OFM Eating: 'Whole Animal Eating'

Achieving the optimal balance of Nutrition for performance & health

Menudo con Pata sin Grano (Tripe Soup with the Hoof/Joint without Hominy)

"Whole Animal Eating' is a critical aspect of the OFM Nutrition equation. Historically humans evolved to consume all the animal parts and this is clear in the anthropological record.

This means regular consumption of organ meats, skin & connective tissues and other parts of the animal.

While most traditional cultures continue to practice their version of 'Whole Animal Eating' modern Western Societies, particularly English-speaking ones, have largely abandoned this practice and have moved toward consuming solely muscle meat. So, while most people enjoy their steak, or chicken this skews the amino acid profile thus is less than optimal. YOU want optimal, right?

The REAL issue with consuming a lot of animal based meat, eggs, poultry, dairy, fish and sea food etc. is simply we consume TOO MUCH precisely because it is so nutritionally dense and bio-available and out of balance unless we consume everything. We find the opposite is true. When OFM 'Whole Animal Eating' is done properly the amount of animal-based foods needed is surprisingly small. Actually, the amount of food in total is surprisingly small.

In working with high-caliber vegetarian athletes when the addition of liver & gelatin capsule is implemented these athletes see their performance get consistently better while their chronic injuries disappear. Because these athletes are vegetarian (mainly) their intake of animal based foods and supplements is minimal.

There are several food based options and most of these are actually dirt cheap and some of the biggest nutritional values available.

Food based 'Whole Animal Eating':

Organ Meat:

Fresh liver once a week when training load is high. Once every two weeks as maintenance.
Pate, foie gras, liverwurst, braunschweiger, liver sausage. These can be combined nicely with cheeses and thin crackers with wine as an appetizer.
Heart, Kidney, sweetbreads (thymus). We suggest finding a specialty foods or specialty restaurant which knows how to prepare organ meat.

Skin & Connective Tissue:

Menudo con Pata sin Grano (Tripe Soup with the Hoof or joint without the Hominy) (Commonly available on weekends at Mexican & Central American restaurants). Tripe soup is also very common in Eastern European cuisine.
Pho with extra tendon and tripe (Commonly available in Pho Vietnamise and southeast Asian Restaurants)
Collagen fortified broths

Fish & Seafoods:

Fresh or fresh frozen fish as available
Oysters monthly for bio-available zinc
Fish Roe when available

If you are not quite ready OFM has developed some effective supplement based strategies so 'Whole Animal Eating' is achievable and sustainable for everyone.

Supplement Based 'Whole Animal Eating':

Sadly, most just don't 'go there' when it comes to organ meats and skin and connective tissue let alone other parts of the animal so OFM has effective supplement 'workarounds'. These supplements are generally concentrated food based supplements like liver capsules and gelatin / collagen. in loose or capsule form. Review the Daily Supplementation article for proper use of Liver and Gelatin.

Whole Animal Eating

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Welcome and Overview

Week 1: Preparation

Module 1: Introduction

Module 2 : Assessment

Module 3: Cleaning up the Diet

Module 4: Identifying and Mitigating Stressors

Module 5: Supplemental Reading

Week 2 : Initiation

Module 1: Pre-Flight Checklist

Module 2: MR Takeoff Time!

Module 3: Eating and Hydrating

Module 4: Nutrition and Supplementation

Module 5: Using Vespa During the MR

Module 6: Lifestyle and Training During MR

Week 3: Stabilization

Module 1: Stabilization Overview

Module 2: Diet and Supplementation Review and Tweaking

Module 3: Training

Module 4: Lifestyle Review

Module 5: Identifying Underlying Issues

Module 6: Training - Supplemental Material

Module 7: Identifying Underlying Issues - Supplemental Material

Module 8: Lifestyle Supplemental Material

Week 4: Transition to Adaptation Phase

Module 1: Stabilization, Review & Transition to Adaptation Phase

Module 2: Training

Module 3: Nutrition and Supplements

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