Tue 28 Aug 2007
It’s only through a healthy body that you can have a functional, rational mind. Aristotle made his philosophy students workout with the Olympic wresting team. One of the main reasons I train my body is so that my mind works effectively.
-Paul Chek
I found this interview on Testosterone Nation and it’s pretty damn interesting. I love people that go outside the conventional wisdom because in my experience, the conventional wisdom is always flawed. It has to be or everybody would be in shape! I have to say Paul Chek is definitely someone who thinks unconventionally. I found several things that he said were highly intriguing and they seem to fit with what I am trying:
If you don’t want to have problems, eat real food. Stop eating all this cheap crap. I’ve had multi-millionaires and world-class professional athletes in my office tell me that organic food is too expensive.
If you can’t pronounce a word on the label, don’t eat it.
We have a tremendous dehydration problem today. The only thing that substitutes for water is water. When you’re drinking water you’re actually drinking nature’s most powerful detoxification agent. The best solution for pollution is dilution. And that means water, not tea, not soda pop, not orange juice… water!
My point is, I’m able to maintain the body of a world-class athlete on a few hours of exercise, some good food, rest, and a willingness to have access to the true me. I don’t want to live a life of chemical filtration, of fogginess and haziness. I don’t want to spend my days running around chasing doctors and getting health advice from people that are sicker than the rest of humanity anyhow.
Anyways, check it out if you’re interested in some neat ideas about health that you probably haven’t heard before.
