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Re: Spud Fit Challenge day 99 - BLOOD TEST RESULTS & weigh in day & filming
East Asian peasants were also traditionally known for being all of five foot nothing, and tending to weigh a rather scrawny, and stringy, 100 or so lbs. Compare them to people from societies with diets which were relatively high in animal protein, like many Native American hunter tribes, or the Vikings, who tended to push 6 foot, and pack on much more significant amounts of muscle, and the difference is rather striking.
One can certainly live as a strict vegan/vegetarian, but it's not exactly what anyone would call a "high performance" formula for day-to-day life.
Ya but when China was poor and people ate very little animal protein and starchy rice was something like 80% of their caloric intake it was said that they were some of the healthiest people on the planet. What kind of carbs, how much of it you eat, when you eat it, and what you eat with it all seem to matter. The American custom of not accepting any answer that is not an easy answer does not work here.
EDIT: I note that the traditional Zen Monastery meal was almost all rice and pickled vegetables.
East Asian peasants were also traditionally known for being all of five foot nothing, and tending to weigh a rather scrawny, and stringy, 100 or so lbs. Compare them to people from societies with diets which were relatively high in animal protein, like many Native American hunter tribes, or the Vikings, who tended to push 6 foot, and pack on much more significant amounts of muscle, and the difference is rather striking.
One can certainly live as a strict vegan/vegetarian, but it's not exactly what anyone would call a "high performance" formula for day-to-day life.