I use a modified Gracie Diet and it works for me. I call it 3rd world medicine. I use what I have learned and what Relson has taught me to do what works for me. I find that the way Relson has taught me to eat before comp. & hard training has never steered me wrong.. You have to make any diet you use work. I would not say that every fighter must drop their current diet & do the Gracie diet, I would talk to a Dietician they are the professionals. I think that it is smart to eat whole wheat pasta, brown rice, & whole wheat & whole oat bread. I also don't combine my carbs, like the Gracie Diet. I like these things any way & any dietician will tell you to eat them as well. Some of the things (mixing different fruits & such) does cause digestion to slow a little, but I process things so fast I feel that it really doesn't matter. I think that the Gracie Diet does have some good points, just like any diet. But you have to make it work for you.
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