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Leveraging Salt, Sugar, and Oils on OMAD...
Joe makes his case for salt, sugar, and oil as tactical supplements — flavor tools that keep small OMAD portions enjoyable and keep the dieter out of dieter's prison.
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Flavor as a supplement, not a sin
Answering a recurring question, Joe argues that salt, sugar, and oil — especially oil — should be treated supplementally: used tactically, like any supplement, so that controlled eating stays enjoyable instead of becoming a deprivation exercise. Just like Mary Poppins and a spoonful of sugar, he says, they help the medicine go down.
He speaks from experiment on oil. Joe reports going through oil-free periods and finding water-frying too hard and joyless. Oil makes food taste better, adds easy calories for anyone trying to reach a threshold, keeps a person able to eat in normal society, and — his claim in the recording — keeps the gallbladder flexing and working properly. Food snobs will object, but Joe says the snob's mindset is the problem: a dislike of anything that departs from their preferences for how people should eat.
His frugal satiety trick is old-fashioned bread and butter — a small plate of it, he says, delivers fulfillment on very few calories — alongside apples sprinkled with sugar, whose pectin he credits with keeping him full all day.
The reassurance underneath is arithmetic. On a controlled OMAD routine of small portions, Joe argues, you land well under the daily allowances for salt, sugar, and oil anyway; the whole point of OMAD is getting used to needing little food. Leveraging these tools tactically, he says, is what keeps you out of dieter's prison.