FOOD AS FUEL? A COUNTERPOINT

Food as fuel? – A counterpoint

 

I know in my last installment that I got everyone excited by saying I was going to break down not only the Dolly Parton diet but the Slim fast diet as well,

I will have to save that for next time, because another thought has  come to light

 

That is the overwhelming mindset of the training community that says to look at food as fuel.   "Feed the machine " -- and all that business   -- "Hey Man !  Sup ! I'm fueling up!"

This is an offshoot of the “garbage in, garbage out” mentality that is so prevalent in our throwaway society --- even in the training community.  

There is a reason that I prefer organic locally grown vegetables from the farmer’s market when at all possible, and beef products from local farms

     I prefer the harmony and equalization of knowing that the items I ultimately used for food are fertilized in the same ground I walk on and breathe the same air that I breathe.   Now granted, I live in Oklahoma, so I can’t shake the hand of the deckhand on the SS Slapnuts  out in Alaska  who hauls  in a load of salmon on fish day-but I can look for wild caught fish over farm raised fish

I would also encourage everybody to take a drive out to farm country-- learn a little bit about the processes it takes for your food to grow-meet and greet a few examples of the type of animals that are raised to meet our needs

      They don’t know what their ultimate mission is because they don’t think that way but all these animals deserve our respect and to not be regarded as just “fuel”.   Many are raised with the sole purpose of making the ultimate sacrifice for us as consumers

    it is not my goal to try to convert my readers into vegetarians or anything by visiting farm country, but I think it’s important to get to know a little bit more about the Cows- both milk and beef, the pigs, chickens,turkeys ,goats and the rest of the gang

                                                                              

 

Not to mention the vegetable farms-and this may be a regional thing if the main farming in your area is just corn or wheat you will not be exposed to a broad cross-section of vegetables like I am trying to recommend, as the overreliance on corn and wheat products is one of the largest problems we have in this country from a nutritional standpoint

Having a greater appreciation for the land and its products, as well as the animals that pay the ultimate sacrifice for us can ultimately teach us to be less wasteful and more respectful of our food

Knowing where our food comes from can teach us not to shamelessly overindulge, and to attempt to learn better preparation methods to reduce waste

From a technical standpoint, yes, food is fuel -- but I would be sadly lacking as a human being if I didn’t stop , pause and give thanks to the many unsung heroes that contribute to my healthy eating plan, both humans and animals alike

if we don’t practice and implement better strategies at being stewards of the land, and knowing more about these processes ,  we can lose our appreciation for the land and when that happens we may as well be eating Soylent Green , repackaged and called beef or turkey or anything else they can think of

Within a few more generations our descendants may not know any better anyway at the rate we’re going

So in summary, thank a pig a cow and a farmer, and teach your kids to do the same

 

-- thanks for reading

 

 

 

 

 

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