Famiglietti's diet

I agree. I am sure some diet expert who has never run worth a damn, told him how he can be so much faster if he ate more veggies. Runners like to listen to these people for some reason. He obvisouly wasn't eating too much crap or he wouldnt of been so lean.

How much credit should there be given to the mental part of it, though? I mean in high school, I had buddies that quit drinking sodas because they thought it would make them a better runner; then they really improved. Do you think they improved because subconsciously they had already convinced themselves they were going to be better? I think the mental aspect of something like that can be overlooked. I gave up cokes my jr year of high school and started drinking them in moderation again sr year and still prd in all my events.

So I wonder if Fam's diet has given him a different kind of confidence about his running, that mentally he is convinced that the new diet is the difference.

Thoughts? I've always been intrigued by this.

I've always thought that bad diet would affect a sprinter less than it would a distance runner. Am I wrong?

As you get older, your response to food changes especially if you have sensitivities/allergans to certain foods.

Also, he states that he was taking alot of antibiotics for his sinus issues...this could totally mess up your digestive tract and make aborption of certain foods tougher.

You cannot eat the same things as a 30 yr old vs 20 yr old and expect the same performance.

Alan Webb needs to learn this and get with a solid nutritionist.

Some people can have success in spite of their diet...mostly due to young age.

A 20 year and a 30 year old would not recieve the same benefits from the same training and/or diet. For those under 30..just wait...;)

Alan

Sure, some athletes eat like crap and get away with it. Eating at McDonalds tonight isn't going to negatively impact your race tomorrow or next week. The only way it would is due to your body holding an extra 5 lbs of water due to the outrageous sodium content of the junk food. Most American diets are so high in sodium already that they don't notice the effects of a high sodium meal...the water weight is already built in.

Where that kind of food kills you is long-term, on the cellular level. Feeding your body's cells with that shit for a long time causes cellular damage that you never know is happening until it's too late. When is too late? When you're 55 and find out you have any number of cancers...or when you're a really skinny, healthy long distance runner, but all of a sudden you find out you have diabetes. Or heart disease. Where the hell did that come from? You can look extremely healthy on the outside and still be in terrible shape on the cellular level. These debilitating diseases are not normal in humans...in evolutionary terms they just showed up yesterday. You put shit in your mouth that the body wasn't made to use, it changes you at the cellular level, and not for the better.

It's a far bigger issue than 'how well can I still run if I eat this stuff'.

Which ingredient in McDonald's food is responsible for the terrible damage to the body that you claim occurs? If you choose to name a culprit, tell me if it is the ingredient itself or excessive consumption of that ingredient that is responsible for the damage you claim occurs. Why isn't that ingredient poisonous if you eat it from a non-fastfood restaurant or prepare it yourself at home?

Why do people who never eat at McDonald's get cancer, heart disease and ultimate die?

Of course it isn't McDonald's specifically and you know that damn well...but if an argument is what you want then fine. My apologies to McDonald's for isolating them. Every fastfood chain is equally guilty, as well as about 95% of the food in your typical big box grocery store.

So what is bad about McDonald's? The buns which are made of wheat. Bad. The hydrogenated oil used to make the buns. Bad. The potatoes fries are made of. Bad. The hydrogenated oil they are fried in. Bad. The salt. Bad. Salt is necessary in the human body. About 500mg a day. Yes the FDA says 2000mg, they are too high. They are also wrong about almost everything else. Eat a value meal at McDonald's and you've got about 5 days worth of sodium taken care of. The beef and chicken. Bad. Beef and chicken are not bad in and of themselves. Not until you feed those cows and chickens shit their entire life in order to save money and fatten them up. Now you're eating beef and chicken that is fed on shit, infused with more sodium and shit, and sold to you.

What else do they sell there? Oh, their desserts. Do I have to go there? How about their milkshakes? McDonald's certainly isn't alone in spiking the insulin of America, but they do their share. What about soda? Insulin skyrocketing drink. Diet soda? No calories but could be worse depending which poison you do or do not want in your body (and one of my personal weaknesses).

That's it for now.

I <3 Mackey D's!!!!

Arch Stanton wrote:

Which ingredient in McDonald's food is responsible for the terrible damage to the body

Trans fat for one thing.

TBHQ is nasty stuff.

You want a single ingredient that causes cancer? There you go.

Alan

WTF is wrong with wheat?

Yes, I know it isn't McD's specifically, but for some reason they're always singled out.

So let's see, you think wheat, potatoes, table salt, beef, chicken and hydrogenated oil are bad for you? I think you're wrong.

Just out of curiosity, which restaurants do you consider "healthy" and which foods do you consider "healthy?"

Runningart2004 wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tert-Butylhydroquinone

TBHQ is nasty stuff.

You want a single ingredient that causes cancer? There you go.

Alan

Kind of weasel-post Alan.....

Nowhere in that wiki-link does it say it causes cancer. Key words "In high doses" (how high?) it has negative affects on lab animals. The last line in the carcinogenicity section, it says it may inhibit cancer. What didn't you say "TBHQ is great stuff and cures cancer?"

Is it in fastfood? Is it in non-fast-foods? Are you implying that it's in McD's food? Again, pretty weaselly.....

Are you saying that hydrogenated oil is not bad for you? Hydrogenated oil is another word for transfat. I never said beef or chicken was bad...I eat a lot of it every day. I said the stuff served at McDonald's is bad. As is most of the beef and chicken served everywhere. Buy pasture fed beef and chicken and it's one of the most nutritious foods anywhere. I also did not say salt was bad for you. It is essential to life. The volumes the average American eats is extremely bad for you.

I've read about a dozen books on the subject and probably a thousand online publications. This doesn't make me an expert by any means, but what I believe to be healthy is something very similar to what people call the paleo diet, or caveman diet. What I'd like to know is how many books you've read on nutrition to be able to tell me I'm dead wrong. Or more accurately, are you saying wheat is good for you because that's what most of America believes to be true?

Must I do all the work?

http://www.dietriot.com/fff/mcd/mcd.html

French Fries: Potatoes, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural flavor (beef source), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (to preserve natural color). Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, (may contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil). TBHQ and citric acid added to help preserve freshness. Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an anti-foaming agent.

Basically it's an artifical preservative, basically a form of butane ie: lighter fluid, that keeps fats from going rancid...hence if you keep fast food french fries on the table they will likely keep for quite a long time staying their yummy yellow-gold color. Artificial preservaties are notoriously bad for your health.

Stuff like this is why you should do the majority of your shopping on the OUTSIDE of the grocery...:)

Alan

Obam Mamama wrote:

Also, he states that he was taking alot of antibiotics for his sinus issues...this could totally mess up your digestive tract and make aborption of certain foods tougher.

Like the dead babies he eats for strength?

For Christ sake Arch, are you a paid lobbyist for McDonald's?? If you can't agree that eating things that you can't pronounce and have to be abbreviated isn't natural, then there's no way you can understand what I want to tell you about proper nutrition. While I don't completely agree with all of the principles in the book Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain, it's an eye opener. Read it and then tell me about how great all of the 'modern' foods are. And when I say modern, I mean anything that wasn't available 10,000 years ago when the agricultural revolution began. Odd how modern diseases began shortly after. I'm out of this one, good luck reasoning with him.

Thanks for the effort Alan, you're more ambitious than I.

Fam is the man. Changing diet is definitely necessary in doing well. The pieces of sh!t you see eating unhealthy are lucky SOB's capable of running well, looking jacked, and winning medals.