Meat is striking out.
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Cheetahs are fast, not so much strong. I'm not necessarily saying the dude's analogy has merit, but cheetahs are not the best example to use.
I would go so far as to say a LOT of the world's "strongest" animals are vegetarians.
That was one of the most idiotic articles in the history of journalism.
1. *ONE* athlete going vegy doesn't equate to any pattern of power. The author says that he hit the most homes runs in Brewer history. So fucking what? It's the *BREWERS* for fucks sake. He ignores every other slugger in history that have eaten meat.
2. Author then rants against processed meats, using a study of cancer to say they are horrible to eat, providing support for his assertion that one Brewer is proof that veggy is the way to go. However, he can only use ONE form of meat (and a poor one at that) to fight against *ALL* meat. This is more than 50% of his article. Not all meat is processed meat, so who the fuck cares?
3. He goes on to say that there are benefits to not eating *ALL* meat, which supposedly makes this 100mi runner a perfect example. Yet what about all of the runners and athletes that have eaten meat throughout history? AFAIK, Lance Armstrong isn't a veghead.
What if that guy who is a veghead and runs 100mi has something else his body has as an advantage? One advantage LA has is an incredible pain tolerence and an above normal lung capacity.
The whole premise of the article is just a pandering shill piece of vegetarians. It's pathetic.
1. *ONE* athlete going vegy doesn't equate to any pattern of power. The author says that he hit the most homes runs in Brewer history. So fucking what? It's the *BREWERS* for fucks sake. He ignores every other slugger in history that have eaten meat.
2. Author then rants against processed meats, using a study of cancer to say they are horrible to eat, providing support for his assertion that one Brewer is proof that veggy is the way to go. However, he can only use ONE form of meat (and a poor one at that) to fight against *ALL* meat. This is more than 50% of his article. Not all meat is processed meat, so who the fuck cares?
3. He goes on to say that there are benefits to not eating *ALL* meat, which supposedly makes this 100mi runner a perfect example. Yet what about all of the runners and athletes that have eaten meat throughout history? AFAIK, Lance Armstrong isn't a veghead.
What if that guy who is a veghead and runs 100mi has something else his body has as an advantage? One advantage LA has is an incredible pain tolerence and an above normal lung capacity.
The whole premise of the article is just a pandering shill piece of vegetarians. It's pathetic.
Kaido
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One of the guys who won Ironman Hawaii 6 times in a row was a vegetarian for the duration of his training. But I think it boils down to genetics. If you've read about V02 max and all that stuff, being a top athlete pretty much boils down to what you're born with. There was an old guy in the news, I think 101 years old, who still runs marathons. And smokes while he's running. And goes to the pub in the morning before the race for a pint.
It takes some leg power, but it's not really a brute strength thing. Look at human sprinters, they're usually pretty buff but not like weightlifters or anything.
Again, I'm only talking about power output here. Cheetahs can run really fast for a few seconds, but how much weight could they pull behind them? It's two different things.
Atomic Playboy
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Nature's strongest animals are vegetarians? Bullshit. Let's see...
An ant can carry up to 50 times it's own body weight. Ants are omnivirous, consuming meat when it is available.
Fleas can jump higher than any other animal proportionally. Fleas are a parasitic species, surviving on the blood of a host animal.
Many spiders, bees, wasps and roaches are proportionally much stronger than elephants or bulls and survive on an omnivorous or carnivorous diet. Admittedly, the strongest insect of all appears to be the Rhinoceros Beetle which is strictly herbivorous; however, with many, many examples in the world of insects and arachnids of ominvorous or carnivorous species whose proportional physical prowess far eclipses that of any mammal, this author's point about vegetarianism is revealed to be utter bullshit.
An ant can carry up to 50 times it's own body weight. Ants are omnivirous, consuming meat when it is available.
Fleas can jump higher than any other animal proportionally. Fleas are a parasitic species, surviving on the blood of a host animal.
Many spiders, bees, wasps and roaches are proportionally much stronger than elephants or bulls and survive on an omnivorous or carnivorous diet. Admittedly, the strongest insect of all appears to be the Rhinoceros Beetle which is strictly herbivorous; however, with many, many examples in the world of insects and arachnids of ominvorous or carnivorous species whose proportional physical prowess far eclipses that of any mammal, this author's point about vegetarianism is revealed to be utter bullshit.
I don't think the article can include gorillas as vegetarians. They're more omnivores than vegetarians. Plus, he left out a huge amount of strong animals that are carnivores. The entire canine and feline families are immensely strong. A polar bear kills walruses with its massive strength. The article was pretty weak.
HeroOfPellinor
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Hippos and elephants and rhinos and cows? They aren't so much strong as they are big and heavy.
Technically the strongest animal on the planet is probably the bear and it eats a balanced diet of meat and plants.
There's certainly anecdotal evidence pointing to some people, but they are exceptions to the overall population. I fully agree that diet may help in some cases, but it comes down to genetics.
HeroOfPellinor
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So the big fat kid you who have anchor your tug of war team is the strongest or just the one with the greatest mass?
You can't really compare a fat kid with the sheer power of an elephant or hippo or rhino. There are definitely very strong herbivores out there but I'd still say that there are far more strong omnivores out there.
Is this article some sort of joke? Prince Fielder is a fat bastard.
http://www.theonion.com/conten...s/Prince-Fielder-R.jpg
http://bricksandivyradio.com/p...s/prince_turkeyleg.jpg
If he's a vegetarian, he's doing it wrong!
http://www.theonion.com/conten...s/Prince-Fielder-R.jpg
http://bricksandivyradio.com/p...s/prince_turkeyleg.jpg
If he's a vegetarian, he's doing it wrong!
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