I Ate Like a European for 6 Weeks and This is what Happened

[@ThomasDeLauerOfficial]

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[@MsJess-xs7kt]

@@ThomasDeLauerOfficial so informative and extremely helpful. I'm excited to experiment on my own physiology with this for a few months as well! Appreciate you 😌🙏🏼

[@Oddingen]

I live in Norway, Scandinavia. The most important thing, I think, is that the diet is as close to the raw material as possible. Evolutionarily, we are not made for multi-processed food. English breakfast, which consists of eggs and bacon, is a good example of a good start to the day. You get a lot of good proteins and normal fat. This keeps you full for a long time and reduces the need to snack throughout the day before the main meal.

[@dude861]

Norway is not a good example of "as close to the raw material as possible" though. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Norway and spend most of my vacations there. But the food quality seems to be a bit lower than in Germany (though probably still much higher than in the US). Well, of course you find completely unprocessed foods in Norway and they are perfectly fine. But there are also processed foods that simply have more chemicals inside than their counterparts in Germany. Sausages (both, these "grill polse" as you name them as well as the meat that you typically put on bread (don't know the english word for it, google just labels that as sausage as well) for example contain several E-number ingredients that are not found in german sausage.

[@MasterShake9000]

Lol at implying bacon isn’t a processed meat

[@itzakehrenberg3449]

Bacon and eggs is classic American; try beans on toast for an English breakfast.

[@MasterShake9000]

@@itzakehrenberg3449 lol, do your research. Beans on toast was invented in America by Heinz in 1927 and only became popular in Britain during ww2 rationing. Bacon and eggs have been part of the full English breakfast for centuries. Plus the bacon and egg sandwich was invented in Britain in the 1500s. The pairing was artificially pushed in the US in the 1900s by a distribution company trying to make bacon more popular.

[@vmcdelta]

Bacon is highly processed.

[@MythicStealth]

I love how Thomas experiments with foods/schedules and offers different options. Always look forward to these videos.

[@MsJess-xs7kt]

❤ agreed

[@smokenjoe4022]

This is exactly what I’ve been doing for months and I’m feeling much better l just gravitated to it! Live in farm country and eat local as much as possible! Unlimited supply of duck eggs and meat + raw milk! 77 years young and no meds

[@dianejake8525]

It’s hard to eat like a European here in America because their food ingredients are 100% better than the USA

[@dant.6364]

I’ve heard they are only 43% better 🤷

[@k.robintaylor8272]

@@dant.6364 87.6% of statistics are made up.

[@corywoolsey779]

Not to mention the quality of the specific ingredients we have here are the same, just have to actually shop for them.

[@GeneraluStelaru]

More so in Eastern Europe

[@AchievingPeakWellness]

Yes and no. Id say overall yes. But if you know how to source stuff here in the US you can find amazing world class quality. One thing better about the US is it's easier to find organic goods. When i was in Germany it was veey difficult to see what was organic and what wasn't.

[@innercircle341]

I lived for over 20 years right next to the Mediterranean Sea. 4 in Italy, 12 in France and 4 in Spain. I can tell you I ate completely differently in each location. And not only the food but also the timings, types of meals and many other things. So when you say you "ate like a European" which particular European are you referring to? I've lived in England for the other 40 years, which, surprisingly, is ALSO in Europe. And we don't eat like the French Italians or Spanish.

[@lloyannehurd]

You are also closer to the ocean. I live in a Canadian province that is very cold in winter and dry all year really. I noticed that when I can sleep with a window open, as you are free to do in more seasons, I sleep better. I think that sleep is essential for digestion and healing.

[@JackLuong]

did you even watch the video? he literally addressed that in the first 10 seconds

[@CharlesOffdensen]

@@JackLuong Well, even "Mediterranian" is hardly a thing.

[@erikd6124]

Americans need to stop thinking about Europe as 1 country. for some reson they most often conflict Europe with Italy. Just hink Italy when an American says or writes Europe :P

[@suzannemcvicker617]

Seriously. Breakfast in France is bread and coffee/hot chocolate, breakfast in the Netherlands includes cheese with the bread, breakfast in Germany is bread, muesli with milk, cheese, meat and maybe eggs, coffee or tea.

