Exercise and diet
After hearing the diagnosis, the patient seeks advice.
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Patient: Doctor, I’ve heard that aerobic exercise can make you live longer.
Doctor: Your heart is programmed to beat only a fixed number of times. It’s like saying your car will only run 300,000 ks. Go fast and you’ll wear it out quicker. Slow down, take a nap.
Patient: Well, what about eating less meat and eating more vegetables?
Doctor: Ha. What does a cow eat? Grass and sometimes corn. Vegetables! Eating beef is an efficient way of getting vegetables.
Patient: How about grains?
Doctor: Eat chicken. They eat grain and taste a whole lot better.
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Labels: diet, doctor-patient, exercise, fat
posted by Barry Natusch @ 7:12 PM
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1 Comments:
Far be it for me to question the medical expertise of the sage doctor, but irrespective of health issues, I wonder if he is aware that going vegetarian (especially vegan) is the biggest single contribution a person can make to alleviating global warming? Go veggie and you can drive your SUV, fly around the world several times a year, turn up the heating - and still have a lower carbon footprint than the average meat-eater.
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