[FairfieldLife] Vegetraian diet is superior ---- was: I bet Turq never killed
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: I discussed this with my trainer this morning, and he agreed with me that the logical explanation is that a person eating a vegetarian diet, higher in carbs, would have greater glycogen stores and replenish them more quickly. It would be interesting to see some newer studies of this phenomenon. ** The question of whether the multiple benefits of vegetarian dietary practices extend to enhanced physical fitness and performance has been explored since the early 20th century, when a few simple studies reported greater muscular endurance in vegetarian than in nonvegetarian subjects, but these results were not confirmed in subsequent research http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/70/3/570S.pdf http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/70/3/570S.pdf Off will probably refute this by saying that the athletes involved in these studies hadn't studied Shotokan Karate long enough, and/or weren't from Vermont or of Scot heritage, and thus don't count. That's his idea of peer- reviewed science. :-) From Runner's and Triathlete's Web News Runner's and Triathlete's Web News : by By Owen Anderson, Ph. D. Many meat-eating athletes wonder whether a switch to a vegetarian diet might provide a performance boost, and there are logical reasons for such thinking. First, vegetarian diets tend to be high-carbohydrate regimens, which should lead to optimal glycogen storage in muscles. At the lofty intensities required for high-level training and serious competition, carbohydrate is the primary source of energy; when muscle-carbohydrate (glycogen) levels are too low, athletes experience fatigue and tend to perform poorly (1). Thus, a vegetarian diet may function as an insurance policy against insipid intramuscular carbohydrate storage and underachievement in races. In addition, it is possible that vegetarian eating might enhance the recovery process following tough workouts and competitions. The reasoning goes this way: High-intensity or prolonged effort generates increased levels of free radicals within an athlete's body, potentially enhancing the breakdown of cell membranes, including the membranes which wrap around muscle cells (2). An athlete's own physiological systems can synthesize antioxidant enzymes to stem this free-radical onslaught, but an additional line of defense is provided via the consumption of antioxidant nutrients. Vegetarian diets revolve around fruits, vegetables, and whole grains - the kinds of food which are high in antioxidants. Thus, vegetarian eating may do a better job of protecting muscle cells during hard training, compared with dietary plans which are more biased toward meats. Of course, the coup-de-grace pro-vegetarian argument in the running community relies on the fact that Kenyan distance runners, at least when they are coming up, are basically lactoovovegetarians, depending on corn, beans, and the various fruits and vegetables found in Kenya, along with dabbles in milk and eggs, to fuel their achievements. Since the Kenyans perform better as a group than any other runners in the world, it would seem that vegetarian diets, or at least lactoovovegetarian ones, go hand-in-hand with top performances. ' http://tinyurl.com/88mc6 http://tinyurl.com/88mc6 I rest my case. Turq lost. OffWorld
Re: [FairfieldLife] Vegetraian diet is superior ---- was: I bet Turq never killed
off_world_beings wrote: From Runner's and Triathlete's Web News Runner's and Triathlete's Web News : by By Owen Anderson, Ph. D. Many meat-eating athletes wonder whether a switch to a vegetarian diet might provide a performance boost, and there are logical reasons for such thinking. First, vegetarian diets tend to be high-carbohydrate regimens, which should lead to optimal glycogen storage in muscles. At the lofty intensities required for high-level training and serious competition, carbohydrate is the primary source of energy; when muscle-carbohydrate (glycogen) levels are too low, athletes experience fatigue and tend to perform poorly (1). Thus, a vegetarian diet may function as an insurance policy against insipid intramuscular carbohydrate storage and underachievement in races. Turns them into vata types. Ever notice that most successful runners ARE vata types? Light and thin as the air. Same true with the cherry bowl heads. But for some people to go on vegetarian diets can be a huge mistake. The diet for kapha types actually IS the low carb diet. But it may not work well if you have acquired kapha and are not really a kapha type. I lose weight on a low carb diet and get no work done. Some people with accumulated kapha may have crashed thyroid and/or adrenal glands. They just don't have umph to go exercise especially with an adrenal insufficiency. Vegetarianism isn't for everyone though about 80% of Americans could cut way back on their meat consumption which is almost 3 times daily. Oops, better watch out or the cattlemen's association will send out a hit man. Remember how they screamed about Oprah?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Vegetraian diet is superior ---- was: I bet Turq never killed
On Jun 27, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Bhairitu wrote: off_world_beings wrote: From Runner's and Triathlete's Web News Runner's and Triathlete's Web News : by By Owen Anderson, Ph. D. Many meat-eating athletes wonder whether a switch to a vegetarian diet might provide a performance boost, and there are logical reasons for such thinking. First, vegetarian diets tend to be high-carbohydrate regimens, which should lead to optimal glycogen storage in muscles. At the lofty intensities required for high-level training and serious competition, carbohydrate is the primary source of energy; when muscle-carbohydrate (glycogen) levels are too low, athletes experience fatigue and tend to perform poorly (1). Thus, a vegetarian diet may function as an insurance policy against insipid intramuscular carbohydrate storage and underachievement in races. Turns them into vata types. Ever notice that most successful runners ARE vata types? Light and thin as the air. Same true with the cherry bowl heads. But for some people to go on vegetarian diets can be a huge mistake. The diet for kapha types actually IS the low carb diet. But it may not work well if you have acquired kapha and are not really a kapha type. I lose weight on a low carb diet and get no work done. Some people with accumulated kapha may have crashed thyroid and/or adrenal glands. They just don't have umph to go exercise especially with an adrenal insufficiency. Vegetarianism isn't for everyone though about 80% of Americans could cut way back on their meat consumption which is almost 3 times daily. Oops, better watch out or the cattlemen's association will send out a hit man. Remember how they screamed about Oprah? It's interesting understanding the doshas and observing the reality of different people, how they behave and what styles of actions they will take. It's pretty clear that Off World is an example of a vata type, with some pitta mixed in--what we would today call an ectomorphic type. These types are quite common in new age groups: fanatical, often obsessed with imbalanced high-vata diets of one sort or another--and defending them as if their lives depended on it. You'll also find them jogging, biking and moving about with any number of other vata-type distractions around town. All the psycho-physiological types are interesting for how we get addicted to them, defend them and get stuck in them.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Vegetraian diet is superior ---- was: I bet Turq never killed
Vaj wrote: It's interesting understanding the doshas and observing the reality of different people, how they behave and what styles of actions they will take. It's pretty clear that Off World is an example of a vata type, with some pitta mixed in--what we would today call an ectomorphic type. These types are quite common in new age groups: fanatical, often obsessed with imbalanced high-vata diets of one sort or another--and defending them as if their lives depended on it. You'll also find them jogging, biking and moving about with any number of other vata-type distractions around town. Around here some of the bicyclists can be very strident. They behave like they are superior and above the rest of us. That's mainly the skinny minny ones (vata) who will growl at motorists. In SF they've been known to damage cars during end-of-the-month rides through town there. And around here there are some one way streets with clearly marked one way bike lanes that the idiots will go down the wrong way not even dawning on them that a car emerging from a side street won't be expecting anyone coming the wrong way on those paths. Whap! One fewer bike idiot to worry about.
