January 04, 2013

Hey, Maybe Being Fat Is Good For You
— Ace

I want to run this article with a picture, but if I ran it with this picture, people would scream for eyebleach. So, pretend this picture appears right under the headline, and note before you click it you're going to see a very fat man. A very fat man.

He was the world's fattest man, but got a gastric bypass, and now he just looks awesome.

Anyway I've been hearing this story going around for a week: a meta-study finds that overweight people actually live longer than those at normal weight. And one level of people defined as "obese" -- lower end of the scale -- have no worse mortality than the normal-weight.


Grade 1 obesity overall was not associated with higher mortality, and overweight was associated with significantly lower all-cause mortality. The use of predefined standard BMI groupings can facilitate between-study comparisons.

Grade 2 and 3 obesity -- really fat and really fatter -- were, however, associated with worse mortality rates.

So, it's claimed, a little bit of comfort fat might be good for you, long-term.

Hey, it's a study. Must be true.

Here's a possibility: Given that we are generally never put through periods of starvation or hunger and have all the calories we could possibly want, our bodyweight has shifted upwards -- including our tendency to put on fat. Because we're just not built to have all the calories we could possibly want.

The people who remain thin tend to remain thin not because they're especially healthy but because they're a little on the unhealthy side, while the people who would -- in prehistoric times -- look healthy have tended to put on a bit of overweight.

Note that some very healthy and very active people are at "normal weight" -- they work out enough to keep off fat -- or thin but they're anomalies and don't impact the stats that much. Most people will wind up having weights in accordance with their metabolic bias.

So, anyway, my attempt to explain this postulates that it's not the overweight per se that makes people live longer, but those people are basically born a little healthier, and would have longer lives whether they were in prehistoric, lean times (in which case they'd be at the "right" weight) or in comfortable, flabby modern times (in which case they add 15 pounds).

I just made that up now. If it doesn't make sense, that would be why.

The other possibility is the Sleeper Hypothesis: That literally everything they once said was good for you is in fact bad for you, and vice versa.

There's also the possibility fact that there is a built-in bias in science to find positive results -- publish or perish -- and especially to overturn previous wisdom in a particularly dazzling way, so we might just be seeing imperfect science, made by imperfect humans, claiming to know things where we actually know little and periodically going through "revolutions" in thinking, not because we've made such great strides in our knowledge, but because our knowledge was so very limited in the first place it's relatively easy to postulate the complete opposite of the Old Theory and soon have a big glittering New Theory with just the same amount of (thin) evidence.

Old Theory: Carbs cause fat

Newer Theory: Carbs don't cause fat at all! Those old fuddy-duddies were all wet!

Newest Theory: Carbs cause fat. The last fuddy-duddies were all wet, while the fuddy-duddies previous to them had it just right.

When no one knows what the hell they're talking about it's a wide open field for paradigm-changing new studies.

Posted by: Ace at 02:30 PM | Comments (248)
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1 Suck it skinny people!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2013 02:32 PM (3wlvV)

2 I think 1950s Action Star was probably the proper amount of fat.

Posted by: Truman North, idol of dozens at January 04, 2013 02:33 PM (CN2Eq)

3 It's always been true. Good enough reason to lay on the couch all weekend watching the wild card nfl games.

Posted by: tgibeachf at January 04, 2013 02:33 PM (LpQbZ)

4

"how is this connected to fat-guy killers is the real question"

has it to do with the serial crusher theory?

Posted by: dudeinsantacruz at January 04, 2013 02:33 PM (z4+1a)

5 I love how no one in the MFM who reports on these studies ever says, "Oh, maybe the government weight rules could be wrong"...they only say, "But just because there's a study that's no reason for you to keep eating food you like, fatties."

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at January 04, 2013 02:34 PM (hO8IJ)

6 That is because normal was always underweight for most people. Flawed study to begin with.

Posted by: tgibeachf at January 04, 2013 02:35 PM (LpQbZ)

7 In the 90's they realized that fat was necessary for kids to grow. So the doctors who said "don't say know to your kid it harms their self esteem and don't feed them anything but 1% milk had to change one of their major pediatric tenets.

Posted by: Caustic at January 04, 2013 02:36 PM (/b8+5)

8 A backdoor assault on sharp elbows using science as a weapon? Diabolical!

Posted by: derit at January 04, 2013 02:36 PM (I88Jc)

9 they only say, "But just because there's a study that's no reason for you to keep eating food you like, fatties." Unless it's THEIR ox getting gored. Then no amount of studies are enough.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2013 02:36 PM (3wlvV)

10 pffffft.   What a bag of bones.

