Eat Meat And Stop Jogging: 'Common' Advice On How To Get Fit Is Keeping You Fat And Making You Sick

by Mike Sheridan

In Eat Meat And Stop Jogging, Mike Sheridan uncovers everything's that's WRONG with our current understanding of nutrition and metabolism, diets and weight loss, and physical fitness and health."I know the diet plans, exercise and fitness books, and health and nutrition basics aren't working for you, because they're not working for anyone! The first step to rescuing your physical and mental health, is understanding WHY we've accepted certain fitness and nutrition myths as fitness and nutrition facts, and how that's turned fat loss and disease prevention into a struggle." - Coach MikeInspired by personal practice, and supported by credible research, Eat Meat And Stop Jogging highlights the flaws in the prevailing advice to get fit, and illustrates the negative affect on our health and physique. With "Coach" Mike discussing the need for red meat, saturated fat and cholesterol in human nutrition, outlining the long-term consequences of losing weight via marathon training, plant based nutrition and extreme dieting, and helping the reader understand that most medical professionals, public health authorities, and fitness and wellness coaches, are ill-informed when it comes to the science of nutrition, exercise physiology, and what it takes to get fit, stay fit, and live with abundant health.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Self Help, Diets, Cookbooks, Fitness

209 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 25, 2014

Reviews

[Molly Saunders · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not enough information!

You gave tons of information about what we are doing wrong and why it is wrong. Tons of studies. But then we have to BUY your other book to get the practical application.

[Ting · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quite short books organized around "ten mistakes" of conventional wisdom about diet and exercise. I think all of them are contentious. I now understand that discussions about diet is as contentious as religions, if not more. Everyone has their beliefs and is hard to change. So this is a good book to learn different views and rethink a bit.

[patricia carberry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great advice

A great read with some well researched and reference d topics that we’ve been brought up to believe about sports and nutrition. This book turns it all on its head and after following much of the authors advice I am already noticing huge differences in my health.

[Tom McIlwain · Rating 3 out of 5]

great information but...

I loved where the book was going, but it abruptly ended with "if you want the answers, go buy my other book."

Which is a real shame because I was thoroughly enjoying it.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear, concise debunking of the conventional wisdom of diet and exercise. Thoroughly referenced.

Nothing new here for veterans on the subject.

[Harshad · Rating 2 out of 5]

You read any book on nutrition and exercise and you realize how much the scientific evidence and recommendation is divided when it comes to nutrition and exercise. The probable reason is that human body is an extremely complex system. For every scientific study in this domain, there are many co-variates like genetics, epigenetics, environmental causes, cultural influence on diet and exercise. So the "p-value yielding first-order analysis" doesn't work too well, especially when it uses 200-300 subjects. So all published scientific literature in this domain needs to be taken with a pinch of salt.

This book does cite scientific literature on the claims made, which is good. But that's the problem with nutrition science: for every claim, you can probably also find a scientific study claiming the exact opposite with a p value <0.05. This book conveniently cites studies that supports authors points and then goes a little overboard (example: claiming you do not need carbs!).

It is not completely useless though. Few topics like protein consumption and kidney or problems caused by chronic cardio are good.

[Jay Bee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick read finished in half a day. Turns what you think you know about diet, exercise, and nutrition on its head. I think you could skip this book and just read his follow on book, Live It Not Diet, as this book is kind of a big add for the follow on book. The book describes 10 mistakes we have been led to believe by science, drug companies, and the government over the last 50 years. I have been having some of the problems mentioned in his book and think just maybe the statin, whole grain 6-12 servings a day, low fat diet might be to blame. Seems like maybe that “quack” Atkins was on to something 40 years ago. More research needed.

[Gian Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Written in a simple, understandable way, too bad it's poorly edited.
The author makes a compelling case for this theory and very good points about nutrition and training, with many scientific evidence to support it. Without forgetting that we live in a time where you can find scientific evidence to support anything and the opposite of it.
On a personal level, despite being a fanatical runner all my life, I may even agree with him.
It's a shame that towards the end the whole boo turn into a long ad for the next author's book, where he'll give more advice and get into detail about his philosophy.
Still, I may buy that one too.

