Have you ever thought of your body as a machine? Have you ever thought about your body as a car?
I’m a big fan of the car analogies with our body, so let’s just imagine that your body is a car; But not just any car. Your body is a race car.
Now, what do you think food is? Alissa and I are often told that we focus too much energy on what we eat, but I usually tell people that we focus the right amount on what we eat. When a race team is filling up the tank before a race, are they just throwing any fuel in there? When they’re building that racing engine, do they throw cheap 30W oil into the motor, or do they carefully build the engine to use the best quality racing oil to keep it lubricated?
The disadvantage we have, is that we only have one shot to use the best fuel possible– If a race team doesn’t know what they’re doing and blow a motor, they can get a new motor. . . What do you do when you don’t use the best fuel possible and your “race car” breaks down?
Too often, people focus on what is pleasing to the taste buds, but don’t realize that what goes into your mouth is the fuel for your body. If you give it poor fuel, you will get poor performance as an outcome. Would you ever put 87 octane “regular gas” in your race car?