Posted by: Jabba the Hut at January 04, 2013 02:37 PM (6TB1Z)

11 I'm not overweight, I'm undertall.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 04, 2013 02:37 PM (yiIja)

12 This must be a part of the Fat Acceptance movement.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 04, 2013 02:37 PM (oKVrA)

13 Another study to not believe.  There have been too many previous studies that demonstrated that overweight people are more prone to heart attacks.

Posted by: Vic at January 04, 2013 02:38 PM (53z96)

14 Do you know there was something called "weight on" sold in the back of magazines in the 1950's. What happened? Everything now is "weight off and loss".

Posted by: Caustic at January 04, 2013 02:38 PM (/b8+5)

15 There's no doubt that the BMI is a terrible measure of obesity. This study reinforces that.

I remember when my husband's doc gave him a targeted weight based on BMI it was less than he weighed when I met him, nearly three decades ago - he was too skinny then. I told him to ignore it.

Posted by: Y-not at January 04, 2013 02:38 PM (5H6zj)

16 Was she a great big fat person?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 04, 2013 02:38 PM (oKVrA)

17

Lose weight, look like a mutant flying squirrel. That is a win?

 

Anyway Science changes its mind every damned five years. I disagree with limiting my freedoms based on a Science that is still infantile in its understanding of, basically, every f'n thing.

Posted by: Invictus at January 04, 2013 02:38 PM (OQpzc)

18 The rise of obesity also correlates to the drop off in violent crime.

Posted by: mugiwara at January 04, 2013 02:39 PM (hpYnL)

19 46 stone is 292.1 kg or 642.62 pounds

Posted by: Jack Kerouac at January 04, 2013 02:39 PM (e8kgV)

20 Completely OT, but I just got this email from the church I left about 3-weeks before Christmas over the political activism from the pulpit of my former pastor...

We've known for years that the Obama Administration is anti-faith and that they despise the Catholic Church. But now, with re-election a distant worry, they've taken their hatred to a new level. ...

Gee, you'd think that after all The Church did for Choomy over the last 4-5 years - what with all-but outright endorsement of Obamacare, amnesty for illegials, and the whole "social justice" BS that is right in the Democrat Party sweet spot - perhaps King Putt would ease-up a little on them. They've yet to learn that in Choomy's mind We Have No King But Obama.

But they're going to. And I really don't give a tinker's damn anymore.

Posted by: DocJ at January 04, 2013 02:39 PM (V20sy)

21 Michael Moore ? not clicking.

Posted by: grease monkey at January 04, 2013 02:39 PM (VSWPU)

22 As the head of SOSA, I want to say that this study is bunk.  That's right, I'm the head, the leader, the, the big cheese.  The Kaiser, if you will.  Kaiser SOSA, that's me.

Posted by: Society of Spheroidal Americans (SOSA) at January 04, 2013 02:40 PM (6TB1Z)

23 It's connected to the boner-killer, that's what it's connected to.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 04, 2013 02:40 PM (oKVrA)

24 Plus 20 pounds maybe, but I can't believe that people who break a sweat getting up from the kitchen table are healthier.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 02:40 PM (QupBk)

25

skinny people are probably more engaged in risky behavior too. have you ever seen a fat heroine addict?

Posted by: dudeinsantacruz at January 04, 2013 02:40 PM (z4+1a)

26 And literally, I worked with a guy who sweated and wheezed if he had to kneel down and tie his shoe.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 02:41 PM (QupBk)

27 25 Plus 20 pounds maybe, but I can't believe that people who break a sweat getting up from the kitchen table are healthier.

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That's essentially what they found.

Posted by: Y-not at January 04, 2013 02:41 PM (5H6zj)

28 have you ever seen a fat heroine addict?

Perry Mason?

Posted by: pep at January 04, 2013 02:42 PM (6TB1Z)

29 They may live longer, but morbidly obese people have trouble wiping their ass. And stuff. Know what I mean.

Posted by: EROWMER at January 04, 2013 02:42 PM (kxlCQ)

30 I've seen multiple chins before but never a double nipple.

Posted by: Fritz at January 04, 2013 02:42 PM (w3+gB)

31 ...can that skin be sliced off and deep-fried ?

Posted by: billygoat at January 04, 2013 02:43 PM (KAAnO)

32 skinny people are probably more engaged in risky behavior too. have you ever seen a fat heroine addict?

Posted by: dudeinsantacruz at January 04, 2013 06:40 PM (z4+1a)



You gonna eat that?

