Quote from: dave.woodhall on September 14, 2015, 12:41:29 PMPlayers are much bigger, fitter and stronger now than in the past. If you disagree, point me in the direction of a Paul Gascoigne-type physique in the modern game. Wayne Rooney ?
Players are much bigger, fitter and stronger now than in the past. If you disagree, point me in the direction of a Paul Gascoigne-type physique in the modern game.
I had the privilege of sharing an office for a number of years with Ron Pickering. He told me that if a person was staved to the point of death, the very first energy from the very first food fed to that person would go to the brain. Survival of the human species required our ancestors to outwit a sabre tooth tiger not to out run or out jump it.
The brain's only energy source is glucose. Other tissues can, in the short term and when under stress, use other energy substrates. That's why the first signs of glucose deficiency affect the brain and why, as you say, the brain gets priority when fed.
Quote from: oldhill_avfc on September 15, 2015, 01:03:37 PMThe brain's only energy source is glucose. Other tissues can, in the short term and when under stress, use other energy substrates. That's why the first signs of glucose deficiency affect the brain and why, as you say, the brain gets priority when fed.That's not true, the brain can, and does, utilize ketone bodies (up to 70%) to replace glucose during fasting or low-carb situations. Some glucose is always required, but it is not the only energy source.
Quote from: CT on September 14, 2015, 08:54:39 PMQuote from: Savospit on September 14, 2015, 08:40:32 PMI reckon our fitness levels went down when Keane left the backroom.Please, do elaborate.....Because it did.
Quote from: Savospit on September 14, 2015, 08:40:32 PMI reckon our fitness levels went down when Keane left the backroom.Please, do elaborate.....
I reckon our fitness levels went down when Keane left the backroom.
Thank you CT and oldhill. I love H and V when so much can be learned from so many people. Without being flippant perhaps somebody should ensure Sanchez gets a big drink of Lucozade on the hour Mark, smuggled on in a sponge if necessary.
Eva Carneiro: Chelsea doctor leaves after Jose Mourinho rowChelsea doctor Eva Carneiro has decided to leave the club - six weeks after criticism from manager Jose Mourinho.Carneiro had her role downgraded after Mourinho said his medical staff were "naive" for treating Eden Hazard during the 2-2 draw with Swansea on 8 August.Chelsea asked Carneiro, 42, to return to work, but she has decided not to and is now considering her legal position.The Football Association is looking into a complaint that Mourinho used abusive or sexist language towards her.Chelsea say they do not comment on internal staffing matters.http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34328940