Re: Baron Davis backs it up

[Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu (Kestutis Kveraga)]

--- You wrote:
p.s. Perhaps Kestas can help out here, but how many calories do athletes burn
off in a day compared to average people. I figure around 7000 calories a day? I
guess they could easily work off a 260 calorie donut (but maybe not a dozen).
I'm trying to convince myself I'm overreacting on this whole Krispy Kreme
thing. Their Web site says each donut contains 110-130 fat calories on average.
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I think you ARE overreacting: 200 of those donuts were for Chris Wallace :>
(OK, that was a low blow). Anyway, they CAN burn it off - their basal metabolic
rate  (what you burn off doing nothing)  is probably upwards of  4000 kC,
especially for the bigger guys. But that's not the point. Donuts are the
perject junk food: high-glycemic index carbs, including tons of sugar,
saturated fat, no protein or fiber or  the good (omega-3) fats whatsoever. The
high GI-carbs cause a huge insulin release, which of course promotes fat
storage.  Their nutritional value is not zero, it's negative. Well, I'm sure I
ruined the enjoyment for at least half of the list :-(
Anyway, it just shows you how young and stupid they are, how they have no clue
how to maintain their body. Most of them still do OK, because they 're young
athletes, and because they chose their parents wisely (i.e., good genes). At
least for now, anyway.   
As for JOB taking the donuts away, I'm not sure he, or anyone else in
management, can compel  them to do it. Pitino did try to regulate their
behavior and look how well they reacted to that (not to say that his college
coach-, dictatorial approach was right). I don't know what their contractual
obligations are, but I doubt they spell out what the athlete may and may not
eat.
Kestas