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“As the disclaimer a few pages back highlights, I am not a doctor. But let me ask you this: How helpful has your doctor been?”
― Grant Petersen, Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.

“I believed, as so many people do, that it is possible to exercise more and eat less and keep it up for a lifetime. That’s the conventional wisdom, and it’s the biggest lie in health.”
― Grant Petersen, Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.

“soda, or pasta, your body converts the carbs in them to a kind of sugar called glucose,”
― Grant Petersen, Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.

“Diets that don’t limit carbs, yet require smaller portions and more exercise, are doomed to fail because they keep you hungry and make you store fat.”
― Grant Petersen, Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.

“beausage.”
― Grant Petersen, Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike

“The stresses of modern life and exposure to modern pollutants increase the need for certain nutrients that a pure meat and fat diet might not provide, so be prudent. Take an all-purpose supplement, some omega-3s, eat a few leaves, and you’re covered.”
― Grant Petersen, Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.

“No ride is too short. Carbs aside, is a small spoonful of your favorite ice cream too little to bother with? Is a two-minute massage not worth the trouble? Pedaling a bike is the same way. It’s pure fun, no matter how short it is. Five minutes of riding after a day of sitting or standing is a great way to unwind.”
― Grant Petersen, Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike

“here’s the truth: the banana you eat with a glass of fresh-squeezed organic orange juice does more to keep you hungry and fat than the candy bar and Coke you don’t go near.”
― Grant Petersen, Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.

“If you happen to be out at night on the bike path without a light, ring your bell constantly. No bell? Then sing "Hotel Yorba" on a continuous loop, loud enough to warn the unseen.”
― Grant Petersen, Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike

“Solution 2: Don’t let your blinky light blink. By keeping it on steady mode, you’ll use up the battery faster, but you’ll be around to buy more. Don’t be cheap and dead.”
― Grant Petersen, Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike

“Quit eating carbohydrates. Not fat. Not protein. Carbohydrates.”
― Grant Petersen, Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.

“Don’t evaluate a short ride in physiological terms. Easy pedaling is good thinking time. I get all kinds of ideas for bikes, products, and general life solutions during short rides. The super grand solutions often come after twenty minutes, but you’ll get some good ones within five; and if you don’t, it’s still better than five minutes of sitting down and eating five minutes”
― Grant Petersen, Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike

“Scenario No. 1 Breakfast: Two to five tablespoons of butter or cream in your tea or coffee. You can make coffee at home for less than a buck, but let’s round up: $1.00. Midmorning snack: Two ounces of cheese ($1.50 for cheese that costs $12 per pound, which gives you lots of options), two ounces of salami ($3 for artisanal salami at $24 per pound): $4.50. Late lunch: Most of a can of wild salmon: $3.00. Dinner: A four-ounce hamburger patty ($2—you can find grass-fed chuck for $8 per pound), one bunch of chard ($2, organic), and a small bowl of plain Greek yogurt with a few macadamia nuts ($1.50) = $5.50. Day’s total: $14.00. Scenario No. 2 Breakfast: Home-cooked omelet made with four eggs, two ounces of shredded cheese, and five strips of bacon (no nitrates): $6.00. Tea or coffee: $1.00. After this, you won’t be hungry until 2:30 p.m. Lunch: 1 cup full-fat, plain Greek yogurt and an ounce of cheese. Go, Dairy! If you’re lactose intolerant, sub a can of sardines for the yogurt: $3.00. Dinner: Greek salad, village style (no lettuce—just cukes, tomatoes, onions, green or red peppers, olives, feta), one hard-boiled egg, and either 2 ounces of canned sardines or the meat of your choice; olive oil and vinegar dressing: $7.00. Day’s total: $17.00.”
― Grant Petersen, Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.

“Eating small, carb-dense meals will maintain a constant high level of glucose and insulin.”
― Grant Petersen, Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.

“Baked or fried salmon, with sautéed chard, and cheese and macadamia nuts for dessert. 2 Bacon burgers with cheese and a salad. 3 Lamb stew meat sautéed in butter or ghee, topped with blue cheese, and a side of plain Greek yogurt with macadamia nuts. 4 Almond-flour coated chicken fried in butter or ghee, with sautéed-in-butter chard, and shredded Parmesan cheese. 5 Super Cobb salad with blue cheese or olive oil and vinegar dressing fortified with broccoli and extra bacon or other meat. 6 Scallops wrapped in bacon and fried in bacon grease, with sautéed broccolini, and soft-boiled eggs on the side. 7 Liver, onions, and bacon sautéed in bacon grease, with plain, full-fat Greek yogurt mixed with crumbled blue cheese on the side, macadamia nuts for dessert. 8 Village-style Greek salad of cucumbers, bell peppers, onions, feta cheese, olives, tomatoes, with sautéed chicken with the skin. 9 Omelet stuffed with Parmesan, red onions, sautéed mushrooms, with a few sheets of dried nori (seaweed). 10 Fatty wieners or bratwurst split lengthwise and fried in butter till they’re curly and their skins are crisp and blackish in the places that touch the pan most, with steamed sauerkraut and strong, grainy brown mustard. Yum.”
― Grant Petersen, Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.

“You never know with dogs. My dog lives with bikes and riders, and still barks like crazy at bike riders. It's our family's shame. I tell her: "Every bite of food you eat, everything good that comes your way, is because of bikes, so no bark!" But she can't help herself; she's a terrier.”
― Grant Petersen, Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike

“One great way to get strong faster is to pick a weight (heavier!) or a speed (slower!) that stops you at 6 reps—but instead of lifting 6 times, lift 5. Avoiding the sixth rep reduces the micro muscle tears that you need to recover from when building muscle. If you’re hell-bent on getting strong fast, you can repeat the exercise several times a week, with no need for recovery, and if you add this kind of workout to your regular ones, you’ll be clearly, obviously, visibly stronger in a month.”
― Grant Petersen, Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.

“In the Netherlands, fewer than one in thirty riders wear helmets, the streets are full of cyclists, and the bike accident and head injury rate is far lower than it is in the United States.”
― Grant Petersen, Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike

“The dangers of eating too few carbs There are none. It”
― Grant Petersen, Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.

“I don't encourage blasting through stop signs or riding like an idiot. I want to make that clear. But given the number of riders (and idiots) out there, there are bound to be some who ride that way and, yes, anger drivers. But they also keep drivers on their toes - here comes another cyclist; I wonder if he's as oblivious and suicidal as the last one...”
― Grant Petersen, Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike

“The best bikes aren’t at the extreme ends of the functionality spectrum, so specialized that they’re a bike-length away from dysfunctionality. The best ones are boring jacks-of-many-trades, and you stretch them to their limits with skill and experience.”
― Grant Petersen, Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike

“Lots: Young, fatty, oily fish—herring, wild salmon, sardines, and trout from the coldest waters. Eggs. Mammal meat, especially fatty meats from grass-fed or wild animals. Cheese, cream, butter, macadamia nuts, olive and coconut oils.”
― Grant Petersen, Eat Bacon, Don't Jog: Get Strong. Get Lean. No Bullshit.