Diet is Unhealthy? đź’€ Agree or Disagree?
Summary
A straphanger drops one of the wildest health takes Kareem's ever heard: diet and exercise is a myth, pushing the body is unhealthy, and the fitness craze will lead to "early graves." His grandfather? Died from exercising, probably. The guy never works out, never eats healthy, and starts every morning with a toasted bagel with cream cheese and a two-liter of Coke. Then he reclines. His prediction for New York's health-obsessed future is grimly specific: the city's going to need a lot of grave diggers in about 20 years because all these gym rats are dropping early. It's absurd contrarianism taken to its logical extreme, delivered with the confidence of someone who's clearly committed to the bit.
Full Transcript
Diet and exercise is a myth. How so? As far as longevity is concerned, I think there's no actual correlation.
So you think that you should just be an unhealthy piece of—you can be a piece of and live a very long time? You don't want to push the body, right? Pushing the body is actually unhealthy. But letting it chill and be mellow and maintain stasis, correct, is the way for optimal health.
Would you give this advice to your grandfather if he wasn't dead? I would, but he was dead from exercise. He died from, uh, exercising. Probably, you know, as a lot of old people do.
What do you think of with this healthy resurgence in New York City? Lot of early Graves. Early Graves. Early Graves. And the thing is, I think we're going to need a lot of grave diggers. It's going to be a huge industry in 20 years. Just wait. Grave digging.
So do you work out? Never.
Do you eat healthy? Never.
What do you eat for breakfast? Toasted bagel, actually, with cream cheese, 'cause I don't eat fresh bagels generally. And then I have a 2-liter of Coke. And then I sit—sorry, I reclined.
What's your take?