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Points to ponder...

Colt SuperColt Super Member Posts: 31,007
edited May 2009 in General Discussion
Thanks to Dale...


I love this Doctor

Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good!
Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!! ..... Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil.. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans ! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.

Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!

Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.

And remember:
'Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO, What a Ride' AND.....

For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.

1. The Japanese eat very little fat
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

3. The Chinese drink very little red wine
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

CONCLUSION

Eat and drink what you like.Speaking English is apparently what kills you.


Doug

Comments

  • Colt SuperColt Super Member Posts: 31,007
    edited November -1
    Where are we at in relation to these timeless concepts?

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    "The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves." -- John Locke

    "This right to life, this right to liberty, and this right to pursue one's happiness is unabashedly individualistic, without in the slightest denying at the same time our thoroughly social nature. It's only that our social relations, while vital to us all, must be chosen -- that is what makes the crucial difference." -- Prof. Tibor R. Machan

    "Individualism is a concept which the advocates of most political systems try desperately to avoid. They'd prefer that political contests, debates and symposia were limited to answering loaded questions such as, 'WHICH type of powerful government should we have?', 'WHICH type of dictatorship do you tend to prefer?", 'WHAT KINDS of intrusiveness should government engage in?' and, 'WHICH type of control freaks are best suited to run your life for you?' ... They often get upset, even hysterical, if you point out that socialism, fascism, communism and mixed-economy welfare-states have a lot in common. They carry on and on as if non-essentials such as style(!) or WHAT anybody sacrifices individual rights in the name of (the master race, the proletariat, the society, the common good, the majority, the country, the fatherland, the motherland the brother-in-law-land, the revered leader or savior or god or whatever) is a big freakin' deal, especially as only in their particular fantasies do they imagine everyone, the enforcers and even their victims, acting forever polite and cooperative in the sacrifice-extracting rituals (as have many fledgling and would-be dictators, including the incredibly bloody Pol Pot at first)." -- Rick Gaber

    "Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group (to "society," to the tribe, the state, the nation) and that the group may sacrifice him at its own whim to its own interests. The only way to implement a doctrine of that kind is by means of brute force -- and statism has always been the poltical corollary of collectivism." -- Ayn Rand

    "STATISM is that particular form of collectivism in which individuals are forced to be subservient to government (as distinguished, if possible, from a religious or cult leader, roving invader or local gangster). Anyone in government who wants to extend his power, or anyone else (who has political influence) with agendas to advance, monopolies to secure, axes to grind or revenge to take -- can make claims that certain governmental actions would be in the national, state, society or even family interest and must 'therefore' take precedence over any individual interests whatsoever. With this 'justification' the people in government can proceed to enforce such claims, often enthusiastically, sometimes brutally, but always with impunity." -- Rick Gaber

    "We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do." -- Auberon Herbert

    "The case for a free society rests on individualism. ... Every form of totalitarianism has sought control over the minds of individuals, and has understood that it must first undermine the individual's confidence in the validity of his own faculties. Remember O'Brien's speech to Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984 ... " -- David Kelley

    "Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men."-- John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
  • spanielsellsspanielsells Member Posts: 12,498
    edited November -1
    I've subscribed to an adage for many years: Eating healthy doesn't make you live longer, it only seems longer.
  • MaxOHMSMaxOHMS Member Posts: 14,715
    edited November -1
    All those years I wasted doing that diet "If it tastes good, spit it out".
  • screwobamascrewobama Member Posts: 625
    edited November -1
    AS Willie Nelson says "theres more old drunks then there are old doctors so I think I'll have another round"!
  • Colt SuperColt Super Member Posts: 31,007
    edited November -1
    I'll drink to that !!

    Doug
  • elubsmeelubsme Member Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My 86 year old mother in law lives with us. Her days are numbered, so sad. There are days she doesn't get out of bed. Living longer only extends your stay in a rest home. Eddie, My vodka-diet squirt is nearly gone, Honeeeeee!
  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by screwobama
    AS Willie Nelson says "theres more old drunks then there are old doctors so I think I'll have another round"!

    Another thing Willie Nelson said on his 75th birthday was "I think I've outlived my dick."
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My Grand-dad was a farmer and a blacksmith. They pretty much lived on what they raised. He ate smoked ham and sausage. Biscuits made with buttermilk (raw mik from their cows) and lard- with butter on them. Fried potatoes (more lard) greens (cooked with fatback) eggs (cooked in bacon grease) drip grind coffee, and now and again, a taste of homemade wine. Cornbread (made from his corn) with a touch of molasses (from his sorghum) or honey (his beehives) or apple pie (their trees).

    It finally caught up to him, and he had to give up farming 6 months before he died. He was 98.
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