Truck Driver Overweight / Health Stats


If.you get a chance pick up a magazine called Dairy Herd Management. They study cows a lot as well. I always wondered who the.hack off was that came up with the methane contribution from cow farts was.

Cattle are the single largest producers of methane (greenhouse gasses) on the planet. A necessary evil. We need milk and beef. So we need cattle. Cattle eat grass and grains. Cattle digest the grasses and grains. Cattle **** constantly. And belch. Methane is a byproduct of the digestion of the grasses and grains they consume, and is actually from the microorganisms that live in the digestive tract.
 
...put more sugar into more food and beverage items than is necessary. Even things you wouldn't think have or need sugar have it in them, like bread.

You have to put sugar in bread, otherwise the yeast won't grow and make it rise. I usually put it into the liquid part that will be poured into the flour.

Frybread recipe:

2 c (give or take) flour

1 c lukewarm water
2 tbsp yeast
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp butter
1 tsp salt

Mix everything together except the flour, mix and let sit about 5 minutes, until a thin layer of foam appears on top.
Pour it over the flour and mix with a fork. Knead lightly, adding more flour as needed to make a pliable dough. Do not knead more than absolutely necessary.
Let the dough rise for about an hour, until it doubles in size.
In a frying pan, heat oil or shortening about ½ inch deep until a pinch of dough bubbles and floats when dropped in.
Meanwhile, roll a small handful of dough with a rolling pin or water glass until it's about ⅛ inch thick. Make the breads as big around as you want, but remember they have to fit in the pan.
Fry the bread until it's golden brown on each side (turn it over at some point in cooking....you gotta tell some people everything...)
Drain on paper towels and eat it with whatever you want.

If you want Indian tacos (easy, fellas, not that kind) put whatever taco fixin's you want on the bread and eat it like a tostada or Taco Bell Mexican Pizza. I like beef, chili, cheese, lettuce, fresh salsa, green onion and sour cream on mine.


[MENTION=3730]Racer X 69[/MENTION], the sugar has to be there, or the bread would be like a hardtack cracker.
 
I've seen that, and there was a story on NPR a while back about some guy who wrote a book about sugar. Supposedly sugar is addictive, like heroin. It can actually change how we behave.

Soda and food producers know this (they have done studies @Tim) and put more sugar into more food and beverage items than is necessary. Even things you wouldn't think have or need sugar have it in them, like bread.
When did sugar become the main sweetener in sodas again? High fructose corn syrup replaced sugar in sodas years ago in the United States. Mexico still makes a 100% sugar Coke and tastes a lot better.

I'm always over weighting.

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Here, there.... waiting waiting waiting.
I was grossly overweight at one time today.
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When did sugar become the main sweetener in sodas again? High fructose corn syrup replaced sugar in sodas years ago in the United States. Mexico still makes a 100% sugar Coke and tastes a lot better.

That whole "New Coke" fiasco was just a way to distract everyone so they wouldn't notice that when they switched back to the "old" Coke, they had switched to HFCS.


I was grossly overweight at one time today.

Was that you I saw heading west on the Ohio Turnpike today? A little ways west of Youngstown? I saw a red P-379 pulling a flat with a red side-kit.
 
When did sugar become the main sweetener in sodas again? High fructose corn syrup replaced sugar in sodas years ago in the United States. Mexico still makes a 100% sugar Coke and tastes a lot better.

I was grossly overweight at one time today.

Random fact for the day. Real sugar tastes better but hfcs is less expensive and actually not any worse for you than real sugar, you're body digests it the same. When I drink soda, I drink Jones or Mt. Dew Throwback, Jones is delicious, if you haven't you should try some.
 
When did sugar become the main sweetener in sodas again? High fructose corn syrup replaced sugar in sodas years ago in the United States.

High fructose corn syrup is made from the sugars in corn. Still sugar. Still addictive.
 
Numerous studies have shown that truck drivers who constantly push the speed limit and weave in and out of traffic with a sense of entitlement that the middle lane belongs to them, are fatter that the general trucking population. Their life expectancy is shorter because of accidents and impacts with winch bars. This syndrome has a name, I'm sure we are all familiar with, Billy Big Rig Syndrome. Neutered trucks seems to help, but causes higher blood pressure. The only know cure, is the aforementioned winch bar generously applied about the head and shoulders of the BBR.
 
Cattle are the single largest producers of methane (greenhouse gasses) on the planet. A necessary evil. We need milk and beef. So we need cattle. Cattle eat grass and grains. Cattle digest the grasses and grains. Cattle **** constantly. And belch. Methane is a byproduct of the digestion of the grasses and grains they consume, and is actually from the microorganisms that live in the digestive tract.
And that right there is why I am not a vegetarian. Here I am trying to cut down greenhouse gasses by eating lots of beef and the hippies are saying eating meat is wrong.lol
 
Ok, time for an update. I have lost 2 pounds and my pants are just a tad looser.
The hardest part is getting exercise in a snow or ice storm. I will be starting the "South Beach Diet" this week and I hope for better results.
I know many people have tried a lot of different diets and most didn't work, but I felt I needed some guidelines to follow and this was the cheapest (only) diet book I could find at the local Goodwill Store the other day.
I will give another update next weekend, until then I hope you all remain safe, happy and healthy. Truck It Up!!!
 

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