However, just as we have demonstrated the effectiveness of our self-defense system with facts not theories, I am living proof that the Gracie Diet works. Unfortunately, there are not many healthy seventy-year-olds walking around these days. Ideally, you should get information on what to eat from someone who is seventy, has followed a particular diet for thirty years, and can validate the positive results. They simply haven’t been around long enough.
But if you are forty, and start on the latest trend diet today, how are you going to know the effect it will have thirty or forty years from now? It is impossible for today’s diet gurus to prove the long-term validity of their theories. Many modern diets written by healthy-looking young men and women have gained credibility based solely on theory. When you are young, in your twenties, thirties, or forties, it is difficult to see the long-term effects of improper eating habits. Over the years, I have witnessed amazing results from his nutritional regimen. Using himself and the rest of the family as guinea pigs, he dedicated 65 years of his life to the development and improvement of the Gracie Diet. Although he never had any formal education in the field of nutrition, Carlos studied the works of countless experts from all over the world. This would then facilitate the digestive process, which is the most energy-consuming activity of the human body. The objective was to prevent blood acidity and avoid fermentation. His idea was to make sure that at each meal, the foods we ate would combine to cause healthy chemical reactions. Realizing that different foods would cause different chemical reactions within the body, Carlos narrowed his focus on food combinations. This was his motivation to venture into the study of nutrition and the effect of different foods on the human body. In order for us to be ready to defend the family name against all comers, it was important to be healthy at all times. He immersed himself in a variety of subjects related to the mind, body, and spirit.Ĭarlos soon understood the important relationship between nutrition and physical performance. When we gained respect as experienced teachers and fighters, Carlos was able to trust us with the ring duties and dedicate more time to esoteric studies. He was the first teacher and fighter of the family, and then later our manager. “With the divorce of our parents, Carlos took a stronger leadership position amongst the brothers.
This is an excerpt from the book “Gracie Jiu-Jitsu” by Grand Master Helio Gracie: Based on common sense and the proper combining of foods, it’s the secret of success for the largest family of athletes in the world. Helio Gracie followed the “Gracie Diet”, a method of eating developed during 65 years of research and first-hand use by his older brother Grand Master Carlos Gracie.
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