[@3_Gold_Coins]

I wish you were my trainer/nutritionist. You make more sense than most people do that. I also listen to..

[@zach9962]

Thank you Thomas Delauer. It’s difficult to sift through misinformation by yourself, you’ve been a beacon of facts for me for years.

[@Jimburgess1977]

We here in the uk used to eat much like our European cousins. Bacon & eggs were a staple for breakfast. But over the last 50 years we’ve adopted the American diet of highly processed food. Replacing our traditional breakfast of sausage bacon eggs etc with cereal. And instead of eating locally produced whole foods in local shops. We now buy ultra processed garbage from huge supermarket chains.

[@juliamacauley7062]

I’m in the UK and find that not going down selected aisles in supermarkets helps a lot ( crisps , cereals , biscuits, sweets , juices ) I tend to maraud round the fruit and veg bit for a long time and we’re lucky enough to have a Farmers Market locally twice a month .

[@cactusladysouth1000]

Cereal is not a good breakfast food

[@eullerandrade6310]

Hello Thomas ! Great video as usual ! As a long time viewer, would you mind making a video of your daily diet, showing how you incorporate those foods in your routine ? Keep up the great work !

[@morgannatorok]

I really enjoyed this video because you kept it real! Life happens, and it gets harder when you have kids (especially toddlers) to stick to a diet or exercise. I gained some weight after pregnancy and have been trying to adjust to my new lifestyle as a mother. I tried fasting and diet, with no results. I decided to do the basics, like eat cleaner (less noodles or quick pre-made meals), soup for dinner, and, overall, more balanced meals. I'm from Portugal, so a Mediterranean diet is a natural go-to. I started walking more and counting my steps. I'm committing to the end result with no time frame and no stress on the process.

[@Naniizar]

BETTER PLACE MENTALLY, like you said. I'm totally in this phase with my diet right now. For over 3 years, I was stuck in a cycle of extremes-keto, carnivore, low-carb-and my mental health took a hit. Now, I've adopted a more balanced Japanese-style approach. I focus on portion control with small plates, eating lunch and dinner with sprouted grains, soups, 8 oz of meat, small fish, watercress, Brussels sprouts, and a cup of grains once a day. I rotate between cold-pressed celery juice at morning, sprouted oatmeal, and/or eggs (4 eggs a day, 5 times a week) for a fasting window. My meals are all single-ingredient foods, and I'm loving microgreens in every meal as well. I decided to cut out raw dairy because it was causing cravings and weight gain, and I've also cut coffee to monitor my energy levels. Every day, I add 4 oz of freshly squeezed orange juice for a vitamin C boost-it’s therapeutic for me, it feels amazing. I still cook with grass-fed butter, and on top of that, I’m taking 30,000 IU of vitamin D with K2 because my labs showed my levels were low (around 30). Mentally, I feel like I’m in such a better place now compared with these other regimens. Kudos to you Thomas! It takes courage online to accept that you are switching diets after being known for an specific one, but we need more influencers like you that are normal people like us!

[@Stebon95]

Try the British diet next. Beans on toast 4 times a day minimum

[@sherlyr.]

Hey, Englamd is Europe 😊

[@SpamMouse]

Beef dripping on toast, two pie 'n' mash with green liquor followed by a tin of fruit cocktail and evaporated milk.

[@SpamMouse]

@@sherlyr. Only when viewed from a few thousand miles away.

[@sophiacromwell8017]

That sounds AWFUL!!!

[@xr21hz73]

​@@SpamMouse By "green liquor" do you mean mushy peas? Because your description makes it sound way more appetizing 😂

[@saxboss1]

I think you should be getting unhealthy folks on your channel who are looking for a nutritionist/trainer and have THEM go on these diets. It’s not very interesting to see what happens to an absolute jacked guy when he tries a specific diet. Just my take if you wanna switch up the type of videos you make!

[@ThomasDeLauerOfficial]

Working on it!!

[@Ranshin077]

That is brilliant. People who are sick are a different beast all together... because it depends on what's wrong with them. Some if not most people overweight and which are trying to lose weight without results can have problems like thyroid, liver, etc, due to years if not decades of abusing their body with bad diets. It's hard to fix those problems, which may need to be addressed before weight loss occurs. It's way more interesting how you would go about figuring that all out.

