I'm sure many of you are already aware of this article on about.com It reviews a couple of studies that try to explain why swimmers tend to have more body fat than other athletes.
Thought if you weren't aware of the article you might find it interesting.
swimming.about.com/.../offsite.htm
Lainey
The truth is, humans have been around a couple million years and for most of it, our race has had to struggle to survive. There weren't stores, restaurants, or processed foods. People probably ate more plants and less meat. People lived off the land, they had to find, hunt, or grow their own food. They had to move to get it. Food was fresh, it wasn't processed. Machines are now doing work people used to do, we eat more and don't have to move as much.
And until about two hundred years ago, the average life span of humans was about 40 years.
I am not suggesting that eating at McDonalds will make you live longer, but killing your own food and eating fresh off the vine does not necessarily make you healthier, either.
I for one am all about moving less if it means moving more efficiently.
The truth is, humans have been around a couple million years and for most of it, our race has had to struggle to survive. There weren't stores, restaurants, or processed foods. People probably ate more plants and less meat. People lived off the land, they had to find, hunt, or grow their own food. They had to move to get it. Food was fresh, it wasn't processed. Machines are now doing work people used to do, we eat more and don't have to move as much.
And until about two hundred years ago, the average life span of humans was about 40 years.
I am not suggesting that eating at McDonalds will make you live longer, but killing your own food and eating fresh off the vine does not necessarily make you healthier, either.
I for one am all about moving less if it means moving more efficiently.
