter.

• Drink only water, coffee, and tea.

Of course, there are other components of good nutrition. But, the two suggestions above cover about 95% of what you need to know to have a healthy diet.

Exercise

Like nutrition, a comprehensive exercise program is not complicated.

• Lift heavy weights on compound movements (i.e. squats, dead-lifts, pull-ups, dips). Here, "heavy" means a weight you can lift 1 to 5 times with good form. Repeat daily.

• Do not waste time doing aerobics. The primary physiological adaptation to chronic aerobic exercise is muscle loss. If you feel the need to run, do some sprints rather than jog 5 miles.