During Ramadan, one whole month, they fast and that is really bad for their health.
Other than that I don’t know except unhealthy eating habits and lack of physical activity.
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MSG is really bad, and it’s very often disguised as something else, even in “health foods” with pseudonyms like vegetable protein, hydrolated protein, amino acid, etc.
Atopic allergy is prevalent in Japan, where MSG was first patented early in the 20th century, which means the Japanese have been poisoned that long, 3 or 4 generations, and even newborn babies show certain skin conditions, which means they are poisoned in vivo.
There is a book titled “In Bad Taste” by Dr George Schwarz which lists all symptoms.
Actually, there is a herb combination by Kroeger Herb Company in Colorado to detox MSG in the body, specifically the brain and nervous system.
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Fasting is not bad. It gives insulin a rest which is actually a good thing. I guess the problem is they can only eat at night, so that kind of messes up sleeping which is really bad. Growth hormone is produced during deep sleep and counters insulin. How do Muslims do Ramadan in the Nordics as there is so little darkness during summer?
Ramadan fast is only when the sun is up.
Every night there’s party, party.
Certainly not healthy.
Fasting can kill you if not done properly. Water fast can be deadly this day and age, given the pollution we’re swimming in.
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@robgsxr What do you do in the mountains in the summer? This!
Ok, that is a wee bit extreme for me, 90k over mountains. I did 10k this morning though on somewhat less hilly terrain, with a good blast at the end that saw a new recent max HR of 195. 
Feels great!
OMG, I just noticed that Samm has been banned for a thousand years. Anyone know what happened?
I wouldn’t do a 90 km run in super flat Norfolk 
let alone in mountainous terrain.
HR 195 my ticker tells me to back off if I get up there these days. It shouts at me “keep going and I will make sure you pass out”
I haven’t seen what Samm has been up to recently, something must have pushed him over the edge.
Lol, I didn’t push it that hard today, average HR was only 163. 195 wasn’t at the end where I thought it was. It was on the flat into a strong headwind! I hate wind! I have almost passed out at the end of a race before, not down to HR but running out of sugar in a sprint finish. I got grabbed by St John’s ambulance paramedics and force fed disgusting sugary water!
That average is still almost 10 higher than mine, I typically feel comfortable at around 155 on a 10k which means I am quite slow but I also accept I am not that fit.
More than half my run is on soft sand though which is a real slog.
That table was obviously compiled before the current Venezuelan crisis. The guy running the chippy in our village is from Venezuela, his father is Portuguese. His mother is still stuck in Venezuela. The only way out is to walk
…through Bolivia to Ecuador, around 300km apparently
The current typical monthly salary in Venezuela is about enough to buy one kilo of rice…
A while ago one of Morocco’s most lucrative exports was red wine.
I am pretty sure that the quality control was done locally…
edit: during Ramadan the fasting takes place only in the day time.
After the ‘official’ sunset there is a prescribed breaking-of-the-fast, followed by eat what you want.
The only HR that is worthy of noting is your resting HR. HR when exercising means nothing. It is only relevant to yourself, how hard you are working. If you go on to Strava or Garmin Connect, you can see the data that people have logged. If you look at the first few to finish in a race, you will see some with HRs in the 120’s and some with HRs in the 180’s. What you can be sure of is that everyone is giving it their best.
Generally, the lower your RHR the fitter you are. It is also a good indicator of your health. If your average RHR goes up, even if it is within the normal zone (which I think is ridiculously high anyway), it could be an indication that something is wrong, so it is worth getting it checked out. My RHR is between 47 and 53.
Edit: I have always likened HR when exercising to car engines. Some people have bigger engines that don’t rev much and some are like little hot hatches. 
Here is a better vid than the one I posted above. The guy is rubbish! He hardly runs. This is how you run on a mountain. 
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It looks like pretty difficult terrain
Mediocre cheese is against the law in this state.
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According to a law in Wisconsin, both butter and cheese — which, to be fair, are hallmarks of this Midwestern state — have to be “highly pleasing” and free from any “undesirable flavors and odors.” Since the deliciousness and “pleasing” quality of cheese is highly subjective, we can only hope no one has been arrested for selling or producing lackluster dairy products.
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In Georgia, it’s forbidden to eat fried chicken with a knife and fork.
This Gainesville, Georgia ordinance, passed in 1961 as a way to get publicity for the town, explicitly outlaws eating fried chicken with anything other than your hands. Although the “law” isn’t really taken literally, and is rarely enforced, one visitor was arrested for using a knife and fork to eat her fried chicken in 2009.
Gainesville Police Chief Frank Hooper reportedly informed 91-year-old Ginny Dietrick that it’s against city ordinance to eat fried chicken, “a culinary delicacy sacred to this municipality, this county, this state, the Southland and this republic,” with anything other than your fingers.
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47-53 is considered athlete level for someone in their early 20’s 
weirdly that’s about the same rhr as Julia who is super fit also.
I didn’t consciously know or take any notice of mine until a couple of years ago when I hit the big five zero and the GP’s nurse started taking an interest in my vital statistics, It appears 59 bpm is ok for an old man of 53
He made a negative comment about the haters on the board. I didn’t think it was terribly out of line but it is what it is.
Wow a Hillary face for a thousand years. I don’t know what Samm did, but that’s harsh.
That was Mont Blanc, so yes, not a walk in the park.
Kilian Jornet is the best mountain runner in the world. He broke the Bob Graham record last year, which is a 106 km loop around the Lake District taking in 42 peaks, with a total ascent of 8200m. The record stood from 1982.
My VO2 max is currently about 44-45. It used to be 47-48.