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Yes. Diet without exercise is wasting time and money. No question about it. I finally was able to do 6.5 miles without getting thrown off the treadmill this morning. Answer is go when they're not at "peak time" and they don't care. Ken > From: "Dan Volker" <dlv@ga*.ne*> > To: "Ken Sallot" <ken@co*.ci*.uf*.ed*>, <tom.mount@wo*.at*.ne*> > Cc: <cavers@ww*.ge*.co*>, <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > Subject: Re: Sundays quote (4/12/98) > Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 10:08:17 -0400 > > > > >Sundays quote: > > > >"Bone mineral content of north alaskan eskimos", in Journal of > >Clinical Nutrition, by Mazess, R., 1974. > > > >Paraphrasing; american eskimos have the highest protein intake of any > >culture on our planet (whale, fish, seal, etc), they also have the > >highest incidence of osteoperosis of any culture because the calcium > >is leached from their bones. > > > >Hey, do you have that study that supposedly says that eating red meat > >2 or 3 times a week has benefit (aside of to the profits for the > >american cattle association)? Thanks. > > > >Have a great weekend! > > > >Ken > > > Ken, > Large protein intake will be desirable from a dietary point of view, ONLY if > you are working out with weights, and/ or, cycling or similar > activity-----you need to create a demand by the muscles, for healing-----the > eskimos will not accomplich this with their normal activity level, any more > than you can say a laborer or a bricklayer, who works hard every day, > should be very fit----they may not be fit at all. > > If weight training and cycling create the demand for healing/recovery, many > calories will be consumed in the process of recovery. If you do not do the > weight workouts---if you have no "maximum contraction" type muscle work , > there will not be a "need" for the large protein intake, and the benefit of > this diet will not exist. It is an "athlete's diet", NOT a sedentary > person's diet. > The discussion on this list is about unfit tech divers, wishing to become > fit, by strenuous exercise programs, and diet. If they are serious about > wanting change, the high protein diet and intense exercise will help them > if they are strict with it). If they are not serious, and NOT STRICT, they > might as well ignore all of these discussions, and try some losing > proposition like Jenny Craig. > > Let me say this one more time----the diet and exercise scheme I have been > talking about, CAN NOT BE DONE "HALFWAY"..... you must stick exactly to the > diet, and you must workout on a seriuos exercise program. This is THE ONLY W > AY this type of diet will work. If you did Terry's diet, which assumes > intense workouts, and you elect NOT to do the workouts, but stick to the > diet anyway----you will NOT lose weight, and you may even GAIN weight. The > formula for success here is very exact. The people who are too lazy to do > the intense workouts ( including the ones who convince themselves they were > too "busy" to do them) should decide right now, they will never become fit, > and save themselves from the agony of another fitness failure. > > > Regards, > Dan Volker > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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