title: The 5 Factor Diet
author:  Harley Pasternak 
description: Every diet plan has a gimmick, but Pasternak's is simpler than most: the number five. The author's "five factor" system (previously seen in his 2005 book, 5-Factor Fitness) includes five small meals a day, five workouts a week and a list of five factor foods-basics like egg whites, lean poultry and beans-in each of five food categories. More than 100 pages of low-calorie-if not particularly imaginative-recipes are included (such as Chicken and Rice Miso Soup and Roast Beef with Carrot-Pear Slaw), each of which include five ingredients and take five minutes to prepare. The in-demand author, whose clients' testimonials are scattered throughout the book (Kanye West and John Mayer among them), never fails to sound cheery, so even if daily rounds of five-factor strength-training sound daunting, his liveliness will help give readers courage: "Don't worry, my plan is the easiest, most effective exercise program you'll ever use." Though it might help to have the schedule of a Hollywood star-getting in five meals a day presents its own challenge for busy nine-to-fivers-his exercise plan is mercifully brief, the diet itself is flexible, and he doesn't require giving up any foods. In fact, Pasternak gives readers one "cheat day" a week-the better to demonstrate "how well the 5-Factor Diet is working."<br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  The Bear’s Words of Wisdom
  Owsley "The Bear" Stanley
  
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  Contents
  1
  Diet and Exercise
  1
  2
  Low Carber Forum Posts
  7
  3
  Interview with an Alchemist (1998)
  285
  4
  Q&A with igibike on RawPaleoDietForum.com
  291
  5
  The Bear’s Discussion with Rob From ZeroCarbPath
  295
  5.1
  Advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  296
  5.2
  Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  297
  5.3
  The basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  299
  5.4
  The “Meat is Toxic” Myth
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  301
  5.5
  The “Good” Carb Myth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  303
  5.6
  The “Fiber is Healthy” Myth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  303
  5.7
  On Diet Social Evolution-Acculturation . . . . . . . . . . . .
  305
  5.8
  On Anthropology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  306
  5.9
  Bear’s Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  307
  5.10 Bear’s Meat Tips
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  308
  5.11 R