Sunday, March 29, 2009

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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1 Comments:

At April 25, 2009 at 4:49 PM , Anonymous Pencilist said...

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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