T. Colin Campbell: Well, I mean really it should be a diet that is largely focused on plant-based foods, by that I mean vegetables and grains and fruits and legumes, of course, and in particular, sort of whole foods. I mean, we ought not to be taking (laughs), I mean plant foods are really the optimal diet.
Your working muscles can take oxygen out of the blood three times as well as your resting muscles. Your body has several ways to increase the flow of oxygen-rich blood to working muscle: 1  increased local blood flow to the working muscle. 2  diversion of blood flow from nonessential organs to the working muscle.3  increased flow of blood from the heart (cardiac output).our body has several ways to increase the flow of oxygen-rich blood to working muscle: 1  increased local blood flow to the working muscle. 2  diversion of blood flow from nonessential organs to the working muscle. 3  increased flow of blood from the heart (cardiac output).
But the heart muscle is special because of what it does. The heart sends blood around your body. The blood provides your body with the oxygen and nutrients it needs. It also carries away waste. Your heart is sort of like a pump, or two pumps in one. The right side of your heart receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs. The left side of the heart does the exact opposite: It receives blood from the lungs and pumps it out to the body.