I’ve always thought that the best place to get protein from is meat: steak, lamb, chicken, eggs, fish. And I’ve always wondered where vegans get their protein from and especially vegan athletes. I found this article on the net which shows how much protein there is per 100g of food stuffs. Here’s a screenshot from the article: Credit for screenshots: It’s very clear from the above that plant protein as a category has a lot less protein per 100g than meat and dairy does as a category. How much protein does a person need? From articles I found, a sedentary man needs around 54g per day and a runner might need around 75g. A weights guy might need 120g a day. From the table above, you might get all you need to get for running from 200g of steak (smaller than a normal steak of around 285g). To compare that …[Read More]
Life Experiments
I took cold showers for 7 days. Here’s what I found
I’ve heard about a lot of benefits to taking regular cold showers and ice bath therapy. Sportspeople swear by ice baths to speed up recovery after intense workouts. Wim Hof has popularised cold therapy with incredible feats of swimming in ice and climbing mountains like Kilimanjaro without a top on. Purported benefits of cold showers include: Improved discipline and mental toughness Boost to immune system Boost to mental state and positivity Invigorating wakeup and start to the day It’s amazing that something so simple has the power to give immense benefits like these. So let’s give it a go! Day 1 I always take a shower first thing and this morning, I hopped in and had a nice hot shower. It wasn’t until about a minute in that I realised that I was supposed to start the cold showers today! Doh. So I decided to do what programmes recommend which …[Read More]
No alcohol for a month – here’s what I found
I wrote the below in August 2019 but it’s been in draft until now. I thought about it again now I’m basically dry until the baby arrives. I’ve never done a period off booze. Not that I’m a heavy drinker or ever have been. I’ve enjoyed social drinking and good binge session for more than 2 decades now and never felt the need to do a dry January. In recent years, I’ve enjoyed boozing less and less. I still love the taste of craft beer and good wine, but my hangovers are getting longer and longer. Sometimes they last until the third day. It isn’t always throbbing headaches. It’s also a feeling of not being too sharp and slightly foggy-headed. I’ve toyed with the idea of would my life improve greatly if I just gave it up. At the end of July, I went to a craft beer place with …[Read More]