[@Bankai90]

​@@Ranshin077fix for them is still the same. Don't overeat kcal. Move. Exercise. Sleep. Stress less. Just taking accountability is a big hurdle

[@wcdriveby]

​@@Bankai90it's not necessarily the same. You have to understand how much Thomas moves and how athletic he is. What he is describing works for him and while I really appreciate him and the way he shares these things. I think the suggestion of adding people to his channel that are more like everyday folks and using them as real life examples would be extremely beneficial and his subscribers would triple.

[@wcdriveby]

@@AuslanderY I don't think anybody forgets that he was overweight. But what he did when he was overweight was a lot different than what he does now so that is the point. Thomas is a businessman and he makes his money off of his advice and content. It would be nice to see content on how he would approach being overweight and just starting out based on all the knowledge he's accumulated over the years. Just saying this would add a lot of value to a lot of people and grow his business.

[@ChelseaSmithies]

I have read many books, I listened to many KZbin videos by many of the world's leading gurus and health experts but nothing came close to “the hidden herbs” by anette ray. I recommend everyone giving it a read.

[@dude861]

bla bla bla

[@scubasteve1555]

I've been working in Germany for the past 16 months and I can say my health is definitely better. When I have food from the US I feel it in my gut and body overall.

[@chrismolemedia]

The German diet is one of the worst in Europe. Still better than the US.

[@dude861]

Enjoy "Abendbrot" ❤

[@jennyondell8492]

Love the content in this video. Appreciate the focus on the foods you're eating and how they stimulate GLP-1. It seems like a such a simple approach to food and I'm looking for simplicity. And it seems to align really well with what I'm hearing from Dr. Casey Means.

[@jaredmatthews9403]

Hit us with a food list. Like a top 12 or 20.

[@trixieepsinoza4102]

Doesn't help, when your bred is industrial crap with pestizides, perserving agents and sugarsirup in it, that had only hours to prove instead of freshly baked bred with only natural flour, water and salt (sourdough) or natural flour, water, yeast and salt as only ingredients, but 36 hours to prove. Same for fresh vegetables - they need time to ripe. sunlight and natural conditions to turn out good an healthy. Eggs, milk and meat get better, the more the animals can live outdoors and on good gras with a lot of variety, not with disenfectants or pestizides. Buy fresh food, make your one food and cook for yourself daily. Eat small portions, don't combine lots of high carbohydrates with a lot of fat. They eat at lunch or dinner first a plate of pasta with sparse sauce, and than vegetables with meat though most people don't eat those two in one meal. Fruit for desert or some kind of tarte. They eat late in the evening and mostly skip breakfast or have only a croissant or some buiscuits with coffee. No snacks in between meals. That's the italian diet for you. Everything else varies from country to country dramaticly. He was in Italy (where the food qualitiy is much more important for normal people than, let's say, in the UK), if he would eat like a british or a dutch person it would come out differently. In Germany you start traditionally with a good breakfast based on bred and jam or honey, sometimes a boiled egg, for lunch you eat vegetables, potatoes and meat, salad on the side and fruit as dessert and close the day with a small portion of bread with sausage, ham or cheese (all cold). My grandmother thaught me to "eat in the morning like an emperor, at noon like a king and in the evening like a beggar."

[@loneranger7573]

blah blah blah, as a French person, living in Canada, breakfast in France which is Europe, and as well Portugal (I'm both French and Portuguese) breakfast for adults is this: NO Breakfast! just an espresso coffee, with steamed milk if you like, and if truly hungry, a small bun or cookie. that's it. Lunch is a big meal. then you nap, and then you eat dinner very late. none of this 3 squares a day. Children is different, we feed them soft boiled eggs with bread in the morning before school, pack fruit for snack. they come home for lunch, which is usually soup or leftovers. we eat lots of bread. always. we arent fat because we walk everywhere, and we wait for our meals, like 18 hours for lunch, and dinner is at least 8 hours later.

[@Kinesiology411]

And the French people I've known since I was a teenager don't eat like that at all, lol. They eat a real breakfast most days, but always at least eat some bread or pastry with their coffee, don't take naps, and eat a large, very late supper. None of them are fat at all, either.

