The Consumer Research Team at the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center has posted an online questionnaire that will help the center's Combat Feeding Directorate determine the direction it will take with future operational rations. (Photo Credit: Michael Stepien, NSRDEC Combat Feeding Directorate)
Washington Times: Pentagon eyes controversial diet in bid to build more lethal warriors
Ditching carbs may be the key to military success in America’s future wars.
Top Pentagon officials say research has shown that human bodies in ketosis — the goal of the popular and controversial ketogenic diet — can stay underwater for longer periods, making the fat- and protein-heavy eating plan a potential benefit to military divers. It is one example of a rapidly growing trend as military researchers zero in on how nutrition and certain drugs can enhance how fighting men and women perform in battle.
But U.S. defense officials say they lack the legal authorities to dictate to soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines what they can and cannot eat. Critics of the entire concept warn that the military is entering a danger-filled world if it begins ordering diets and drug protocols solely to build more lethal warriors.
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WNU Editor: My formula to stay in top shape (both body and mind) is .... sleep 7 hours minimum/eat healthy with the help from a nutritionist/aerobic-weight-flex exercises 5 times a week/stay away from stress/and put and keep myself in a situation that is always positive.
2 comments:
You're lucky you don't have In-n-Out Burgers up there...
"Keeping away from stress is near impossible for me unfortunately." Likewise except in my case the "near" would need to be removed from the sentence then it would be fully accurate. The editor's advice is very sound. With the exception of keeping away from stress the rest is doable. While 7 hours sleep a night is problematic, it is doable.:-)
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