This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again

Re:This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again by criley on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @03:58PM (#5370759)

In my personal experience, optimal nutrition creates what I would, in jest, refer to as "superpowers". When I compare my mental and physical state under optimal conditions to under poor conditions, there is a dramatic difference in me.

This, to me, is also why for many athletes, their performance doesn't begin on the field but rather it begins with their food intake.

I don't trust the data he provided because it isn't rigorous, reviewed or even analyzed at all.

But I'm curious, regardless.

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Re:This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again by gerad on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @05:13PM (#5371147)

Disagree. Many elite athletes are not super scientific about their food choices [1]. Instead they eat what they crave. The human body is pretty good at figuring out what it needs nutritionally.

That being said, there is a lot that is important off of the field (e.g. sleep, stretching, etc). Just nutrition is fairly low on that list.

[1] http://www.active.com/triathlon/ironman/Articles/Nutrition-T...

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Re:This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again by cgh on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @06:07PM (#5371448)

As much respect as I have for triathletes, they aren't really representative. Food choices are incredibly important for athletes in weight class-limited sports (eg wrestling) or where muscular hypertrophy is important (eg powerlifting). Gymnastics is another one. Believe me when I tell you that coaches have diet absolutely dialed in for many classes of athlete.

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Re:This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again by Dylan16807 on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @06:24PM (#5371535)

Is this actually a disagreement, though? Doing a hyper-specific sport act like that is much less natural than being a triathlete.

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