The body needs the right nutrition for healing - everything from the smallest stress put on it to oh, let's say a 250 kilometer race across the desert! Nutrients, the kind that come from fruits and vegetables and berries all of which contain plenty of vitamins, minerals and are nutrient-rich, is what you need when your body is trying to heal. That's what happens when you have stress, a wound, or any of the thousands of processes that are going on in your body without you ever having to think about them (literally, there are more than 2,000 physiological processes happening!). We emphasize whole food nutrition for this very reason. We also recommend Juice Plus+® because most people don't, won't, or can't get the minimum that their body needs. Not a replacement for those foods, Juice Plus+® is just a way to get nutrients from a variety of fruits and vegetables, and grapes and berries too if you add the Berry Blend.
But imagine you were going to run 250 KM across the desert. I say imagine because that's probably as close as you or I will get to actually doing it. But if you were to do it, AND you had to carry with you everything you needed for survival, what would you bring? Ok, let's start with the obvious - the food and water. Water is going to have to be a specific measured amount because you don't want too much because of the weight, but you want enough to keep from being dehydrated. Now here's the thing when it comes to the food. Do you bring food that will provide energy, like things with sugar or carbs? Or, do you bring more of the foods that will help REPAIR your body as you're punishing it for 250 km in dry heat?
The answer isn't as obvious for some. But you want repair foods. If you can keep your body fueled with foods that will help it continue to repair itself - on the cellular level - then you might just go the distance in one of these Extreme Races. That's just what Dave O'Brien did, and at his age and experience, he might know what he's talking about...considering that he has completed a few of these extreme races and ahead of those 20 years his junior! Here's news on Dave's newest goal --
In 2010, Dave will run and aims to successfully complete four 250km, self-supported footraces across the driest, windiest, hottest and coldest places on Earth. The Atacama Desert in Chile, the Gobi Desertin China, the Sahara Desertin Egypt and finally, Antarctica! To date, 41 people in the world have completed the four deserts, only two people have completed them in one year. Dave is not only aiming be the third person in the world to complete the four deserts successfully in 38 weeks, but to be the oldest.
The first race takes place on the 7th March 2010 in the Atacama Desert. This is the driest desert in the world and is over 50 times drier than California's Death Valley. The soil has been compared to that of Mars. The altitude for most of the race will average 2,400 metres, climbing to 3316 metres at the highest point. Often, altitude sickness can affect competitors here. Dave will carry everything on his back during the 6 days of running the 250 km - ie foot, clothes, sleeping bag, medical supplies, survival gear, toiletries, water etc. and Dave's average distance per day will be around 40k with the longest day being almost twice that.
Dave is a supporter of Juice Plus+ and uses it to help provide more nutrients from fruits and vegetables, knowing that it is these nutrients that help repair the body. Wouldn't you want your body to have what it needs to repair itself if you were going that distance? How about the distance of a life-time? What are you going to feed yourself for that?
Eat healthy. Live healthy my friend.
Dr. Patrick Havey
The Health & Wellness Institute
Official Juice Plus+ Independent Distributor
But imagine you were going to run 250 KM across the desert. I say imagine because that's probably as close as you or I will get to actually doing it. But if you were to do it, AND you had to carry with you everything you needed for survival, what would you bring? Ok, let's start with the obvious - the food and water. Water is going to have to be a specific measured amount because you don't want too much because of the weight, but you want enough to keep from being dehydrated. Now here's the thing when it comes to the food. Do you bring food that will provide energy, like things with sugar or carbs? Or, do you bring more of the foods that will help REPAIR your body as you're punishing it for 250 km in dry heat?
The answer isn't as obvious for some. But you want repair foods. If you can keep your body fueled with foods that will help it continue to repair itself - on the cellular level - then you might just go the distance in one of these Extreme Races. That's just what Dave O'Brien did, and at his age and experience, he might know what he's talking about...considering that he has completed a few of these extreme races and ahead of those 20 years his junior! Here's news on Dave's newest goal --
In 2010, Dave will run and aims to successfully complete four 250km, self-supported footraces across the driest, windiest, hottest and coldest places on Earth. The Atacama Desert in Chile, the Gobi Desertin China, the Sahara Desertin Egypt and finally, Antarctica! To date, 41 people in the world have completed the four deserts, only two people have completed them in one year. Dave is not only aiming be the third person in the world to complete the four deserts successfully in 38 weeks, but to be the oldest.
The first race takes place on the 7th March 2010 in the Atacama Desert. This is the driest desert in the world and is over 50 times drier than California's Death Valley. The soil has been compared to that of Mars. The altitude for most of the race will average 2,400 metres, climbing to 3316 metres at the highest point. Often, altitude sickness can affect competitors here. Dave will carry everything on his back during the 6 days of running the 250 km - ie foot, clothes, sleeping bag, medical supplies, survival gear, toiletries, water etc. and Dave's average distance per day will be around 40k with the longest day being almost twice that.
Dave is a supporter of Juice Plus+ and uses it to help provide more nutrients from fruits and vegetables, knowing that it is these nutrients that help repair the body. Wouldn't you want your body to have what it needs to repair itself if you were going that distance? How about the distance of a life-time? What are you going to feed yourself for that?
Eat healthy. Live healthy my friend.
Dr. Patrick Havey
The Health & Wellness Institute
Official Juice Plus+ Independent Distributor
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