-=> Quoting Richard Glazer to John O'neill <=-
 RG> Hi John. I agree with you that proteins are very important. But
 RG> because protein take  very long to break down and are not an immediate
 RG> source of energy, it would not benefit you during the ride. After a
 RG> long and hard work do combine carbs with protein since muscle repair
 RG> benefit from the protein.
A balanced diet is what is important.
Proteins are more important when growing; they become less important as one
grows older.
On the whole, though, most of us waste an awful lot of money on diets which
have an excessive amount of protein, which inevitably gets converted to fat
or passed out with the urine.
A diet with a variety of vegetables, fruits, and grains will provide all the
protein an active adult is likely to need.
Most of us need to sustain levels of exercise that will burn our body fat.  I
am of the opinion that most of the "power foods" discourage that by providing
a more ready source of carbohydrates.  There is a difference between the
competitive athelete operating close to the anerobic zone over a period of
hours, as in a road race, and most of us who operate at much lower levels
(perhaps over the same or even longer periods of time) of energy output.  And
there is a difference between an athelete who will typically have a body fat
level of  15%.  We have fat to
burn . . . and need to.
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