Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! Just before the Los Cabos Ironman, 2013, my son said, "You look really fit, Dad," which I attribute 100% to my low carb diet plus a little exercise. The next day I didn't need to eat anything during a 10.5 hour grueling workout, whilst having plenty of energy. The Primal Blueprint Fat Adaptation Experiment was a success, in my opinion, but I need to apply it to an Ironman race ... Read more
I Meet Lots Of Persians And I Like Persian Food But Where Is Persia Anyway?
Persian Food Made Me Think of Persia Where is Persia? I think that Persia lies in the hearts and minds of people. Like Mally, who is proud of her origins. I wrote this post long before I converted to vegan cooking, in order to save the animals. Fortunately, Persian food is easy to convert to a vegan cooking format. Where Is Or Was The Country Of Persia? Iran contains an important remnant of this once ... Read more
If Your Health Status Has Changed Don’t Live In The Past, Embrace Today While You Can
Hi folks, As life goes by we encounter changes in our health status. You can resist for a while, but you'll eventually be forced to accept this reality. Better to learn to live well with your issue sooner rather than later, I say. For instance, if you have a heart attack, followed by coronary arterial angioplasty, you are now different. If you are diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type II, you are a ... Read more
Optimizing The Context Of Your Training And FitOldDog’s Last Scientific Publication
Hi folks, A number of books have changed the way I think, including 'The Road Less Traveled' (persuaded me to take responsibility for my own problems), 'Atlas Shrugged' (moderated my tendency to be too left wing), 'Tao te Ching' (gave me good advice on living), 'The Power of Now' (trained me to silence the chatter in my head and develop a more stable state of inner calm), and 'Zen and the Art of ... Read more
Dangers And Solutions To Consider When Endurance Training Or Racing Under Potentially Adverse Conditions
Hi folks, We started selling our Christmas trees today at Johnny's Gone Fishing. The second tree to sell went to friends of mine, Stacy and Treasa, as shown in the adjacent photo. They seemed pleased with their tree, and during the process of loading it into my truck with Johnny I was reminded of a run I did about 10 years ago amongst a stand of trees similar to the one in the photo. It was a crisp ... Read more
Nutrition Pyramid, Food Network, Or Network Of Pyramids, And Learning To Think A Little Less-Homocentrically
Hi folks, I was recently introduced to an excellent book, ‘Learning to Fall’ by Philip Simmons, via a review on the Senior Correspondent website. The first thing I did was to read the chapter recommended by the reviewer, ‘Out of the Cave,’ from which came the following quotation, with respect to observations made by the author whilst visiting a local pond with his children (sample bucket in hand): ... Read more
Bioenergetics And Healthy Nutrition: You Make Fat From Sugar But Not Sugar From Fat
Healthy nutrition is one key to a long happy life, and don't think that it's fat that makes you fat; low fat foolishness made America fat. For many years I have been interested in Biochemistry, and my triathlon training heightened this interest. As you exercise you burn fuel to generate energy to do work (moving, thinking, making cells, excreting wastes). In fact, you burn these fuels all the time, but more as you ... Read more
Nutrition: My Internet Traffic Loves La Poutine
Hi folks, When it comes to nutrition you have to take what the experts say with a grain of salt, and listen to your body. I have been blogging for almost a year, putting out 220 posts to date, with only one of them mentioning la poutine, in reference to carboloading. However, 'poutine' is the most common keyword used to find my site. Just type 'la poutine ironman' into Google and I'm number one. Now, ... Read more
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