Though this diet was intended to be simplicity incarnate as a lifestyle suggestion for strength and health, I apparently muddled my message at some point, which I really felt was pretty clear. As such, I will try to clarify some things.

This is not intended to replace any diet I’ve promoted in the past, nor am I abandoning or turning my back on things like the Apex Predator Diet.

I don’t know how you people roll, but after doing the APD for eight years, trying something new seemed like a fun thing to do. The APD was great for being lean, but living on a restrictive diet for eight years is mentally exhausting, especially when you are training between five and ten times a week the entire time. If I hadn’t wanted to try something new, I’d be unimaginative to the point of a mental health problem or a fucking robot. I am neither.

The Apex Predator Diet is what I use to lean out, or to remain ultra lean. I am half-assedly using it now to get lean for conventions and a cruise. That said, I look forward to returning to strip steaks and garlic mashed potatoes as soon as I have veins on my abs again. I realized yesterday in writing articles for the site Bodybuild3r that I am now carrying more muscle than a lot of the pro bodybuilders about who I read growing up, and that is awesome- to be hyper-lean and carry more muscle than them, all while using what I can only surmise is a fraction of their gear, is incredible.

If you’re not picking up what I am putting down, alternating the APD and the MXPD is essentially a macrocosmic version of the Feast or Famine Diet. See how this all ties in? Stop missing the forest for the trees, people.

My mention of low carb, low cal protein shakes does not mean I now hate Golden Age protein shakes.

Again, I never do the same workout twice- why the fuck would I make every meal or shake identical? And why in the hell do you people think I am writing a set of laws- I research shit and release the results to you to do with what you wish. I don’t give a fuck what you choose to do, however- just go hard at it.

Again, stop missing the forest for the fucking trees.

Rice and potatoes are not interchangeable on the MXPD.

Long a mainstay of the diet of the peoples of Asia, rice would seem to be a good choice for a carb source. After all, that’s what Stan Efferding promotes in his insipid “I haz food allergies and can’t fucking cook although I am an allegedly wealthy adult” diet book for which he mugged you people of a hundo and your dignity, but Stan Efferding uses insulin, and he can diet on fucking M&Ms and be just fine. When he’s not hiding money he stole from non-customers of a telecom service he did not actually provide, then fucking over his business partners from that illicit adventures (oh, and this one), Stan’s busy promulgating a diet that if you read between the lines was really just written by a man who wanted to grab cash based on his fame, with no basis in science or history, and clearly arose out of him living in a studio apartment and dieting on shit that required minimal prep while living in a studio apartment and trying to get his pro card.

A short aside: I might have a couple of DUIs blemishing my record, but I am neither a thief nor a liar, and I can also cook like a motherfucker, so you can imagine my surprise reading that shitdog ebook and realizing the glowing BME I wrote about Efferding ten years ago was based on fables he invented about himself… which is why I’ve since deleted that BME.

I’m not saying I don’t run gear, or that it doesn’t help with fat loss and protein synthesis, but the basis of the MXPD is historical and sensible. That said, rice wasn’t included because Americans didn’t eat rice prior to the mid-1900s, and even in 1980 the per capita rice consumption was only 6.3kgChina’s was a ridiculous 80kg in 2011. With that in mind, China’s rate of diabetes is now 10%, whereas the fat-as-fuck US’s is only 5%. Clearly, the degree to which they eat rice plays a major role in their rate of diabetes, but given the US’s per capita consumption of HFCS is 39.8lbs, you would think they’d be on par, but they’re not even close.

I’m sure there are a multitude of reasons behind this, but those numbers should have alarm bells going off in your head, because they are in mine. Basically, potatoes are better for you in every conceivable way:

And before you carry on about the bullshit benefits of brown rice, they’re bullshit. Brown rice is marginally better than white rice, tastes worse, and still sucks up against potatoes.

In a 1/3 cup, for whatever reason. I have no idea why people use ridiculous amount like that, because no one on the planet eats a 1/3 cup of rice.

In short, fuck rice. Fuck it in its stupid ass.

The yogurt issue

I have no idea why people think yogurt is some sort of a hyper-healthy food, or really in any way like the taste or smell of it. Yes, fermented foods are good for you, but they are no necessary for good health, and the store bought shit is mostly trash. Quibble all you want about your shitty-smelling sugar sauce- it’s mostly crap. If you’re making it at home without sugar, good on ya- eat away. None of this is set in stone- these are just things I discovered of historical interest, and the modern preoccupation with yogurt is doing no one any good, it seems. If your vagina or lactose intolerance dictate you must eat that foul-smelling dogshit, feel free. Just know the historical record is not on your side on this one.

Alcohol

One would think that my inclusion of an entire section about the unbelievable amounts of alcohol Americans have historically consumed would have clued you into the fact that you can drink on this diet. As I’ve received numerous questions however, let me state that yes, you can drink on this. The carbs you drink still count, and if you want to be lean I would stick to clear liquor like vodka, gin, and tequila.

Robb Wolf recommended the following drink in the Paleo Solution.

The Norcal Margarita

  • Pour 2 shots (3 ounces) of 100% agave tequila.
  • Add juice + pulp from one lime.
  • Add ice and shake.
  • Fill glass with soda water.
  • Garnish with salt, if desired.

There is actually reasoning behind all of the ingredients here. Citrus blunts the insulin response of alcohol, hence the lime. Tequila is paleo (if that matters to you) and is gluten and starch free, and the carbonation of the club soda delivers ethanol to your blood quicker, which means you get lit easier and more quickly. It’s low cal genius, and this drink is a favorite of ripped-as-fuck CrossFitters.

Hopefully, that helps you guys with food choices and drinking. If you’ve got questions, hit me in the comments or in PMs on FB and I’ll get them answered.

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