Eating The Same Foods Everyday
Is there a downside to eating the same exact foods every single day? I have been eating the same breakfast, lunch, and dinner for years. It is a varied diet mostly plant-based with occasional dairy. It includes a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, proteins (from plant sources), and whole grains. Everything was mostly organic and whole foods with zero ultra-processed foods. I wound up developing eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). EoE appears to be due to an intolerance to some food group in which the first line lifestyle treatment is to try an elimination diet of the most common allergens - wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, tree nuts, fish. Since then, I have begun switching things up and trying to alternate what I eat to avoid constant exposure to any one food group. Do you have any insight into this - thanks!
Protocols and tools for 24- hour shiftworkers
I work as a paramedic in a busy emergency medical service working on a 24h on - 72h off - schedule. I suffer from brainfog and lack of iniative especially during the winter months when there is less sunlight (I live in the northern hemisphere). How would you build protocols of sleep, exercise and nutrition for us first responders on that schedule? My current protocols are going to bed after my shift and sleeping 4.5 hours (9am - 2pm) and trying to maintain normal bedtime at around 10pm.
How do you count the exercise's total time
I'm interested in optimizing my fitness protocols. In a few related episodes, there were mentions about the total exercise time threshold after which there is an increased cortisol secretion impairing the recovery. How do you count that total exercise time? Let's take strength training. Do you count only sets and reps, or also the rest periods?