In the previous post we talked mostly of things that are bad for us, however even of things universally known to be good for us should we be wary. Unfortunately nothing exists, as far as I know, that is always good for everyone, in any mode of application, amount and frequency. No form of training, action or activity. No food, drink or substance. No aspirin or radiation. No emotion, feeling or form of meditation. We are complex and changing creatures, never even consistent within our own selves. Sometimes at different stages, and sometimes simultaneously we have different needs and pleasures, occasionally even contradictory to one another. When we are cold, we like the heat, and when hot we seek the cold. When we are hungry, we like to eat but when we are full the very idea of food bothers us. When we have a shortage of liquid we need water, but when over hydrated, water is harmful to us. These are very interesting thoughts, but a thought that becomes obsessive does not help us grow. To make a more complex example, it is typical in the medical field that a person with a calcium deficiency in their bones develops kidney stones if they increase their calcium intake through diet and supplements, without the deficiency in the bone being improved in any way.
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As could very well guess, between cold-blooded reptiles and mammals there are substantial physiological differences.
For example, if the outside temperature is suitable, a snake or a crocodile are rearing to go on awakening, and perfectly ready to make any effort. We mammals, on the contrary, could hardly beat our personal best at a 60 metre sprint just out of bed… In other words, the physiology of performance in humans follows a Gaussian law. We are unable to deliver optimum performance starting from a state of absolute rest.
