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| Defense Department may enforce a mandatory keto diet for special operation soldiers to enhance military performance - banning pizza, burritos, and beer |
| 2019-07-03 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #8 Eat more steak, pack less weight. What's not to like? |
| Posted by: KBK 2019-07-03 18:29 |
| #7 Also helps prevent diving incidents among SEALs. |
| Posted by: Slats B. Hayes1535 2019-07-03 14:17 |
| #6 They probably looked at the BMIs of the special operators. Unfortunately, BMI is a horrible way to measure "obesity". Arnold Schwarzenegger was "obese" - when he was competing for Mr. Universe. Since BMI doesn't differentiate between fat and muscle, it breaks down when you measure the BMI of muscular people. Like special operators. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2019-07-03 12:01 |
| #5 I've never seen a picture of a special operator that needed to lose weight. Isn't that the Keto diet's primary claim to fame? Perhaps they could start with a line of Keto MREs and see how well that does before they start making rules that will convince our best to leave the service out of disgust. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2019-07-03 11:41 |
| #4 A proposal built on research pulled out of a remf's ass. This has nothing to do with raising ability. It is an experiment in control. They are claiming to have means to test who is taking a keto diet and who isn't. That's about control, not performance. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-07-03 11:24 |
| #3 The word 'longer' appears multiple times in the article without ever actually being quantified. How much longer? One percent longer? A tenth of percent? Something actually significant? No mention. Journalists have to be the least curious mammals on the planet. Obesity is cited as a reason. Is that a problem in the Special Ops community? If you are going to burn fat instead of glucose, you better have some fat to burn. File under Desk-bound Meddlers Try to Put Their Stink on Things. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-07-03 09:22 |
| #2 Atomic Soldiers Part Deux |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-07-03 07:41 |
| #1 Ahh, headquarters pukedom at its finest! They just can't leave it alone even if it works. |
| Posted by: Nguard 2019-07-03 07:26 |