Death March

The sky is high, the clouds are pale,
We watch the wild geese vanish southward.
If we fail to reach the Great Wall we are not men.

–Mao Zedong (Mount Liupan)

Over the last few years I have heard and read a lot of people who insist that exercise is dependent upon carbohydrates to some degree or another. Some of them will assert that this is the case for just about any exercise other than taking a leisurely stroll, such as these guys at the bodybuilders.com website:

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Objections

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

–Samuel Johnson

In trying to compile the information I’ve been learning, I feel it’s important to give place to objections and questions. I’m trying to go through the most common questions I get, first. Although some of them are more objections than they are true questions.

By far the biggest one I’ve dealt with has already gotten two posts of its own: “What do you eat?” Vying for second plaec is this question:

1. But your brain needs glucose, right?

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