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Member Profile: Thomas D Hensel

"'It will hurt us ... but we will be better for us' Hensel 2003"

Member Since: 2008

South Australia, Australia

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08 Jun 2012: Greenhill Road (Mt. Lofty) - 23mins 55secs

29 Apr 2012: Norton Summit - 15mins 15secs

29 Apr 2012: Corkscrew Road - 10mins 34secs

12 Apr 2012: Norton Summit - 15mins 32secs

04 Jan 2012: Greenhill Road (Mt. Lofty) - 24mins 20secs

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Thomas commented on his own time: "Beautifulday for it. Sunny but crisp."

Thomas commented on his own time: "At 93k point of ride as part of UniSA Pain ride ... not many chips left in the tank at this point"

Thomas commented on his own time: "First climb of UniSA Pain ride"

Thomas commented on his own time: "Beautiful day for quick late arvo ride. No intention to go hard but felt good testing the vintage French girl ..."

Thomas commented on his own time: "2nd and penultimate rest week ITT for ACE 250"

Forum Posts

08 Jul 2010 5:41 PM posted in diet & dietitions

Thankyou Nick, You’ve saved me considerable time, as you have said most of what I want to say. I never write on forums so this is a first. Again, like Nick has stated clearly I don’t doubt that we should all (western society) eat more plant based products, and less processed foods and plates full of meat. Lately I have started including some 'vegan' meals to my diet and I am feeling it works for me. However, firstly, to say that protein has little or no importance is incorrect. The word protein comes from the Greek word Prota, meaning of "primary importance". Our bodies need a steady supply of complete protein each day to rebuild muscle which is continually broken down by are body systems. Now again, this protein can be gained from nuts, rice and beans (all great things for us) but I can also be gained from lean unprocessed meat (red meat providing high quality iron for example) and dairy. I read one on one of the forums where Harley compares the protein level in bananas (and other fruits) to mothers milk. I think you’ll find there is a fundamental difference between the energy and nutrient needs of a adult human and a newborn. And I doubt anyone would develop properly if all the digested their whole life was mothers milk! Harley may argue that he feels and performs best on a vegan diet, and that is fair enough, but the point is everyone is different. For instance, Laird Hamilton is a world class big wave surfer who, doesn’t drink milk, but eats more red meat, fish, poultry and eggs than you could point a stick at. Unhealthy? No Laird is one of the fittest healthiest 45 year olds I ever seen who surfs massive waves, heli-snowboards, has paddled the English channel on an ocean going outrigger and is trying to break the Trans-America cycling world record. He states that lean meats and fish are the most important part of his diet. Thus everyone is different. Therefore, whilst I firmly we all need more veges and fruit, I don’t believe in using a forum such as this to promote ones own ideas and to make claims about diet and its purported ability to cure us of cancer. You cannot tell me that currently or in the past people on vegan diets have not also prematurely developed terrible diseases such as cancer. Whether or not these claims are back by science I don’t care, I think you should have more respect for people such as Nick who have loved ones or family suffering from a illness which claims the lives of so many. There are OTHER factors which lead to such disease. I would argue that stress has a much greater influence on developing cancer than diet. In fact, (and this is fact) chronic stress has been linked to stroke, heart attack, kidney failure, cardiovascular problems, cancer; and diabetes is even made worse by stress. Thus to over simplify something as complex and unfortunate as cancer is a tragic overestimation. There I said it. Kind of repeated what Nick said in a few more words. BTW: Not sure spray painting something like ‘Got Cancer, Go Vegan' on Gorge Rd is the right thing to do. In summary Harley, I don’t doubt your endeavour, just feel your execution is a little wayward.

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