[@ButterflyVan]

Good job Thomas! Love this video ❤❤❤❤❤

[@KJB0001]

Thomas, GO TO EUROPE - London Paris Brussels Ghent Amsterdam - take all the tours, eat all the foods croissants, butter, stroopwaffles, cream sauce - you'll LOSE weight and feel great!! and don't forget about Brad Marshall and stearic acid to lose body fat

[@deepost2604]

My friend who lived in Italy said the Italians are very concerned about their LIVER. Interestingly, when we visited a monastery, I purchased a sample pack of digestvos. The history here is the monks were herbalists and there is a real tradition n paying attention to digestion. Limoncello is often used in small amounts after a meal. It does tend to really calm things down after a large meal.

[@livincincy4498]

Thee Minnesota Starvation Experiment during WW2 took the average caloric consumption at the time in half. The subjects went from 3,500 calories to 1,750. This was the average caloric intake for 5’6” men. The US Army estimated a soldier deployed in the field in the winter required 8-10k per day during WW2. So 3,500 was for a person in a normal living situation and normal exercise. To eat 3,500 calories people ate fat. Like the Europeans. The French Paradox revealed this. Mammals develop from milk. Milk is typically quantified as high fat. Macros for milk are even ish if you drink whole milk. Dairy products typically lower lactose ( carbs ). Animal fat is more than energy for the human physiology. That is why some are classified as essential for human life. An interesting test is to put Butter on saltine crackers. Count how many you eat before naturally stopping. Now eat them without butter. Most people can eat many more before being satiated and stopping.

[@zach9962]

Interesting read thank you

[@AchievingPeakWellness]

I recently read that Evoo is, in fact, a great oil to bake and fry with. I used to think that you couldn't cook or bake with it at all due to the heat. This is what i read. "Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) contains the highest level of polyphenols, micronutrient antioxidant compounds. When heated, polyphenols maintain extra virgin olive oil's stability and prevent it from breaking down and creating harmful byproducts called polar compounds. Some polyphenols are lost from heat but a significant amount remain in the extra virgin olive oil even at temperatures over 400 degrees fahrenheit. There’s two fascinating processes that happen when you cook with extra virgin olive oil. Polyphenols and antioxidant compounds transfer onto the food you cook and beneficial phytochemicals transfer into the EVOO and become more bioavailable. EVOO has the healthiest fat profile of all cooking oils because of its monounsaturated omega nine fatty acids composition." Courtesy of My Health Forward

[@dude861]

Yes, people keep talking about the smoke point (about 180 °C for olive oil), but that's not the point where oxidation really happens. It is much better to look at the peroxidation index. There you will see the real picture. The so called cooking oils like sunflower oil, that have a higher smoke point, actually start oxidizing very fast (and much faster than the WAY more stable olive oil). Which makes totally sense since these seed oils are high in polyunsaturated fats.They are instable and potentially very dangerous.

[@AchievingPeakWellness]

@@dude861 Good point! I never actually thought much about anything other than smoke point because that's all everyone seems to talk about

[@Ivan_Mohnke]

@@dude861peroxide value is a decent marker of the initial stage of oxidation, but for the advanced stage of oxidation it’ll be better to look at volatile compounds like aldehydes formed

[@dude861]

@@Ivan_Mohnke Tell me more.

[@Ivan_Mohnke]

@@dude861 haha Ah yes what would you like to discuss about 😬

[@GarbageCanster]

Thank you, Thomas.

[@MsJess-xs7kt]

Interesting and awesome report on how you're feeling and what you are eating that enduces these observed bodily and energy changes. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼

[@78hopper]

I think one thing we can all do to supercharge our health is to eat more fermented foods with every meal and as a bonus it is a great way to store food.

[@christianmalbeuf476]

I'd love a menu/recipes based on this protocol.

[@AndreaGarcia-ne6fi]

Next video should be what do you eat in a week and exercise too ❤❤

[@davideylerYT]

Really interesting - great info Thomas!

[@johannesjohannesson4623]

One of your best, Thomas.