Posted by: Artie Lange at January 04, 2013 02:43 PM (hpYnL)

33 All studies are wrong! Correlation =/= causatiyaarrrrgghhh!!1!!!111!

Posted by: JohnJ at January 04, 2013 02:44 PM (Tt6ky)

34 On a related note, according to my latest research, bigger cushions are directly associated with sweeter pushin'.

Posted by: Dr. David St. Hubbins at January 04, 2013 02:44 PM (2jQGY)

35 29.  have you ever seen a fat heroin addict ?

Jim Morrison ?

Posted by: grease monkey at January 04, 2013 02:44 PM (VSWPU)

36 17 Was she a great big fat person?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 04, 2013 06:38 PM (oKVrA)


Ohhhhhh yeahhhhhhhh...

Posted by: Buffalo Bill at January 04, 2013 02:44 PM (KAAnO)

37 From the American Heart Association

Obesity (a body mass index of 30 or higher)The term obesity is used to describe the health condition of anyone significantly above his or her ideal healthy weight. DonÂ’t be discouraged by the term. It simply means you are 20% or more above your ideal weight and you are not alone. Between 60 and 70% of Americans are either overweight or obese.


Being obese puts you at a higher risk for health problems such as heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes and more.

Posted by: Vic at January 04, 2013 02:44 PM (53z96)

38

If that's a full pic of the dude   Drudge had a partial pic of,   ain't no way I'm clicking it.

 

Christina Hendricks is the upper end of "fluffiness"  for   me.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 04, 2013 02:45 PM (yiIja)

39 This is anecdotal but I've been around the Cancer Center a lot in the past 2 years and I've noticed that cancer victims who are slightly overweight have an advantage over those who are slim.  Cancer makes people lose weight (sometimes rapidly) and if you are normal weight or slim, it's hard to survive until the treatments start working.  A little extra weight is almost like insurance for cancer victims.

Posted by: DRJ at January 04, 2013 02:45 PM (iqHi+)

40 Not to believe "studies" blindly (there are studies about AGW too, aren't there?) but I do remember the loonie left going ape-shit over the CDC study from several years ago that showed overweight people recovered from surgery better than "normal" people.

I think the split personality over it for the left is that on one hand they want a new victim group to "defend"; but at the same time they want to tell people how to live their lives so if being somewhat overweight doesn't matter or even has a minor benefit, that drives them nuts. ("Nutser"?)

Posted by: andycanuck at January 04, 2013 02:45 PM (jPVBi)

41 What is the life expectancy of big  tits?  'Cause, you know.

Posted by: Soona at January 04, 2013 02:45 PM (X70gw)

42 Talking about getting fat on the dole ...

Red-faced state officials admitted last night they are trying to find as many as 19,000 missing welfare recipients — after the controversial taxpayer-funded voter registration pitches the state mailed to their addresses last summer were sent back marked “Return to sender, address unknown.”

The Department of Transitional Assistance contacted 477,000 welfare recipients who were on their books from June 1, 2011, to May 31, 2012, after settling a voter-rights lawsuit brought by Democratic-leaning activist groups that demanded an aggressive voter information effort by the state. That $274,000 push by DTA resulted in 31,000 new voter registrations — but revealed an alarming number of welfare recipients whose residency in Massachusetts can’t be confirmed.

“DTA is in the process of contacting those clients for which a forwarding address was prov­ided to verify their addresses, as a change of address might impact their eligibility,” a statement from the agency said.

DTA critics expressed astonishment at the agency’s faulty address records — which were only uncovered by accident — saying it’s further evidence that the electronic benefits system sorely needs reform.

Posted by: Nadya Suleman at January 04, 2013 02:45 PM (e8kgV)

43

MMMM.....Comfort Fat.....arghahgahahsagh *slobber*

Posted by: Homer Simpson at January 04, 2013 02:46 PM (69Mdf)

44 This is a government "study" seeking to deny reparations to people who became fat due to the government's pushing of carbohydrates and corn syrup. Lies! All lies!

Posted by: JohnJ at January 04, 2013 02:46 PM (Tt6ky)

45 27:  Toby that is the category 2 or higher obese based on the gubmint tables.  Yes seriously fat is unhealthy.   But the government shouldn't get to use "You are over your BMI limit"  to send us to the camps in 10 years under Obarrycare.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 04, 2013 02:46 PM (dkExz)

46 Lead causes fat .. no wait ... poverty causes crime.

Posted by: Gerry at January 04, 2013 02:46 PM (dVLqv)

47 @andycanuck If liberals hate it, it must be true! Science!

