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Originally Posted by curves2000
Do you not mean "peoplekind"???
All kidding aside I read the same piece about Chara's diet and I think there is a little bit of resurgence in this for some athletes. Max Pacioretty this year is known to have gone to a plant based diet and the most famous athlete to go primaraly plant based is Tom Brady.
For years people would ridicule Brady for his diet and his "system" for maintaining his performance. The last few years though he has gotten more attention in a positive sense as his performance really hasn't declined despite being 40 years old and still being a top 3 QB in the league.
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My wife and I moved from a pretty unregulated diet to strictly Paleo last summer and for the first few weeks I felt ill.. But I tell ya, it has been one of the best things I have ever done in my life for myself. Second to quitting smoking.
I have so much energy during the day and when I start to feel hungry, I never crash, I simply become increasingly hungry without a sharp drop-off to becoming "hangry".. My mental strength or Will to overcome in real strenuous tasks has become incredibly strong, and I no longer find myself dragging my @$$ in anticipation of a job being finished for the most part. I'm able to focus more on the task than the relief of it being over.. if that makes any sense.
Point is, I had never considered that my diet played with my head and willingness/determination until this last year and I am strongly convinced that diet plays a large part in mental health deficiencies, now more than ever.
For example.. When I started Paleo, I was on Whey Protein shakes to supplement my food-source intake. I was becoming increasingly agitated in the morning and while getting ready for work I would find myself over-heating physically which would lead to anxiety about going to work... I switched to a Pea based protein Non-GMO, (Most Soy is GMO, about 98% of worlds supply, corn about 90%, FYI), SO I avoided a Soy based protein.
Point is, my body became more regulated in temperature, I became less agitated in the morning with very little anxiety and that changed my entire outlook for the remainder of the day.. One minor change in my diet..