RAF121: Tom Brady's TB12 Diet (Part 2)

Get the book: http://RunningAFEVER.com/tb12book This week's episode is a continuation of my discussion of the diet outlined in Tom Brady's book "The TB12 Method". Tom Brady's diet is 80% alkalyzing foods and 20% acidifying foods. A pH of 7 is the goal, and it takes that combination to get there. In general, vegetables are alkalyzing, meat is acidifying, but here is Tom's short list of specific examples, and some of them are quite surprising. Alkalyzing: ------------- Artichokes Beets Broccoli Brussel Sprouts Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Chicory Cucumbers Dandelion greens Escarole or Endive Green beans Lettuce (except Iceberg) Potatoes Red cabbage Spinach Squash Sweet peppers Sweet potatoes Vegetable juice made in a juicer Yams Zucchini Acidifying: ------------- Beef Black currants Butter Cheese Chickpeas Cold Cuts Crayfish Hazelnuts Herring Kiwis Lobster Mackerel Mandarin oranges Millet Nectarines Oranges Peanuts Pecans Pineapples Pistachio nuts Pork Pumpkin seeds Raspberries Red currants Salmon Soybeans Strawberries Sunflower seeds Walnuts White bread White rice White wheat Yogurt Tom says that foods should be combined properly in a meal to provide the best digestion. Meats need an acidic environment. Carbohydrates need an alkaline environment. So eat vegetables with either carbs or protein, but not both. Also, drinking water during meals interferes with digestion, so stop drinking water thirty minutes before a meal. This book is very interesting. There's also info on supplementation, a grocery list, and recipes. Get it at http://RunningAFEVER.com. Go Pats!

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Brady The TB12 Method by Tom Brady

Recorded January 26, 2019.

Weight (change since Jan 2018): 200 (-74) Workout time: 106 Minutes Total Distance (total since Nov 2017): 5.83 Miles (408.37) Steps: 13,127 Muscle Mass (change since Aug 2018): 152.17 (+9) Body Fat: 23.8% Daily Sleep Duration 7-day Avg: 6 hours 2019 Goal: 15% Body Fat