[@lucez205]

Haha. I can tell you Tom, that the same low number of CRP I saw on my tests this Summer. Mine was 0.1. I had to check it again to make sure I was reading it correctly. I was on higher fat, full fat Greek yogurt, full fat milk, eggs, avocados, red meat, veggies, fruits as well, cheeses, etc. Also the cheat butter biscuits. Make my own sourdough bread and eat a lot of it. My cholesterol numbers shot up especially the LDL and the total cholesterol. The lab put 3 exclamation marks next to those numbers. I was quite confused to begin with but I would like to think that the size of my particles remained high. My HDL is slightly over the upper limit and my TRG is also very low like 0.7. Not what the lab thinks though. I also ate about 2 eggs a day which may be where the high cholesterol numbers come in. My vit D level is higher too and the other basic blood tests I had, were also in check. My hormone levels are very good according to the doctor. I will have another cholesterol test done soon for I want to see if it is the eggs giving me such a high number of 4.6 on my LDL. So no eggs but rest of diet remaines somewhat unchanged. This kind of diet I followed for a year where i stayed in good shape and at a low weight of 57kgs. Thanks for the upload.

[@patrickreilly7256]

Tommy... thanks for the circle jerk. 8 yrs ago I started listening to you and Berg. I was 30 yrs on a mediterranean diet. You convinced me to give up foods I knew to be healthy. These 8 yrs of keto have been devastating. Every marker of my health dropped. The last few months I've started to slide slowly back to med but it's extremely difficult. Fortunately I've never been into packaged foods. After 8yrs it's hard to remember how I ate before.

[@Kinesiology411]

what made you open to ditching the Mediterranean approach before? were you having issues and were looking to get rid of them via diet?

[@jasonjames6870]

Traditional European diets are essentially wheat and dairy with some added extras in small amounts

[@ThomasGuihard]

Well done Tom, I am off IF and keto for the last 6 months, only conting calories and macros....never been so fit and strong....I was listening to you for the last 5 years....making my life miserable starving myself all day....when you were suggesting to practice a 36 h fasting....well....we are all learning every day 😉

[@gg.6633]

Thank you for your suggestion!

[@tombrightman9206]

5 to 10 percent body fat is not optimal. 15 to 20 has lower all cause mortality. Also, endurance exercises increase heart calcification. The point is, hyperventilating about extreme fitness in 30s, 40s, 50s has detrimental effects on longevity.

[@Squiddogg]

Yes! Mark Twain was right when he said that when he felt like exercising, he would lie down until the feeling went away.

[@FreedomFox1]

I thought calorie deprivation was best for longevity? But yes, I agree that 15-20% body fat is best for overall health (at least for men). Also Tom is more like 10-12%… he’d be crazy ripped if his body fat were as low as he claims.

[@JasonBuckman]

​@@FreedomFox1 Calorie deprivation is only good for longevity if the calories you are depriving yourself of is from shitty "foods". If your diet is of ultra processed "food", calorie deprivation does wonders because you are limiting the crap you are putting in your mouth. If your diet is of real actual food, calorie deprivation does little to nothing.

[@fjr2107]

Please provide link to studies that show endurance exercises increase heart calcification. Thank you.

[@33MattyIce__]

​@@Squiddogg😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CaffeinatedTigress]

I was trying to do a more Mediterranean diet as per my doctor's request - I had the exact opposite response to it. I was constantly hungry. While the food was delicious and could satisfy - it was only for the temporary. Within an hour or two, everything in me said "you need to eat". Lab work looked worse (A1Cs up, cholesterols up, a few other labs that I never had an issue with were also up). On the flip side, I felt my best on carnivore. I had a minimal meal (more like snack) in the morning to get me going - then had a moderate amount of red meat at night (oddly enough, I also get butcher box) - and I'd feel satisfied and more importantly, I didn't feel like I had to eat for the rest of the night. Meat is as delicious as it is - though not much variety in flavor and texture - but I was happy that I could be satisfied with so little and not have to fight the constant pull telling me to go find something to eat. Labs on carnivore had my A1C down to the lowest I had ever had, majority of things were within normal range, I had lost weight and kept it off - the only thing did show that after 4 months on it, my LDL had gone up by 4 points - which threw my doctor into a tizzy (even though it isn't in any danger zone) which is why I finally conceded to her constant pleading for Mediterranean. Gained back 20 pounds, A1C went right back to where it used to be... I'm just not happy with it. So I'm quietly switching back to carnivore but I think I'll try more half and half of red vs lean meat... and this time also cutting out coffee (which isn't a huge deal - coffee is more of a 'I just like it' kinda thing, not a necessary thing. I can drink it for months then just forget it exists for months before I realize "oh, I haven't had any coffee - that sounds good." kinda relationship with it. I'm just pushing myself to go into the 'forget it exists' realm this go around.)