[Kitten Kisser · Rating 4 out of 5]

This author was ahead of his time just like the small handful before him. I'm so glad we are starting to finally wake up.

If I had read this when it came out I would have rolled my eyes & considered it utter nonsense. However, now with so much more information & testimonials, he pretty much nails it! What is a let down, is that he wants you to buy his next book for the details about how to do it. Thankfully, there are a lot of folks "doing it" that one can use as a guide. With that said, I may look into him further & I still may consider his second e-book.

[Russ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting long form sales letter. He points out 10 popular diet and exercise myths that are keeping us fat and unhealthy. All of his claims are supported by research and there is an extensive list of research references. It's worth a quick read if you're struggling to lose body fat especially if you rely on cardio or long distance endurance training as exercise.

[Buck Wilde · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thorough, well-researched, and objectively correct, though Sheridan's not the strongest writer. Annoying how he wrapped it up with a plug for his other book, but we can extrapolate what's in the other book.

In the event you can't extrapolate what's in the other book, it'll be carnivore-inspired Paleo dieting, weightlifting, HIIT, and low-impact walking.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

I disagreed with a lot of it, but I do enjoy seeing people tear apart the holier-than-thou arguments of the die-hard vegan enthusiasts on their crusade to convert the rest of us. There are certainly some good pieces of information in here, but I took a fair amount of it with a grain of salt.

[Mary Ann Merlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good Info

Don't like the sneaky way author wrote a book to promote another. Write in a way to leave the readers with a sense of closure. Don't pull the old "my next book will have the secrets"" Info is good ,well documented. Still bad form.

[Thongchai Kolyutsakul]

Interesting info on how meat provide essential nutrients (types of proteins) that plans cannot. Although this seems to conflict with other reputable sources. e.g. Celebrities like Bill Gates, Mark Rober advocate eating plant based meat. I can't conclude yet, so giving no star for now.

[Misty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick read with succinct info!

A phenomenal modern rendition of how humans need to be eating and training their bodies. Great read and excited to get back on track! Thank you, coach Mike!

[Linda Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terrific!!

Although I'm not an athlete, I do enjoy a spirited book. This has so much information and tips and tricks that I read through this in one setting. So interesting and well written that I will be purchasing the next one. Kudos, Mike Sheridan!

[Casey Hoskins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Changed my perspective on health and fitness

I have read other fitness books and even took a few personal trainer courses. Some of what is talked about in the book I kind of knew and other things took me by surprise.

[Mihai Mijea · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book looks like more a summary of many studies

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good intro to the ketogenic way of eating.

[Andy Harvey · Rating 1 out of 5]

No information, read what’s wrong for a few pages, then buy another book to know what’s right, just a rip off.

[Lihsa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well researched

A very thorough bibliography. Actual content is half of the book. Quick read, easily skimmed. Read this before his other book, live it or diet.

[Elisabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book.

It helped me understand more of having a healthy life.
And what to believe in and trust.
This is facts and can be trusted.

[Bob Greathouse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great information

Well documented but not always easy to understand. Overall I highly recommend it. A few places require carful reading, as the authors point is not clear.

[Ed Barton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Book

A good book on lifestyle, diet and maintaining health and fitness. An easy read and worthwhile addition to the library.

[Charlene Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved your book

I'm on to Live it not diet. A lot of things I thought were confirmed by your book. Great job...Looking forward to getting results and feeling better.

[Rebekah Partin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book!

[Lowrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh, it was fine. Didn't like his general approach of not explaining the study frameworks at all, but always like to keep up with general diet framework ideas.

[Jim Sarjeant · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting summary. I don’t agree with everything he writes but he does have a good handle on what he has to say. The book would benefit with larger pages and darker type.

[Aderyn Wood · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for a quick snapshot of best food and exercise choices for health. Excellent references cited.

[Lynda Barco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exercising too much.?

I'm ready to read live it not diet and see what he has to say so far. I like what I'm reading.