Re: is cottage cheese good cycling food/fuel?

Roger Zoul wrote:
Bill wrote:
:: nash wrote:
::: "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
:::: Okay, but that's true of protein and carbs too.
::: Okay but just fat, or protein or carbs will not work with exercise
::: anyway unless you eat your vegetables too.
:::
:::
:: 2 cents worth coming.
:: Dr. Dean Odell said that a calorie is a calorie no matter where it
:: comes from. You can eat zero fat for your entire life but if you eat
:: too many calories you will get fat and have clogged arteries.
:: It's simple, calories down, exercise up, stay healthy.
:: Too bad so many people think exercise is a bad word.
:: Bill Baka

A calorie is not just a calorie in terms of what the body can use it for.


Yes, and no. A calorie is how much energy food contains. Fat is higher density so eating a plate full of McJunk is going to have ten times the calories of a plate of salad. Either way, the excess gets turned into fat. I'm thinking that a healthy rider could take as the only food source, a bottle of vegetable oil and drink that for pure calories along with water, or a sports drink, and never be worse off for doing it.
I think this subject will get a LOT more attention now that obesity in children has made national news again. The statement that this generation of kids might not outlive their parents is probably true.
Computers, video games, 500 channels of junk on TV, scooter boards with motors, etc. High tech may mean we can make larger studies but looking at the kids, there is way too much McDonalds going into their stomaches.
My stepdaughter is guilty of this in a big way, by being too lazy to cook a good meal and giving the kids McDonalds, Taco Bell, pizza, Burger King, or whatever, but never anything healthy. Food and computers may be the plague that brings us down.
BTW, I like the extra water, non-fat cottage cheese. It tastes as good as the 4% normal stuff.
Try to eat non-fat, non-junk food and if you do eat some junk ride 20 miles for each item as penance (reward?).
Bill Baka
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