[@HenryGup]

Digestive break == Truth. Not necessarily fasting, but think TwoMAD, with emphasis on breakfast and lunch. Plenty of time to let the digestive system calm down. I figured this out all by myself.....

[@luis__jrtx]

I have recently turned to mostly eggs and dairy fats (cottage cheese, romano, yogurt and kefir and I've noticed very good results so far. Both recovery and overall energy levels. My carb intake has been reduced but it was too high previously.

[@eddieadams4770]

Europe? Europe is at least 44 countries in Europe. All with different dietary habits and customs.

[@gliver2549]

your hair looks much better now its more fuller

[@MannyQuacioua]

I love eggs

[@zach9962]

Have some eggs

[@TheblockheardroundIndy]

@@zach9962 Eggcelent

[@zach9962]

@@TheblockheardroundIndy Deleggctable

[@cactusladysouth1000]

It is nice to see you are eating, fruit and different kinds of veggies and nuts I am sick of hearing about the lectins. I have avoided lectin foods for so long and I just added 1/2 ounce of raw mixed nuts( walnuts, cashews, almonds and pecans) twice a day back into my meals and I can't believe how those few nuts have totally got rid of sugar cravings, I believe I was deficient in omega 6's because of the fear put in all of us. I have always eaten whole foods from scratch never processed or fast foods. But Gundrey and others have made us so paranoid about lectins I believe we people that eat clean have now become deficient in the omega 6. Tell me what your thoughts are on this Thomas. I believe I am vit. E deficient because of the grain and nuts and lectin scare foods. I am going to try the buckwheat thank you for that info on that.

[@kennethbosley1915]

Thomas, try a KETO-esc diet with the European eating pattern to get a parallax view of your previous eating pattern and the European eating patten. Since you changed two (or more things at the same time) it is difficult to separate the results from dietary change from the results from the eating pattern change.

[@goransarafinovski3613]

Thomas would still be JACKED even if he did a 12 week junk food diet.

[@jicalzad]

not surprised. The mediterranean-style diet is one of the few dietary plans that are actually universally recommended by healthcare organizations

[@Kinesiology411]

And there are dozens of versions of that basic blueprint, so almost anyone can adapt it to varying needs or limitations.

[@markwells1968]

Hey Thomas. With this new diet style in mind, how many square meals a day are you averaging? Or, how many meals do you shoot for normally, regardless the day (on non fasting days)? Your reply is much appreciated.

[@mohammadsweileh284]

I want to imagine how it’ll be like if you have lived in eastern Asia for 4-6 weeks. Korea for example! Looking forward to see this in the future.

[@aurapopescu1875]

My CRP is 0.04. Strict Keto, mostly carnivore.

[@LeeChetwynd]

You need to narrow this down a bit. Europe is a big place full of lots of countries with different climates, landscapes, cultural and traditional foods etc If you go to a city in England you will be swamped by fast food and obesity just as you are in America.

[@levong2935]

Few things to consider from his experiment. Try a variety of foods to see what works for your specific body. Quality ingredients, including quality carbs are key to not messing up your body. Lastly, which is my own opinion, you gotta eat based on your ethnic/genetic background. Imagine a Chinese person trying to consume a good amount of dairy when many Asians in general can be lactose intolerant. Glad he had the guts (no pun intended) to try something different than just keto or carnivore!

[@fredlift]

Did you eat for this like 6 or 16 weeks? I noticed you said 4 months in video so just wanted to give a heads up if the title had a typo :) Ps. Love your stuff

[@khamen723]

My last meal every night (I’m single) is three eggs whipped with a tablespoon of ricotta. Cooked in a lot of butter and I might only stay awake for an hour after eating this delicious, heavenly delight. Who needs desert? Not me 😂

[@gaurivasudevan2291]

Will you give an example of what a day of this looks like?

