{"id":447,"date":"2012-08-06T09:30:47","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T16:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gahealthguide.wordpress.com\/?p=447"},"modified":"2012-08-06T09:30:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T16:30:47","slug":"the-biological-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/the-biological-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biological Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever thought of your body as a machine?\u00a0 Have you ever thought about your body as a car?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_449\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gahealthguide.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/url-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-449\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-449\" title=\"url-2\" src=\"http:\/\/gahealthguide.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/url-2.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I hope this is not you.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of the car analogies with our body, so let&#8217;s just imagine that your body is a car;\u00a0 But not just any car.\u00a0 Your body is a race car.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_448\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gahealthguide.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/url-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-448\" title=\"url-1\" src=\"http:\/\/gahealthguide.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/url-1.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yeah. That about sums up my body.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now, what do you think food is?\u00a0 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.\u00a0 When a race team is filling up the tank before a race, are they just throwing any fuel in there?\u00a0 When they&#8217;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?<\/p>\n<p>The disadvantage we have, is that we only have one shot to use the best fuel possible&#8211;\u00a0 If a race team doesn&#8217;t know what they&#8217;re doing and blow a motor, they can get a new motor. . .\u00a0 What do you do when you don&#8217;t use the best fuel possible and your &#8220;race car&#8221; breaks down?<\/p>\n<p>Too often, people focus on what is pleasing to the taste buds, but don&#8217;t realize that what goes into your mouth is the fuel for your body.\u00a0 If you give it poor fuel, you will get poor performance as an outcome.\u00a0 Would you ever put 87 octane &#8220;regular gas&#8221; in your race car?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_450\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gahealthguide.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/fuel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-450\" title=\"fuel\" src=\"http:\/\/gahealthguide.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/fuel.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sorry McDonalds, it&#8217;s not just you. . . It&#8217;s all fast food.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever thought of your body as a machine?\u00a0 Have you ever thought about your body as a car? I&#8217;m a big fan of the car analogies with our body, so let&#8217;s just imagine that your body is a car;\u00a0 But not just any car.\u00a0 Your body is a race car. 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