gungfudisciple said:
We mock what we dont understand.
Without really meaning to offend I have to say that I've seen guys like you in a lot of combat sports. As the sport matures, a 'sport' mentality starts to rule and the chi flow, nearly religious b.s. thought process tends to disappear.
Bascily when a sport is being competed at on a low level, all kinds of mentalities can still be competitive as the sport itself has not matured. As the level of competition increases, the level of mysticism tends to decrease. I saw it happen similairly in Olympic TaeKwonDo as the tradionalists faded away from being capable of competing in high level competition.
From your screen name I'm assuming a similair instance with the 'gung fu disciple'. I've never seen a die-hard KungFu type be able to hang with competitors who train for sport.
Now, when you mix scientific terms of 'correlation, neurons, etc.' with your scientific process of "intutive knowledge and meditation" you truly get your own brand of b.s. :icon_idea
As to 'digestive energies' being lost, whole foods should actually take more energy to digest. An extremely complex, unrefined carb like oatmeal or brown rice will take more action from the body to digest than the more refined white breads and sugars in more processed foods actually.
Moreover, translating a pre-fight meal into a long-term nutrition plan is also not a good plan as the requirements differ. Dairy, red meats, and white meat are all good nutrition sources. The very fact that you think that red meat equals McDonalds shows you don't know what you are talking about. Come to think of it, I seem to remember that some of the 'burgers' from McDonalds are actually soy products (or at least were a few years ago when I read the study).
I can't tell you strongly enough how much your pseudo-science mysticism cr@p annoys me.