Posted by: JohnJ at January 04, 2013 02:47 PM (Tt6ky)

48 The trick is healthy eating, and let the chips fall where they may. Include the four main food groups in every meal: Fat, salt, wine, and chocolate.

Posted by: Thorvald at January 04, 2013 02:47 PM (1V6Pv)

49 Sources tell Fox that Obama will nominate Hagel for Defense despite uniform across the board opposition.

http://is.gd/AqHExP

Posted by: Vic at January 04, 2013 02:47 PM (53z96)

50 The fat ones will last longer in the camps. Conversely, the aliens will eat them first, so it's really a toss up.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 02:47 PM (QupBk)

51 Please don't forget they redefined obesity downwards a while back. They are just finding out that the standards they used to justify that aren't wholly valid.

Posted by: Chris Balsz at January 04, 2013 02:47 PM (3GtyG)

52 >>>Do you know there was something called "weight on" sold in the back of magazines in the 1950's. What happened? People got fat, so the major problem wasn't adding pounds, it was losing them. I have a friend who did all the weight-gain supplements and ate like Cartman to gain weight. He didn't. I mean, this guy was deliberately consuming 5000 calories a day. Enough to make him sick. Well, he did it for two months. Gained like four pounds.

Posted by: ace at January 04, 2013 02:48 PM (LCRYB)

53 Those mobility scooters are actually pretty healthy too. You don't want to risk the joint damage inflicted by huffing and puffing your way up the aisle every time you need to pick up a new jug of syrup.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at January 04, 2013 02:48 PM (+lsX1)

54 My mother ate weight gaining powder stuff when I was a kid. She weighted about 98lb I think.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 02:48 PM (QupBk)

55 Lead causes people to be fat.

Posted by: Solyndra's Ghost at January 04, 2013 02:49 PM (eHIJJ)

56 I often wonder how much child-bearing messes with the weight thing? Women who have carried at least one pregnancy to term have lower rates of several cancers, including breast and ovarian. The risk of breast cancer, and Type 2 diabetes goes down even further with breastfeeding. Women who spend more of their lives pregnant or nursing are generally (well, in my observation, this one I don't have statistics for) not stick-figures as often as those who avoid child-bearing like the plague.

Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at January 04, 2013 02:49 PM (b+8h9)

57 @38

Vic:

They found that BMI 25<30 "obese" lower mortality. They found no effect for BMI 30<35. Higher mortality above BMI 35.

So I think that's not contradictory of the AHA guidelines.

It's possible that the uptick in cardiovascular problems in the grade 1 obesity levels are compensated for by health benefits of other types, that average out in the population. 


From the article: 

Random-effects summary all-cause mortality HRs for overweight (BMI of 25-<30), obesity (BMI of ≥30), grade 1 obesity (BMI of 30-<35), and grades 2 and 3 obesity (BMI of ≥35) were calculated relative to normal weight (BMI of 18.5-<25).

Relative to normal weight, both obesity (all grades) and grades 2 and 3 obesity were associated with significantly higher all-cause mortality. Grade 1 obesity overall was not associated with higher mortality, and overweight was associated with significantly lower all-cause mortality.

Posted by: Y-not at January 04, 2013 02:49 PM (5H6zj)

58 Ok, it comes down to this: If you're you, and you are, it's better for you to be a healthy weight than an unhealthy weight.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 04, 2013 02:49 PM (mb+Yr)

59 @50 Krauthammer nailed it. Win or lose, the nomination is a big, fat signal to the Twelvers in Iran: "Let it burn."

Posted by: Thorvald at January 04, 2013 02:49 PM (1V6Pv)

60 When I was in my 20s I could eat 4 or 5 thousand calories a day and not gain weight. As the age came so did the wight even as the amount of calories went down.

Posted by: Vic at January 04, 2013 02:49 PM (53z96)

61 "I mean, this guy was deliberately consuming 5000 calories a day. Enough to make him sick. Well, he did it for two months. Gained like four pounds. "

But now we has internet. Much easier to put on weight sittin' for hours in front of a computer.

Posted by: JohnJ at January 04, 2013 02:49 PM (Tt6ky)

62 Does anyone remember those weight loss candies called "Ayds"?  They went away sometime in the early 80s.  I don't know why.

Posted by: pep at January 04, 2013 02:49 PM (6TB1Z)

63 OT: EgyptÂ’s nude protester Alia al-Mahdy to be stripped of citizenship? http://tinyurl.com/a9wb7th via http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/214739.php Uncensored NSFW video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQOErd9CzyY

Posted by: The Political Hat at January 04, 2013 02:49 PM (Vk2pI)

64 Of course, my mother also smoked a pack a day of Viceroys back then.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 02:49 PM (QupBk)

65 >>>Lead causes fat .. no wait ... poverty causes crime. I kind of don't get that. Obviously, poverty does "cause" crime, or is part of the cause. You don't see many millionaires doing street muggings. Now, it doesn't "cause" it in a preterministic sense, like If poor Then criminal, but no one is worried about rich men sticking them up or breaking into their homes to steal DVD players and stereo equipment.

