Mighta been a typo, or a sub conscious entering of what I'm thinking when people start pushing the too much meat = bad n green leafy things are nom agenda
Every time I go to the doctors, n my previous one retired recently so I've had to start off with training up a newbie. They do all the tests n steal copious amounts of claret from my arm. Then they tell me I'm fightin fit n healthy n I have their permission to keep doing exactly what I'm doin for as long as I like. Get home n the missus starts carpin at me that I eat too much, way to much junk food n I need to give the grog a rest. Stupid woman, I keep telling her the doc's love how healthy I am n I'm not listening to her. I'm happy to take the experts advice on these matters.
TM, I learnt a long time ago, medicine is not an exact science. Doctors often use educated guesses to give advice. Blood tests don't always tell the true story. I know of people showing up as very healthy with normal blood tests find out later on their arteries are shot. I've seen youngish people seemingly healthy have a stroke. Obesity is a REAL problem in today's society and no doctor should ever say keep eating as much as you like of whatever you like. I personally am not an advocate of a vegan lifestyle. I like my meat and I think it plays an important part of dietary needs but like anything it's all about moderation. The problem with today's world is it is like a competition for who can offer the biggest meal. When you go to a pub and order a parmigiana or a steak and that massive piece of meat comes out and everyone yells out wow that's the biggest parma I've ever seen, I'm coming back here, what do you think is going to happen long-term to our bodies? We eat way too much. I remember going to Asia for a month and eating differently. When I came back I couldn't eat half of that parma that I could before I left. My stomach had shrunk. Food can be like a drug. Obesity is the largest cost to our health system.
You may get through life without too many problems but go to a heart or stroke rehab centre and talk to people and I promise you'll have a totally different outlook on life. What you do now can have a big impact on your future. Life is precious and it is so easy for one's fortunes to turn on a dime. Age has made me acutely aware of this. I used to be indestructible when I was younger, very fit, but I ate badly. Had a few issues of recent times.
Enough of the lecture, this is the training thread.
