tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715049094354778809.post8781141917086806596..comments2023-06-04T16:25:16.708+01:00Comments on Pay Now Live Later: Cone Theory and the Mystery DoctorMethuselahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134860337125242027noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715049094354778809.post-32786531519947732512008-08-20T06:29:00.000+01:002008-08-20T06:29:00.000+01:00Anon - your point certainly highlights the extent ...Anon - your point certainly highlights the extent to which these things are viewed through the prism of our own experience. I am very sensitive to the effects of food. If I spend a couple of days eating crap, I feel pretty ropey. This could be because I have spent so many years eating a very healthy diet an am therefore accutely sensitive to the changes, or it could be for any of the reasons in my post. Likewise in your case I guess you could either be getting dodgy signals from your body or you could have the 'constitution' of an ox where food is concerned.Methuselahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134860337125242027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715049094354778809.post-61005400014970708892008-08-18T23:08:00.000+01:002008-08-18T23:08:00.000+01:00I have what I would describe as a very sensitive c...I have what I would describe as a very sensitive constitution. I can feel the effects of only 2 pints of beer, in addition I suffer a hangover from the same amount. I can't drink tea beyond 6pm because the caffene keeps me awake at night. During my youth I partook in recreational drug use but could never handle anything like the amounts my friends considered a 'normal' amount to take. In fact one could say I was a lightweight! That said when it comes to food I don't share the same view, my thought is very much the case that your body takes what it needs to sustain itself and the rest is disposed of. It is OK to eat refined sugar, its OK to eat saturated fats, it's OK to pretty much eat anything that's edible, the key is to ensure we don't eat anything to excess. I have at various times in my life followed different regimes, vegetarianism for example or not drinking any alcohol for another, at other times I have eaten such huge amounts of cake, chocolate, pizza and junk food it would give our large friend from 'Inside Britains Fattest Man' a run for his money! Having said all that I can honestly say I never 'felt' any better or worse as a result of the food I ate, or didn't eat as the case may be. Any kind of drug or stimulant is a different ball game completely when it comes to how one feels. When it comes to food You're barking up the wrong tree here in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715049094354778809.post-1365451018877939132008-07-26T09:44:00.000+01:002008-07-26T09:44:00.000+01:00When you think about it we have developed all thes...When you think about it we have developed all these inbuilt responses and reflexes to ensure our survival. So when we are thirsty we drink, when hungry we are compelled to eat, after exercise we experience fatigue and have to rest, if damaged we experience pain and various repair mechanisms kick off.<BR/><BR/>Clearly we can fool/override some of these reponses. We undertake ritualistic drinking - during a night on the beer. We fool our appetite with refined carbohydrate (it lacks satiety and allows us to eat ourselves in to immobility). We overtrain - ignoring a whole range of feedback prior to reaching that point. <BR/><BR/>It looks like we have evolved to be able to ignore this feedback. There would be an advantage in being able to this - a predator would not stop its pursuit just because you had twisted an ankle - you still need to be able to escape!<BR/><BR/>This draws us to an idea of how much we can override these reflexes. The fact that those with a poor lifestyle can drop dead from a heart attack in their 30s or that marathon runners can suffer the same fate through excessive activity, suggests that yes, we can all blunder on in ignorance of underlying bodily trauma.<BR/><BR/>The one saving grace is that some of us build in rest in to our lives. If we give ourselves 'breathing space' we get chance to rest, reflect and recover. In my experience this is something more common amongst athletes than those who enjoy their beer and fags!Asclepiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604117979253596512noreply@blogger.com