[@pyalot]

Eggs, croissant and cappucino for breakfast, salad and something carby for lunch, meat and veggies for dinner.

[@bannanaization]

I like having some blueberries with home made raw kefir for breakfast, and another protein source. Then more carbs for lunch

[@dczech4138]

Probably almost every European country has in the diet: Dairy, Grains, Legumes, Potatoes, fermented food dairy or vegetables, seasonal vegetable and fruits. Some eat more meat, some eat more fish.

[@divya1355]

Is there a brand of raw milk you recommend?

[@PumpkinKingXXIII]

Nope he can’t, Raw milk is a big no no to sell. If the fda finds out they will raid and shut the dairy for violating food safety laws.

[@mptrader1620]

What do you think of beans and similar. Also what percentage of potatoes to sweet potatoes do you do. I do not eat fruit. The fructose messes my intestine up and I put on some belly fat. So overall I have been I guess you would call it ketovore (a little higher fat carnivore) with some low carb greens like spinach and lower fiber lettuces (not iceberg). Doing this to reset and then try adding carbs back but want to focus on low sugar type carbs (closer to a low FODMAP type approach). Any suggestions?

[@LizJohnston-s7w]

I started having 2 teaspoons of gelatin in water every morning. No bloating at all.

[@donatina1987]

Interesting about digesting better. Better for you! Carbs are not an enemy

[@richardkorcyl4743]

After more than 40 years of presence in North America, I've never adjusted to the diet here. I stick mostly to my European traditions and feel great. During my driving across the USA, I was desperately looking for places serving local cuisine just like in Europe. All I found is one size for all standards.

[@Kinesiology411]

There are TONS of restaurants specializing in local, fresh food in any major city in the US. And what exactly have you been consuming that made you feel bad?

[@brucefake2732]

I think claiming to eat like a European is not accurate. A Swede, a Pole, an Englishman do not eat like an Italian or a Greek or a Spaniard.

[@Kinesiology411]

Right, but he did address that in the first few seconds.

[@cyrusmagnus]

It is so fascinating how well you know your body.

[@Dani-jo9yr]

Would be good to know what part of Europe you are talking about… Their dinners are usually around 10 pm… I am European born.

[@weiaboelema4786]

I am European too.And no, Northern Europeans eat at 6 pm mostly. Definitely not 10 pm .

[@Dani-jo9yr]

@@weiaboelema4786 Yes- Northern makes sense 😆Not the rest of it though 👀🤪🤷‍♀️

[@sadier39]

Can you please make another meal plan challenge based on what you are eating now

[@SpamMouse]

....you started measuring in cm and meters, out with cups and in with kilos perhaps? ☑

[@GenX_in_the_wild]

Beer, Schnitzel, Sachertorte

[@AirPowered]

Visited the US not long ago, and felt terrible when eating regular food. Had to seek out the organic stuff, just to not feel awful when eating. It was totally bizarre.

[@larsgibbon3327]

My observations from visiting both the US and Europe is rather simple. Europe has much much better quality of food. I know, for example, in France a lot of food is regulated for the quality. The European portion size when you go out are reasonable. Europeans tends to walk a lot more, they do not jump in a car at any opportunity, they use a combination of public transport and walking. Also, have a look at Japan, again, high food quality available everywhere, sensible portion sizes and lots of walking.

[@scottvisser8671]

I don't know if you've noticed or not but you have a habit of promoting many different disciplines by showing your six pack of abs and suggesting that it was because of this thing that you got the apps that you have. Don't get me wrong. I really appreciate all your work. But if you want to be truly credible then you have to be truly honest. If you want to show off your apps once in awhile just do it and tell us the many things that you do to get them or maintain them. But please don't try to continually lead us to believe or insinuate with a picture that it's because of this latest supplement or food discipline that you receive to those abs because of this one thing. I think that most of us who follow you do it just because we appreciate your content and not because of sensationalism. But, with the grain of criticism please also accept my gallon of appreciation for the many many times you have helped.

[@nortonm1983]

Do you think that there could be less digestive discomfort due to the type of wheat they use in Italy? I could actually eat wheat in Italy with little discomfort vs. Australia where we use American Red Wheat

[@beebeeramone4641]

I just started increasing my fats with dairy a few days ago. I think we're on the same wave length

[@aalexyan]

Dude, when I was married I was exhausted too 😅😅 (kids had nothing to do with it).

