Originally Posted by
Meme In Command
Our diets are also dogsh!t. A lot of modern medicine is just a big bandaid to put over the gaping gunshot wound that is our obesity and all the chronic illnesses from what we eat.
"Our" diets are not dogpoop. I eat pretty healthy, and yes I can feel the difference. I'd be in favor of massive restrictions on processed food, (the west euros do get that right).
Originally Posted by
Meme In Command
I personally know two marathon runners that have suffered heart attacks from issues related to poor diet. One lived. You can't drug and exercise your way out of a poor diet. You can have the best mechanics in the world, but if you're putting crap in the gas tank it's still gonna hurt the engine, no matter how shiny your paint looks.
Yes, I know one too. Marathon runner, navy officer, ex-enlisted marine, keeled over dead in his 40's while an active member of a special operations unit. Didn't want to take the meds, was very aggressive about diet and exercise but it wasn't enough given his numbers.
Originally Posted by
Meme In Command
And just because we make really good money and have the means to eat well, it absolutely does not mean we do. I used to get so much crap as an FO from CA's for packing my own food. "Oh wow what a cheap a$$, go buy a proper meal". Nevermind the fact that if/when you do find healthy options, portion sizes are often much bigger. And a lot of pilot's idea of "going to the gym" is walking on the treadmill for half an hour and the heartrate never rises above 120.
The amount of us that do proper weight/resistance training with proportional amounts of ACTUAL cardio, eat healthy, avoids alcohol and puts effort towards maintaining a healthy sleep cycle is likely very small.
Hardly anyone
Again I do all that, and so do most of the folks I fly with (who are mostly all old).
But that's why I want a *representative* study. I don't know but I suspect the age is too low. Or maybe it's too high, let the chips fall where they may
