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.