[@teuteu13]

Are you importing all vegetables and meat from Europe when you are saying European diet ...are you importing olive oil from Spain too?

[@sunnygirl9691]

You said you are including more fat from dairy - what was the fat mostly from before? Nevermind - you answered in the video!

[@bijayakoirala4798]

Thomas absolutely love yah from Australia 🇦🇺 Out of curiosity do you consume sourdough ? Or any form of bread? 🥖

[@gw7624]

Do Americans actually understand that Europe is not a country?

[@cactusladysouth1000]

Great video but to complicated for us to figure out how much of each group we should be eating.

[@janapeony8561]

Hello from Prague.

[@stevenkates4876]

Keto. Low Carb. Calories Restriction are too extreme. Biology is best in a Goldie Locks Zone. That’s why you are doing better.

[@jordanwlindsey]

Another Ray Peat convert! Welcome to the club 😎

[@bannanaization]

This is not even close to a ray peat style diet

[@jordanwlindsey]

@@bannanaization I should have said he’s trending towards it… it’s still not high enough in carbs but everything else is close. Dairy based, lean meats, mostly saturated fat, and lots of carbs, preferably fruits is ray peat style eating.

[@bannanaization]

@@jordanwlindsey not really. 20% carbs isnt a lot of carbs. Did you hear him say he doesnt really ever eat more than a certain amount a day and even has days where he has none? Really not even remotely close to a ray peat diet except for the dairy lol

[@jasonjames6870]

​@@bannanaizationis English not your first language? I don't understand why you are struggling so much with what he said

[@bannanaization]

@@jasonjames6870 seems like youre the one struggling with what I have said.

[@likearollingstone007]

That was an interesting one

[@steven_dekok]

Every time we go to Romania, our calorie intake goes up and our weight goes down.

[@donatina1987]

Finally you say you enjoyed food. Don’t you think that is important too? If not more? It’s everything. Gosh life is one and one only. Not saying to go and eat a bag of chips every su but if you have pasta or oats while working out… just do what you enjoy

[@cyrusmagnus]

Oh shit, grass fed is high end? That's my basic level of meat from my local grocery store. xD

[@sheila7814]

How do you calculate your body fat percentage?

[@compostdave]

I can't get raw milk where I live, unfortunately. I could join a co-op and get a gallon a month or whatever but it's not worth the cost. I wish grass fed/finished meat wasn't so expensive.

[@tbird12yt]

My eyes get crazy itchy whenever I eat eggs. Apparently, I'm allergic. So, I don't eat eggs.

[@StreetTruckinTitan]

the yokes are the least problematic than the whites

[@suzannecarrier287]

Thanks for sharing your personal info. Sounds like youve found the perfect diet and lifestyle. Im really enjoying your videos and emails lately. They are jam-packed with info . I am using all your suggestions.😊

[@jamestx624]

Can you make a video on your stack?

[@BerneseNoef]

5% body fat 😂 Never in your life you were at 5% body fat

[@mikea1121]

Agreed!! My body fat measurer says 10-11% 💪

[@Thunderstick-y8h]

I thought I was weird for not counting plant based protein. 😂 I just don’t believe the protein from chia , pumpkin seeds and nuts are actually doing anything.

[@HammyGirl999]

Yes! “Weight Loss Apprentice”

[@marcuscreese]

You do look a lot healthier Thomas keto give people that skelator look

[@MegaRobboz]

Thomas: So I started eating according to what the guests(experts) have been saying and what I've been reading in studies to be the most optimal diet....and I feel better than ever. yeah go figure :D awesome that it's working so well though!

[@1001kukilast]

He has done videos on why some are unhealthy & out of shape. Now when in return that taking action on the video content info you'll get to a leaner self & how you can maintain a lean body to were now one looks a jacked look🎉

[@rainbowtravelingyogi]

It’s obvious that he knows using using an umbrella term. I don’t know why so many people are trolls…. 🙃✨

[@tyyung177]

Maybe cuz you cut out macadamia nuts your digestion is better feeling

[@sandrabassett9923]

And your wife thanks you 😂😂