Posted by: ace at January 04, 2013 02:50 PM (LCRYB)

66
More bounce per ounce is scientific for human reproduction.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 04, 2013 02:50 PM (69Mdf)

67 Richard Simmons will always have a job.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 04, 2013 02:50 PM (oKVrA)

68 It's clearly because there are more pictures of skinny people taken, and thus their life-force is stolen more quickly

Posted by: dudeinsantacruz at January 04, 2013 02:50 PM (z4+1a)

69 On a related note, according to my latest research, bigger cushions are directly associated with sweeter pushin'.
Posted by: Dr. David St. Hubbins at January 04, 2013 06:44 PM
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The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand,
Or so I have read

Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at January 04, 2013 02:50 PM (ay6+/)

70 Posted by: Y-not at January 04, 2013 06:49 PM (5H6zj)


The most likely thing that has happened is the improvement in heart attack treatment.  Only a few years ago 50% of the people who had a heart attack died from it.  That is down to 1/3 now (the last data I saw).

Posted by: Vic at January 04, 2013 02:51 PM (53z96)

71 no one is worried about rich men sticking them up or breaking into their homes to steal DVD players and stereo equipment. Of course not. They pay someone else to do it.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 02:51 PM (QupBk)

72 >>42 What is the life expectancy of big tits? 'Cause, you know.

I have a friend whose studying the health benefits of breast fat on cancers. Further study is needed!

Posted by: Y-not at January 04, 2013 02:51 PM (5H6zj)

73 >>>Does anyone remember those weight loss candies called "Ayds"? They went away sometime in the early 80s. They were first called "AIDS," I'm pretty sure. They changed it to AYDS when AIDS came out, but then AIDS really came out, and the single-letter swap didn't help. I think they changed the name from an acronym to full words.

Posted by: ace at January 04, 2013 02:51 PM (LCRYB)

74 We were warned by the schhol nurse last year that our very active and physically fit daughter, aged 7, was "obese" based on BMI. We didn't tell her, but boy, were we mad! I called the nurse, and she said to ignore the letter she sent home. It was a federal mandate, but there was nothing wrong with little Gossamer. To this day her BMI puts her overweight, but you couldn't tell it by looking at her. You've heard of "big-boned"? Totally. She's built sturdy. But she's not got any extra fat on her.

Posted by: Truman North, idol of dozens at January 04, 2013 02:51 PM (CN2Eq)

75 We've got armadilloes down there. It's quite frightening.

Posted by: Nigel Smalls at January 04, 2013 02:52 PM (LCRYB)

76 Did Ace just reference Woody Allen?

Posted by: soothsayer, king of siam at January 04, 2013 02:52 PM (LVtr+)

77

Whenever I stop eating (health issues) for a few weeks because I can't chew and can only swallow liquids, I lose weight!  It's amazing!  What a wonderful diet!

I used to have to work out every single day for 2+ hours to keep my weight down (pre health problems).  AND, I had to restrict my eating severely. What a wonderful life! 

Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Bly, Azof, UK at January 04, 2013 02:52 PM (7v5Ct)

78 no one is worried about rich men sticking them up or breaking into their homes to steal DVD players and stereo equipment.

The rich thieves run banks and brokerage houses - many of them are just as crooked as the average street thug, but never get dirt under their nails committing their crimes.

Posted by: DocJ at January 04, 2013 02:52 PM (V20sy)

79 oh shit it's derek smalls.

Posted by: ace at January 04, 2013 02:52 PM (LCRYB)

80 But now we has internet. Much easier to put on weight sittin' for hours in front of a computer.

Posted by: JohnJ at January 04, 2013 06:49 PM (Tt6ky)

 

 

--------------------------------------------

 

 

I exercise at the computer.  Here.....feel that grip.

Posted by: Soona at January 04, 2013 02:53 PM (X70gw)

81 She's built sturdy. But she's not got any extra fat on her. A future strong thighed mother of empires.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 02:53 PM (QupBk)

82 See they are different levels of obesity, and that British guy was at the top level, People so fat they can't wear clothes. Think about that, won't you?

Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at January 04, 2013 02:53 PM (obHYs)

83 Never trust a study, on fat, conducted by Tom Arnold and Jerrold Nadler.

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 04, 2013 02:53 PM (Rq+Vo)

84 If you have a weight issue, just tell your doctor, "trust me, when I get some horrible life threatening disease, the weight will just fall off."

Posted by: shibumi at January 04, 2013 02:53 PM (z63Tr)

85 "66 >>>Lead causes fat .. no wait ... poverty causes crime. I kind of don't get that. Obviously, poverty does "cause" crime, or is part of the cause. You don't see many millionaires doing street muggings. Now, it doesn't "cause" it in a preterministic sense, like If poor Then criminal, but no one is worried about rich men sticking them up or breaking into their homes to steal DVD players and stereo equipment. Posted by: ace at January 04, 2013 06:50 PM (LCRYB) " Human behavior is mostly a function of two things: a) genes and b) environment/upbringing/education. Leftists won't let us talk about either, because Progress, Science, and Fuck You. So we end up stuck with things like "Free Will" (i.e. magic).

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 04, 2013 02:54 PM (mb+Yr)

86 @27-- When we had two bathrooms remodeled, the contractor wheezed and groaned whenever he had to bend over to do anything. He wasn't fat, he was actually very heavily muscled. Apparently bulky abs will interfere with breathing while bent over, too.

Posted by: AngelEm at January 04, 2013 02:55 PM (Szp0P)

87 51 The fat ones will last longer in the camps. Conversely, the aliens will eat them first, so it's really a toss up. Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 06:47 PM (QupBk) _____________________ If it's really a toss up--the fat ones won't fly as high.

Posted by: tasker at January 04, 2013 02:55 PM (r2PLg)

88 crime certainly will cause poverty though.   Everybody that can afford to will move away if crime is rampant and the law is doing nothing effective about it. 

Posted by: PaleRider at January 04, 2013 02:55 PM (dkExz)

89 >>>68 Richard Simmons will always have a job. Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 04, 2013 06:50 PM (oKVrA) Dear Diary, I pulled it off again today! Nobody suspects that I'm secretly gay!

Posted by: Richard Simmons at January 04, 2013 02:55 PM (CN2Eq)

90 Human behavior is mostly a function of two things: a) genes and b) environment/upbringing/education.

Leftists won't let us talk about either

Oh, leftists love to talk about the second group - like how us greedy conservatives are never letting them throw enough of our money at the "poor" and "unfortunate" to better their circumstances, and whatnot.

Posted by: DocJ at January 04, 2013 02:56 PM (V20sy)

91

 

Obesity didn't seem to be such a big problem, back when a lot of people were smoking.

 

Has there been a 'study' on that?

Posted by: wheatie at January 04, 2013 02:56 PM (dC04t)

92 re: aids it was speed, if i recall caffeine, ephedrine, stuff like that

Posted by: soothsayer, king of siam at January 04, 2013 02:56 PM (+oin+)

93 Actually there are articles about poverty causing obesity. Probably lead twinkies.

Posted by: tasker at January 04, 2013 02:56 PM (r2PLg)

94 Life span actually INCREASED during the Great Depression due to decreased food intake...I guess. It's interesting that truth is so elusive for us. A collective madness.

Posted by: Eaton Cox is kind of a LIBNO at January 04, 2013 02:56 PM (q177U)

95 Medical science is, mostly, bunk. Without any understanding or theory of underlying mechanisms, correlation studies are really inefficient ways to understand the world.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 04, 2013 02:57 PM (ZPrif)

96 I pulled it off again today! Nobody suspects that I'm secretly gay! Posted by: Richard Simmons at January 04, 2013 06:55 PM (CN2Eq) That's what you think.

Posted by: Andy Sullivan at January 04, 2013 02:57 PM (HtUkt)

97 >>>82 She's built sturdy. But she's not got any extra fat on her. A future strong thighed mother of empires. Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 06:53 PM (QupBk) I want to get her more interested in football. If I could make her a place kicker, i would never have to pay for college.

Posted by: Richard Simmons at January 04, 2013 02:58 PM (CN2Eq)

98 since they banned ephedrine, today's fat burners include green tea and other extremely low-effective junk

Posted by: soothsayer, king of siam at January 04, 2013 02:58 PM (vzLhi)

99 Time to "pack" it in for today.  bbt

Posted by: Vic at January 04, 2013 02:58 PM (53z96)

100 Now, it doesn't "cause" it in a preterministic sense, like If poor Then criminal, but no one is worried about rich men sticking them up or breaking into their homes to steal DVD players and stereo equipment. ----- That's not so much poverty as inequality. A society where no one had significantly more material things would still be a dangerous society for women (rape) and children or weak adults who look like they'd make a good punching bag on a bad day (barring other anti-crime measures). This would be true in a society where everyone had next to nothing or a society where everyone had what they needed. So no poverty doesn't cause crime. It gets sticky because poverty does correlate to crime in so many ways. For starters, if your parents were criminals, chances are they raised you in poverty and taught you bad values. Or if your parents weren't criminals, but had little impulse control, they couldn't keep a job and raised you in poverty and passed along genes that predisposed you to poor impulse control.

Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at January 04, 2013 02:58 PM (b+8h9)

101 "91 Human behavior is mostly a function of two things: a) genes and b) environment/upbringing/education. Leftists won't let us talk about either Oh, leftists love to talk about the second group - like how us greedy conservatives are never letting them throw enough of our money at the "poor" and "unfortunate" to better their circumstances, and whatnot. Posted by: DocJ at January 04, 2013 06:56 PM (V20sy) " Yes, but that's because they're trying to divert attention away from the ways the Media, the education system, single-motherhood, welfare, etc. fuck people up.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 04, 2013 02:58 PM (mb+Yr)

102 Vic has left the building.  

Posted by: grease monkey at January 04, 2013 02:58 PM (VSWPU)

103
I thought it was Nigel Tufnel.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 04, 2013 02:59 PM (69Mdf)

104 Oops, sweat sock off

Posted by: Truman North, padding the sock puppet numbers at January 04, 2013 02:59 PM (CN2Eq)

105

Who wants to get old? Do you think they will let you into Valhalla if you die while sitting in your shitted up diaper while having some Haitian immigrant wiping the drool from your slack jawed senility?

 

What a f'n horrific way to die.

Posted by: Invictus at January 04, 2013 03:00 PM (OQpzc)

106 Medical science is, mostly, bunk.

Couldn't agree more - and I know this is likely to offend some, but even to call it "science" is, IMHO, quite a stretch. Modern Medicine is really just a collection of "best practices" handed down over the years based largely on uncontrolled collection of data.

FWIW, many people seem to think the great advances over the next 100-years (assuming we don't enter a new Dark Age) will be continuing advancement of gadgets and gizmos. I disagree - the advances will be in life sciences and understanding life and, specifically, how the human body actually works.

I have theories on how much of that data will be gathered, most of them quite unpleasant.

Posted by: DocJ at January 04, 2013 03:00 PM (V20sy)

107 since they banned ephedrine, today's fat burners include green tea and other extremely low-effective junk

Posted by: soothsayer, king of siam at January 04, 2013 06:58 PM (vzLhi)

 

If somethiing is effective the AMA will get it made a prescription drug. They are nothing but rent seeking crooks, and we should put them up against the wall, right after psycologists and lawyers.

Posted by: Invictus at January 04, 2013 03:01 PM (OQpzc)

108 Who wants to get old? Do you think they will let you into Valhalla if you die while sitting in your shitted up diaper while having some Haitian immigrant wiping the drool from your slack jawed senility?

What a f'n horrific way to die.

Posted by: Invictus at January 04, 2013 07:00 PM (OQpzc)

 

 

------------------------------------------

 

 

So, this Haitian immigrant.  Is she hot?

Posted by: Soona at January 04, 2013 03:01 PM (X70gw)

109 Are we talking about fat or teh Phat?  'Cause the ladies can never get enough of teh Phat.

Posted by: Chris Christie at January 04, 2013 03:02 PM (w3+gB)

110 Regardless of what/how much I eat and how much I exercise, my weight increases linearly at about two pounds per year. Nothing to do about it except maybe surgery, but why less wih perfection?

Posted by: Truman North, padding the sock puppet numbers at January 04, 2013 03:02 PM (CN2Eq)

111 Yes, but that's because they're trying to divert attention away from the ways the Media, the education system, single-motherhood, welfare, etc. fuck people up.p

Agreed. Also, notice how liberals make money on all of these things (media, education, the welfare-industrial complex, etc.). Quite a racket they've got going.

Posted by: DocJ at January 04, 2013 03:03 PM (V20sy)

112 but why less wih perfection? Posted by: Truman North, padding the sock puppet numbers at January 04, 2013 07:02 PM (CN2Eq) Now that was funny.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 04, 2013 03:03 PM (IvVLN)

113 Here's another weird thing.  I went to the Pioneer Museum in SLC and there are a bunch of portraits taken within 2 years of the trek west.  If you don't know, the Mormons were driven out of Illinois, so in winter, often sick, they made up wagon trains and got started. Those that made it to SL valley had to create a viable culture from absolutely nothing - desert nothing, in fact.  So now's there's a thriving city, etc., etc., but *here's the thing*.   I could not get over how 'beefy' those pioneer women were after two years of essentially starvation rations, pulling the plows with their own bodies while their husbands pushed and steered behind, and on and on and on.

