Has eating healthy made a difference in your life?

[MarkKol]

Sometimes eating healthy seems kinda time-consuming and expensive for me, I strangely got into this field of nutrition because of 1. Being unhappy with my weight in the past and 2. My desire is to have an ultra-high libido and sex drive because I liked being horny all the time. 

Sometimes I read some old posts on this forum of people mentioning stuff like bell peppers increased my sex drive, or eggs did this for me, or vegetables made this difference for me, etc...

So to get a bigger picture here, what has improving your nutrition done for you?

Edited January 7 by MarkKol

[Leo Gura]

1) Makes it much easier to keep fat off.

2) Ends pigging out and feeling gross.

3) Most of the benefits will be unfelt and untestable, like living longer with less disease. But you will never even know for sure you received this benefit or if it was a fantasy.

[Patrick_9931]

To me it just makes all of the difference of the world. And it’s actually super easy to eat healthy and it’s not even expensive  

The main thing for me was

- remove gluten 

- remove sugar

-remove obvious junk food 

- Eat whole grains 

- eat prebiotic foods and focus on gut health

 

super easy and cheap but the mental improvement that I’ve received is just a whole another world , I just live a different life 

Edited January 7 by Patrick_9931

[bazera]

@MarkKol Unrelated to your question, but what's your diet like? What food categories have you eliminated so far? And do you eat 100% clean?

[max duewel]

yes, there is a clear difference in my mental health, sports and work performance and happiness. Also i look much better compared to eating less healthy

[Princess Arabia]

Only thing i can say is that when I don't, I feel like shit and certain health problems start to arise. As soon as I get back to eating better, they go away. So I don't think it's the eating healthy as much but it's the opposite that creates the problem. Eating healthy probably just puts the body back to homeostasis and eating poorly takes you out of it and sends the body out of whack. 

[MarkKol]

47 minutes ago, bazera said:

@MarkKol Unrelated to your question, but what's your diet like? What food categories have you eliminated so far? And do you eat 100% clean?

I've been all around the place so I couldn't tell you exactly because I haven't been consistent with any specific diet, my main belief is as much fiber/vegetables/fruit as possible, the 30 plants a week recommendation. The only thing I don't eat is dairy because of acne but I'm not strict about it.

I've been eating almost a pound of beef a day recently, eating lots of meat with lots of fiber is debatable, carnivore or animal-dominated diets definitely aren't, without fiber animal products will raise your APOB clogging your arteries long term. I was never scared of a heart attack, I was scared of the artery plaque worsening circulation resulting in poor erections 

Edited January 7 by MarkKol

[Rigel]

My skin doesn’t lie. I put shit in my mouth, I get pimples & disgusting skin. I put great food in my mouth, my skin clears up & starts to glow. It’s very obvious. Not subtle at all.

[Ero]

On 1/7/2025 at 10:55 AM, Rigel said:

My skin doesn’t lie. I put shit in my mouth, I get pimples & disgusting skin. I put great food in my mouth, my skin clears up & starts to glow. It’s very obvious. Not subtle at all.

Same. Also, if you are a very active, the difference in diet is immediate. 

[Schizophonia]

@MarkKol I'm sick way less often.

[Sugarcoat]

I eat healthy generally. But when I do eat unhealthy, I don’t notice any negative effects. I think that’s because I have a good baseline of health and a strong digestion. If you have this, especially if you are young, I think you shouldn’t feel that much of a difference if you eat a little unhealthy food vs healthy, maybe in excess amounts yes but not a little deviation. I feel good generally health wise eating generally healthy, so that’s a benefit, but on the other hand I feel “normal” like this is how I’m supposed to feel. My body feels healthy and light and my energy is stable. It’s supposed to feel that way, imo. Like @Schizophonia would say “it’s normal”. So it doesn’t feel so much like a benefit, it just feels normal.

[Schizophonia]

2 hours ago, Sugarcoat said:

My body feels healthy and light and my energy is stable. It’s supposed to feel that way, imo. Like @Schizophonia would say “it’s normal”. So it doesn’t feel so much like a benefit, it just feels normal.

Ahah.

 

Let's say that you can eat enough junk and still feel good if you eat enough good food alongside it and/or take supplements. 
Then the differences are essentially felt in the long run.

[Sugarcoat]

1 minute ago, Schizophonia said:

Ahah.

 

Let's say that you can eat enough junk and still feel good if you eat enough good food alongside it and/or take supplements. 
Then the differences are essentially felt in the long run.

Yes exactly, if you eat healthy in general eating some junk sometimes won't affect you at least not in a way thats noticeable, also assuming you have a good foundation of health because if you have a sensitive system then yes maybe some junk could affect you but that isn't ideal. And yes differences are usually felt in the long run so if one would eat unhealthy for a long time things would start to feel different

[Schizophonia]

14 minutes ago, Sugarcoat said:

Yes exactly, if you eat healthy in general eating some junk sometimes won't affect you at least not in a way thats noticeable, also assuming you have a good foundation of health because if you have a sensitive system then yes maybe some junk could affect you but that isn't ideal. And yes differences are usually felt in the long run so if one would eat unhealthy for a long time things would start to feel different

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[Jannes]

I changed my diet when I was like 17 and felt a huge difference. All sorts of little pains, brain fogs, bloats cleared a lot it was quite magical.  

Now the difference seems less noticeable.

I was always skinny I never gained or lost weight when I had phases when I ate more or less junk. 

[Loving Radiance]

Way more energy and mental clarity since cutting out processed foods.

[EdgeGod900]

It did, but you have to pair it with sleeping properly and exercising regularly. You have to approach health holistically( including things like digital health) in order to see the difference. But yeah, I significantly reduced dairy, carbs, sugar(except fructose), I steam my meats, and regularly eat vegtable soup(see Leo's video for recipe). My skin is glowing, reduced acne by a lot(rarely get them anymore), stable energy, and slightly better concentration.

 

Again, you have to see health holistically, in order to see noticeable changes. For example, if you want to reduce acne, eat low GI foods, sleep well, exercise, weekly/bi-weekly cleaning of bed sheets, etc..

Another example, if you want to improve concentration, eat low GI foods, sleep well, exercise, meditate, etc..

I suggest watching this podcast(funny, but informative),

, and here's a link from his website on the stuff that Bryan Eats to get a heuristic on what you can do to your lifestyle: https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.com/pages/blueprint-protocol

Don't need to buy his products, you can order them elsewhere.

[AION]

In the winter months, hot peppers or hot food are my go to food. It has a lot of C vitamins and gives me insane libido and stamina which I use for sports. Hot food also scratches my itch as a foodie. Especially in combination with meats and veggies. I'm lucky I have a healthy appetite and I don't crave unhealthy food. Once in a while I do eat fried food but that is on occasion.

[Carl-Richard]

You feel better, think better, live better, much better.