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Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be eaten.. Each morning in Africa a lion awakes - it knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve.


No matter if you are the lion or the gazelle, when the sun comes up you had better be running!



Friday, November 18, 2011

Cleaning up the diet and thinking smarter

Talking at work this morning with a friend of mine, she reminded me of something that I am passionate about – that of eating as pure as possible.

We were discussing the plethora of protein powders, carbohydrate powders and similar laboratory developed (highly priced) supplementary powders and potions. Each day more and more of these products flood on to the market along with their promises to help us to grow bigger, stronger, faster and better. For the average person, these highly priced supplements may sound like the Holy Grail to attaining their fitness goals, but these folks may have not considered that there may be alternatives to these chemically produced foods.

In majority of cases, a healthy diet and plenty of fresh produce can deliver the desired results for a fraction of the cost of supplements. Eating 6 small meals a day and snacking on seeds and nuts as our ancestors did for many years suits our digestive systems just fine and

Admittedly I do take a few vitamin tablets to supplement my diet, but ever since following my $2 a day diet for World Hunger, I have dramatically altered my diet and perception of what is and what is not required. A large bag of powdered milk I have found is as effective for me as a supplementary drink as some of the highly priced powders out on the market. If you crave the different flavour, then just throw a bit of chocolate powder in to the mix and blend up for a great recovery drink.

Better still a small pot of natural yoghurt, some nuts and then a little while later a small sandwich with meat or tuna is ideal for refuelling.

Innovative thinking – innovative eating!

Running together – stride for stride on a life changing ride! – Sean Muller

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