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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Fit For
Sisters
Andrew Loscutoff
Columnist
Why absolutes
don’t work for
health and
fitness
There are many absolut-
ists out there. This mental-
ity strives for certainty. For
the absolutist everything is
black and white. If walking
10,000 steps a day is better
than 5,000, it9s 10,000 or
bust. If an apple has more
fiber than a banana, then
banana be damned.
We can have a certain
amount of admiration for
the absolutist. They are
decisive, strong willed, and
optimal. They hold stead-
fast in a belief system. But
they may fear the unknown,
and their hardy stance may
falter when the next paper
is written or they read a
new book, or a guru offers
new advice.
Being literal is a fool9s
errand when it comes to
health and fitness.
Nutrition, fitness,
health, and wellness don9t
exist in a vacuum. In fact,
there is so much synergy
that any advice needs to
be taken with the pro-
viso, <results may vary.=
Vitamins, minerals, fibers,
and compounds are all
synergistic. Fats absorb
some vitamins, which then
can be used in the body.
A fibrous plate of veggies
with white rice slows the
carbohydrate breakdown in
the stomach, nullifying the
insulin release.
A person who is looking
to lose weight ought to con-
sider their unique circum-
stance. The amount of cal-
ories they need is specific
to their body, lifestyle, and
habits. This is then com-
pounded by their digestive
and absorptive tendencies.
At a restaurant there can
be a vast difference in por-
tions depending on who is
manning the line. One must
view a calorie count not as
an absolute but a moving
target.
There are no absolutes
in fitness. A person who
desires to build strength
should do squats and
deadlifts. However, there
are hundreds of different
ways to actually do these
exercises. A 5-foot-4-inch
89-year-old woman will be
different from the 20-year-
old collegiate football
athlete.
Genetics, history, and
the millions of input vari-
ables across years of liv-
ing all play their parts. A
person makes a variety of
choices, moves, and direc-
tions in their unique sys-
tem on a day-to-day basis.
There is uncertainty, there
will be change 4 and this
is OK. Certainty doesn9t
exist in the world beyond
our imagination.
Things change on a day-
to-day basis, but over the
long term there is a pattern.
Move the biggest stones to
begin with and the pebbles
will fall into place.
Taking the snap…
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
The Outlaws are playing scrimmages in a pandemic-adjusted season.
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