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Dave sawyer (Login Atelang)
Posted Jun 29, 2009 4:34 AM
Barry, Yes a slice of fresh apple on a veggie patty makes a great lunch. I love a fresh veggi patty. However trying to describe this to someone raised on Hamburgers is not the easiest thing to do. Most folks want to experiment eating one as a substitute to a hamburger. This is where they begin the course of dislike. It is not a hamburger and not meant to taste like a hamburger.It is a vegetable course.personally I do not care what a person eats. However folks should keep a open mind to other menus. There are certain benefits to a vegetarian diet. One is you will feel so much better physically.I was a long time distance runner and coach, I made the switch when I found that my runners including myself would have faster times if they would not eat foods laden in saturated fat.In fact all run's races and training runs had significant improvements. The odd thing is the more you eat a vegetarian diet the more you find a distaste to fatty foods. For instance, once I switched to non fat milk, I could no longer even swallow whole milk as he seemed like drinking pure cream. Bottom line, we did not make the switch to "MAKE A STATEMENT OR TO BE VOGUE" we simply did it to run faster,run longer,have more energy and to feel better and have better recovery after hard workouts. That said, we did believe in moderation. In fact we recommended a small portion of tenderloin once a week as there were nutrients in the meat that were beneficial.
Sorry to go off on this subject, but when someone starts making conjectures and categorizing folks into extreme groups like Peta simple because they disagree with them on diet makes me a little upset.The good Professor ProHof would have done well by reading another Professor "Melvin Williams book on Nutrition for Health, Fitness and Sport by Melvin H Williams.Melvin Williams is the Director of Human Performance Laboratory at Old Dominion University, and has more than 30 years of lab research with a focus on the role of nutrition in sports. He has written and edited five books on ergogenic aids and the role of nutrition in sports -- By the way, Mel knew what he was talking about. He put his money where is mouth is. He was and still is on of the top distance runner's in his age group. He won his age group in the Boston Marathon and well as the Marine Corp Marathon and now in his seventies he still runs the hell out of folks more that half his age.
Regards
Dave@vabch |
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