Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Action Protagonists & Usefulness of a Food Lovers Diet

By Rob Sutter


As we eat more food, it's common that we may gain weight as time goes on. Once we continue this regimen without seemingly any end in sight, we're going to start seeing some results and, most of the time, they aren't ones that will make us feel less self-conscious. Why is it, then, that heroic characters in action movies and television don't have that problem with a food lovers diet? They seem to be able to eat constantly and they wind up looking the same no matter how much time goes on.

The general rule of a food lovers diet is eating whatever you'd like as long as what you're consuming is ultimately good for you. Most of these diets include large amounts of produce and lean meat, both of which contain high nutrients and little cholesterol. Not very often are you going to take in products that are deemed unhealthy. This is the message that companies like Quorn attempt to get across and I believe that they have been able to do that and then some.

Action heroes should be able to do well if they keep up a good diet, right? The problem is that going about such acts as fight and obstacle traversing involves a good amount of energy. Typically, you'd be able to attain said energy from the food that you eat, which means that it's common for people to take on better diets. In the case of these people featured heavily on television and film, I don't believe that the idea of healthy food is ever really showcased well.

While I'm all for these heroes going through movies or episode on TV while looking like machines, it doesn't seem like they need much in the way of food. For instance, how many times have you seen people become beaten and battered and, even when they had no food after so many hours, they still fight better than anyone else? Could it be an example of the strength that these icons have? It's possible but one can argue that it's not exactly realistic.

With films like "Lord of the Rings," the importance of food is highlighted more so, especially with Sam taking the time to ration the portions between himself and Frodo. It's apparent that a lot of movies look at this element differently and it, in turns, causes you to feel differently for certain characters. Are you going to empathize with any of Arnold Schwarzenegger's characters in action movies? Instead, you're simply going to watch and see him act as an agent of brutality more than anything else.




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