--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <no_re...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> 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. >. > > > > Bullshit. Meat eating turns THEM into KAPHA types.
Not in my case. I'd always been told by the vaidyas that I'm kapha-pitta, long before I put on excess weight in my late 30s. I got fat and lethargic on a diet containing very little meat and lots of carbs, much of it as grain and beans. Eating more meat and fewer carbs is how I lost the weight. My physiology doesn't handle carbs well, and it's been that way all my life. Excessive carb intake makes my blood sugar spike and crash and drives me to overeat. A paleo diet of veggies, meat/fish, eggs, fruit, and a few nuts keeps my blood sugar even and my appetite completely sated for hours between meals.
