A connection between food and success?

Do you think there is a connection between your diet and general success?

Recently, I've started to cut down on starchy and sugary foods -- and I feel that I'm thinking clearer than ever before....

Anyone else had an experience like this?

- Dien Rice

This doesn't relate exactly to success, but perhaps you'll see a connection. I just read this article two days ago at http://www.radiantrecovery.com/press_room/articles/clutter.html

It talks about a link between messiness, clutter and sugar. Like you said about thinking clearer than before, this would apply to cluter, success, anything that gets messed up when refined sugars messes up our minds.

I have ADD and know that certain foods increase or decrease my ability to concentrate. And I certainly believe concentration helps one with success.

A connection between diet and success? Why not?

> Do you think there is a connection between
> your diet and general success?

> Recently, I've started to cut down on
> starchy and sugary foods -- and I feel that
> I'm thinking clearer than ever before....

> Anyone else had an experience like this?

> - Dien Rice

the connection is not a one size fits all type connection. Different body chemistries allow for different reactions to diet and consumption times.

For instance, myself, I eat close to 12,000 calories daily. Most of these calories are consumed in the form of shakes (MRD/S). I try to eat every 150-minutes. Sometimes that means getting up in the middle of the night and having a MRD/S.

Now, I find that if I am lacking in caloric intake and I opt to eat some garbage like a Whopper just before bed time I experience restlessness and have bad dreams. I tested this and logged each imnstance and found this to be the case 76% of the time. I tested this over a 90 day period.

Now, when I consume a balanced meal replacement drink/shake (MRD/S) I experience excellent sleep behavior and have a much more balanced nitrogen level as opposed to the latter.

Not to get too technical, and in summary what you eat affects you physiologically as well as psychologically. Diet is critical to success for many of us. Certain foods either add to or detract from us and our abilitites to function psychologically and physiologically too.

Taylor Trump
> This doesn't relate exactly to success, but
> perhaps you'll see a connection. I just read
> this article two days ago at
> http://www.radiantrecovery.com/press_room/articles/clutter.html
> It talks about a link between messiness,
> clutter and sugar. Like you said about
> thinking clearer than before, this would
> apply to cluter, success, anything that gets
> messed up when refined sugars messes up our
> minds.

> I have ADD and know that certain foods
> increase or decrease my ability to
> concentrate. And I certainly believe
> concentration helps one with success.

> A connection between diet and success? Why
> not?




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If I eat too many carbs in relationship to protein, I get light headed and dizzy. Pasta without meatballs makes me a zombie. It has to do
with hormones, master hormones, etc. The zone books by Barry Sears are the best I've seen on how
to figure out your own individual needs. But basically, if you aren't hungry for 5 hours after
you eat, you're in the zone. If you're hungry in
less time than that, its one of two things.

If you are flighty, generally out of it, you ate
to much carbs or too little protein. If hungry
but sharp, too much protein or too little carbs.

Interestingly, someone, somewhere asked Melvin
Powers, if you're having trouble getting started in business, what to do. Melvin's answer was to
get on a diet and exercise program.

> the connection is not a one size fits all
> type connection. Different body chemistries
> allow for different reactions to diet and
> consumption times.

> For instance, myself, I eat close to 12,000
> calories daily. Most of these calories are
> consumed in the form of shakes (MRD/S). I
> try to eat every 150-minutes. Sometimes that
> means getting up in the middle of the night
> and having a MRD/S.

> Now, I find that if I am lacking in caloric
> intake and I opt to eat some garbage like a
> Whopper just before bed time I experience
> restlessness and have bad dreams. I tested
> this and logged each imnstance and found
> this to be the case 76% of the time. I
> tested this over a 90 day period.

> Now, when I consume a balanced meal
> replacement drink/shake (MRD/S) I experience
> excellent sleep behavior and have a much
> more balanced nitrogen level as opposed to
> the latter.

> Not to get too technical, and in summary
> what you eat affects you physiologically as
> well as psychologically. Diet is critical to
> success for many of us. Certain foods either
> add to or detract from us and our abilitites
> to function psychologically and
> physiologically too.

> Taylor Trump

Sharon, Taylor, Joe,

Thanks for your responses! Essentially, what I was noticing was the high sugar / high carb thing which was mentioned....

If I eat a lot of sugars and starchy foods, I'm "light-headed" and also more sluggish than usual.... If I cut down on those foods, I not only think more clearly but I also feel more physically energetic too.

Another strange thing though.... I seem to write better promotional copy after having something sugary.... Maybe the "light-headedness" makes my words flow more smoothly, or perhaps I'm more in touch with my emotions or something like that in that state? Without it, I somehow feel too "rational" to write very good selling copy.... (I'm sure it's not just in my mind!)

It's also related to the stuff Gordon's been posting about diabetes too, I think. I've noticed these foods are generally high up on the "glycemic index" - that is, they make your blood sugar go up faster.

I also discussed this with Michael Ross as well.... Michael suggested that the sudden high blood sugar level causes your body to release insulin, which then depresses the blood sugar levels, and the subsequent lower blood sugar levels makes you feel "light-headed"....

Anyhow, I find this fascinating (and practical too)....

Thanks for your feedback! Anyone else experienced this kind of thing too?

- Dien

Taylor,

MRD/S do you use? I've tried a variety of them and some are really way too sweet for me. Also, too many of them have Nutrasweet as an ingredient, which I avoid.

Thanks,
Bruce Arnold

Please define MRD/S for me first?

Taylor Trump

> Taylor,

> MRD/S do you use? I've tried a variety of
> them and some are really way too sweet for
> me. Also, too many of them have Nutrasweet
> as an ingredient, which I avoid.

> Thanks,
> Bruce Arnold




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> Sure, I was referring to meal replacement drink/shake.

Thanks,Bruce Arnold

Please define MRD/S for me first?

> Taylor Trump

Hello Dien,

yes I do think that there is a strong connection with what you eat and your success.

All scientific evidence suggests that human beings are herbivores, that at this time are choosing to eat a diet that is foreign to the metabolic and structiral system of there body. There is not a single scientific paper that has been published and acredited by peirs that suggests man needs to eat any animal products other thatn those produced by a human babys motherduring the early years of its life.

Therefore if you are eating a diet that is alien to your body it will be in a constant state of conflict and having to waste much energy into fighting your food. So while it is not imperative that you change your diet to a herbiverous one, every step in that direction will help you be successful.

Sorry that this is a very breif explanation and it is probably not very speciffic or even posted as a good argument, but after many years reaserch and human trials on my friends family and of course myself I do belive that a progressive reduction in the consumption of foods derived from animals is very helpful in attaining successs. Sorry for any spelling errors the spell checker is not working.