>>133307
>Abs are made in the kitchen.
There is much truth to this statement, but it rarely helps anybody, because it basically implies that one should go eat whatever diet one holds as ideal—regardless of its utility for accomplishing this goal. And if one already held a diet as an ideal, one would probably have already tried zeroing in on it, so it's more reasonable to assume that whoever you are responding to doesn't know what to do or that what they have tried so far has failed. "Abs are made in the kitchen." amounts to "Go back to doing what already hasn't worked." or "Continue blundering around in the dark." Such advice could be useless or even counterproductive.
Instead I will propose a different idea—one often overlooked—that the human body most animals benefit from eating light, and a well rounded diet is not something obtainable until light is also on the menu. I am disappointed to see that much of the buzz over vitamin D comes from the underlying subtext of a misguided notion that it is either equivalent to or the sole virtue of light exposure. The mere absence of reliance on photosynthesis doesn't mean energy isn't received from light. All that can be assumed is that animals more readily endure the darkness—not that darkness is acceptable for health. Vitamin D is also seen as a hormone made by the human body, and vitamin D deficiency is just one among many metabolic failings that occurs in the absence of certain wavelengths and intensities of light.
The reason this should be relevant to this thread is that the right wavelength, intensity, and duration of light burns fat, builds muscle, balances hormones, heals damaged tissue, and reverses aging. Certain metabolic processes will not cannot happen until the right light exposure happens. Light is being used to do mystical things right now such as growing hair on bald heads, whitening teeth, reversing cavities, and healing scars. All but a few surfers and isolated tribes seem convinced to hide in darkness more than is ideal. Part of this need for darkness has to do with the potentially damaging effects of UV light, and it doesn't help that many people associate sunlight time with high noon, the time of day with the most UV light. But in finding the health benefits of light, other wavelengths are used, such as red and infrared. Some get these health benefits through sunlight exposure away from high noon, and others use special light bulbs.
Abs are made in the light.