Born to Run page 3

[Kelda]

De Vany is an egotistical ass who cherry-picks his studies. While I like Mark much more on all fronts, he IS selling a prepackaged lifestyle to mostly sedentary people. Telling them that they don't have to work hard or suffer is a huge selling point ... Bottom line, their exercise philosophy is geared for non-athletes. I even agree that doing only PB is better than doing only chronic cardio if you're only going to do one or the other. I think that pitching it the way he does is smart. I'm not busting Mark's chops. I would pitch it the exact same way. Anyone serious about reaching their full potential isn't going to listen anyway, so why bother with them? Help the people you CAN help.

Here's an example of what long-term running does to you: longer life and less disability. Sounds good to me.

Running slows the aging clock, Stanford researchers find - Office of Communications & Public Affairs - Stanford University School of Medicine

Gordo

And you're not cherry picking?

[Bissen]

Hm... sounds interesting. I'll have a look at it!

[gordo]

And you're not cherry picking?

Let's see. I reference a study of a large number of runners over a long time period. Measuring actual death and disability. De Vany references studies of stress indicators in the blood of marathon runners post marathon. And you're busting my chops?

Gordo

[Kelda]

Let's see. I reference a study of a large number of runners over a long time period. Measuring actual death and disability. De Vany references studies of stress indicators in the blood of marathon runners post marathon. And you're busting my chops?

Gordo

I was merely pointing out that cherry picking cuts both ways ... if you read NED (De Vany) you'll discover it's extremely well referenced ... using sarcasim isn't conducive to intelligent debate.

When Exercise Is Too Much of a Good Thing - NYTimes.com quoting Diverse patterns of myocardial fibrosis in lifelon... [J Appl Physiol. 2011] - PubMed result

"COLLINS, M., V. RENAULT, L. A. GROBLER, A. ST CLAIR GIBSON, M. I. LAMBERT, E. W. DERMAN, G. S. BUTLER-BROWNE, T. D. NOAKES, and V. MOULY. Athletes with Exercise-Associated Fatigue Have Abnormally Short Muscle DNA Telomeres. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 35, No. 9, pp. 1524-1528, 2003.

Introduction/Purpose : Although the beneficial health effects of regular moderate exercise are well established, there is substantial evidence that the heavy training and racing carried out by endurance athletes can cause skeletal muscle damage. This damage is repaired by satellite cells that can undergo a finite number of cell divisions. In this study, we have compared a marker of skeletal muscle regeneration of athletes with exercise-associated chronic fatigue, a condition labeled the fatigued athlete myopathic syndrome (FAMS), with healthy asymptomatic age- and mileage-matched control endurance athletes."

And for the ultimate example of cherry picking in general go read the China Study followed by Denise Minger's take down.

If you enjoy distance running, fine, fill your boots, I used to clock stupid mileage myself. I stopped last Autumn and in my n=1 experience I can now walk when I get out of bed and no longer have to hobble about while all the muscles and achilles recover for the first 30 minutes.

[gordo]

I was merely pointing out that cherry picking cuts both ways ... if you read NED (De Vany) you'll discover it's extremely well referenced ... using sarcasim isn't conducive to intelligent debate.

De Vany reference LOTS of studies. If you read them, they're lousy studies. So what?

Gordo

[Paleobird]

De Vany is an egotistical ass who cherry-picks his studies.]

I don't agree with everything either Mark or Art say but the name calling is not necessary.

[gordo]

I don't agree with everything either Mark or Art say but the name calling is not necessary.

It's not name calling. Ass is a common word in standard English. Think buffoon, if you prefer.

Gordo

[MamaGrok]

Bumping this b/c I found a few threads on this yet, but not yet the answer to the question I have - McDougall's focus on the diet of lots of fruits and vegetables, salads for breakfast, basically true vegetarian (not a grainatarian like so many actually are). Do they really eat like this? How?

Bumping again b/c I did a bit more checking and found that the Tarahumara actually raise sheep and cattle!!! Is this another example of Okinawa-style wishful thinking on the part of vegetarians, or do the Tarahumara actually eat a great deal more meat than the "barbecued mouse" I've seen described as their only real meat source?

Tarahumara people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ("staple crop" is corn, but that doesn't imply it makes all, or even the bulk, or their diet. States that they raise sheep, cattle, and goats)

https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog...xport/html/295 (cattle, sheep, and goats provide *meat* (not just dairy & leather))

Mexico's Sierra Tarahumara: a ... - Google Books says that the animals are used for sacrifices & dung, not meat or dairy. I find it very hard to believe that anyone would go to all the trouble of raising animals in the wilderness just for their dung and religion.

etc. etc. A few other links give the idea that the meat is only for feasts - kind of like the Swiss in Weston Price's research, who reserved meat for a weekly (Sunday, presumably) feast.

Any other ideas? I'm still finding it hard to imagine that people as ripply and strong as Born to Run describes are that way on primarily grains & legumes (corn & beans). And what did their pre-agricultural ancestors eat?