Fatty eating
Welcome to America, the land of dieting, speed dieting. This is America. We can't do anything fast enough. We are in a hurry for everything. Even to diet. Our culture is in the throws of a bi-peaked distribution of weight classes. I see one section of our nation becoming larger and larger. They eat at McDonald's, Hardee's, Wendy's, Arby's, the list goes on. Fast food- one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. It all started in California, as many trends do and then moved eastward. People have become dependent upon these "resturants" for their daily intake of calories. Most of these calories are derived directly from fat. These fast-food diets are augmented by a sedentary lifestyle. A lifestyle that generates so many health problems including but not limited to: hypercholesterolemia, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, COPD, and congestive heart failure.
The other peak in the distribution are people who are very concerned with their weight and health. These people are so concerned with their weight and health that they have become obsessed. Now, don't misunderstand me, it is great to watch your weight and be active. It is the greatest thing. It makes me happy that these people are so concerned with their health, but they carry it to an extreme. These are the people that try to eliminate fat completely in their diet. These people go on the Atkin's and never wean themselves off. Or they go on a juice diet. (I have met these pepole) There is a right and a wrong way to monitor your diet and be concerned about your health. It is not healthy to cut fat out of your diet completely. Here is an article that might help if you are going to cut fat down in your diet: Healthy fat
The other peak in the distribution are people who are very concerned with their weight and health. These people are so concerned with their weight and health that they have become obsessed. Now, don't misunderstand me, it is great to watch your weight and be active. It is the greatest thing. It makes me happy that these people are so concerned with their health, but they carry it to an extreme. These are the people that try to eliminate fat completely in their diet. These people go on the Atkin's and never wean themselves off. Or they go on a juice diet. (I have met these pepole) There is a right and a wrong way to monitor your diet and be concerned about your health. It is not healthy to cut fat out of your diet completely. Here is an article that might help if you are going to cut fat down in your diet: Healthy fat
posted by runrMD08 at 11:03 AM
3 Comments:
Getting your rant back to running and/or athletics: your argument about healthy fat is evidenced in the way that female endurance athletes have to take a hiatus and gain weight in order to begin ovulating and become pregnant. In other words, their bodies cease to function normally because they are training so hard, and have lowered their body fat so drastically.
That's scary. I am proud of my 6% body fat. I like knowing it's there to keep me warm in the cold.
-DLMWS
Getting your rant back to running and/or athletics: your argument about healthy fat is evidenced in the way that female endurance athletes have to take a hiatus and gain weight in order to begin ovulating and become pregnant. In other words, their bodies cease to function normally because they are training so hard, and have lowered their body fat so drastically.
That's scary. I am proud of my 6% body fat. I like knowing it's there to keep me warm in the cold.
-DLMWS
Female endurance athletes are a key example of the consequences of pushing your body to the limit of human possibility. These women are amenorrheic because they workout too much. A perfect example of this is Marion Jones. She took a year off of competitive running to have a baby. And now she's back into it, albeit with some lasting stigma from the BALCO scandal.
With everything in life, there is a limit to how much is good for you. Moderation and listening to your body are the keys to an effective training program. I just pray that the moderation doesn't become an extreme, which it probably will for some people.
(I'm proud of my 7ish% body fat. Although, I've been eating a lot more lately and probably gaining some central adiposity, which likes to hide my abs underneath a fat layer.)
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