Rinse & rePeat
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“While jogging became popular for preventing heart disease, we were frequently told by experts how many miles a person has to run to burn off a pound of fat. However, in Russia, physiologists always remember to include the brain in their calculations, and it turns out that a walk through interesting and pleasant surroundings consumes more energy than does harder but more boring exercise. An active brain consumes a tremendous amount of fuel.” Ray Peat
Could this be the Couch Potato's real problem, lack of exercise to the brain? Granted chips and bad snacking goes with typical Couch Potato scenerio, but I now wonder if the Couch Potato is not grown from a combo of sitting and eating bad, but rather a combo of mindless activity and eating bad. Sure the Couch Potato needs to do his Ray Peat 10% moving around to 90% eating properly part to ever get away from it's stereotype, but it makes me now rethink Couch Potato's position. I know many many people that move around, doing stimulating activities, that don't require much exertion, and eat the same amount of junk that the Couch Potato eats and are slim, you see them all the time in libraries, art galleries and painting in the park. I doubt any of them are "Peaters". Maybe we have misjudged the Couch Potato. With the rise in depression that people are dealing with more and more, and t.v. numbing brains, my grandma was really right by saying, "When you are feeling down, just go outside and you'll feel better". Funny how no matter how far we think we have come, going back to the beginning always seems to have the answers.
Could this be the Couch Potato's real problem, lack of exercise to the brain? Granted chips and bad snacking goes with typical Couch Potato scenerio, but I now wonder if the Couch Potato is not grown from a combo of sitting and eating bad, but rather a combo of mindless activity and eating bad. Sure the Couch Potato needs to do his Ray Peat 10% moving around to 90% eating properly part to ever get away from it's stereotype, but it makes me now rethink Couch Potato's position. I know many many people that move around, doing stimulating activities, that don't require much exertion, and eat the same amount of junk that the Couch Potato eats and are slim, you see them all the time in libraries, art galleries and painting in the park. I doubt any of them are "Peaters". Maybe we have misjudged the Couch Potato. With the rise in depression that people are dealing with more and more, and t.v. numbing brains, my grandma was really right by saying, "When you are feeling down, just go outside and you'll feel better". Funny how no matter how far we think we have come, going back to the beginning always seems to have the answers.
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