Why weren't they svelte if not anorexic looking?

If you're wondering why they had a photographer at that particular time, he was passing through on his way to California, and took pictures in exchange for lodging through the winter, supplies, etc.

Posted by: Pentangle at January 04, 2013 03:03 PM (JwuOq)

114 That didn't just happen on one lost weekend on the couch with a a couple of bags of Cheetos.

Dude's been busy.

Don't know about his heart, but it will prolly take 80 or 90years for him to succumb to starvation.  

Posted by: ontherocks at January 04, 2013 03:04 PM (aZ6ew)

115 "113 Yes, but that's because they're trying to divert attention away from the ways the Media, the education system, single-motherhood, welfare, etc. fuck people up.p Agreed. Also, notice how liberals make money on all of these things (media, education, the welfare-industrial complex, etc.). Quite a racket they've got going. Posted by: DocJ at January 04, 2013 07:03 PM (V20sy) " Money and Power. And Prestige.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 04, 2013 03:04 PM (mb+Yr)

116 Most medical researchers do not understand stats, experimental disease, or the possible confounds well enough. Several meta-studies have shown that the most medical research is wrong. Actually most isn't even wrong, it just has so many errors, problems, and confounds that it can't possibly say anything meaningful. Most medical research is done to get tenure. It's not about reality. it's about the appearance of reality. It's not a fraud. It's just really hard. And human nature is weak. And tenure is really awesome.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 04, 2013 03:04 PM (ZPrif)

117 Carbs do cause fat.  It's science.

There. Now its settled.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 04, 2013 03:05 PM (QKKT0)

118 so we might just be seeing imperfect science, made by imperfect humans, claiming to know things where we actually know little


The.  hell.  you.  say. 


Whenever I hear the science is settled, my immediate response is that the science was settled that stress caused ulcers.   Then those guys won that Nobel for going ummmm not so much.


We know jack shit about the universe.   We don't even know what we don't know. 

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at January 04, 2013 03:05 PM (Gk3SS)

119 You've heard of "big-boned"? Totally. She's built sturdy. But she's not got any extra fat on her. ----- Bone density is another confounding factor, I think. This is also purely anecdotal, but a good friend of mine in high school weighed 20 lbs more than me, and we were the same height and could wear the same clothes. We weren't hugely different on fitness, either---we were in cheerleading together. She was black, and black women have a much lower rate of osteoporosis than other races. I imagine that girls/women of all races who have good bone density are going to fall into that "just a little overweight" category and then live longer, since they're less likely to break their bones and fall and such.

Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at January 04, 2013 03:05 PM (b+8h9)

120
the world's fattest man, but got a gastric bypass, and now he just looks awesome.




Wow, Meghan Mccain is really letting herself go.....



Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 04, 2013 03:06 PM (kdS6q)

121 Check the: per capita lard consumption Army induction physicals stature data mortality from typhus, and heart attack... 1913 and 2013. Or, pay me to do it.

Posted by: Thorvald at January 04, 2013 03:06 PM (1V6Pv)

122 The science is settled! Until it's settled the other way. We were always at war with Eurasia -- it's science!

Posted by: AmishDude at January 04, 2013 03:06 PM (xSegX)

123 "119 Carbs do cause fat. It's science. There. Now its settled. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 04, 2013 07:05 PM (QKKT0) " Unnatural things are probably bad for you. "Science."

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 04, 2013 03:07 PM (mb+Yr)

124 "...but no one is worried about rich men sticking them up or breaking into their homes to steal DVD players and stereo equipment."

Actually, I'm much more worried about rich men. They're bilking billions from investors and writing arbitrary laws to confiscate wealth. Who cares about a DVD player when my IRA is either bankrupted by handlers or turned into monopoly money by fiat.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 04, 2013 03:07 PM (eHIJJ)

125 We don't even know what we don't know.

And much of what we "know" will probably be found to be entirely wrong at some point in the future.

Posted by: DocJ at January 04, 2013 03:08 PM (V20sy)

126 We don't even know what we don't know. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at January 04, 2013 07:05 PM (Gk3SS) Mind. Blown. Btw, a lurker de-lurked a couple threads ago and offered a fairly lengthy marriage proposal to you.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 04, 2013 03:08 PM (IvVLN)

127 Who wants to get old? Do you think they will let you into Valhalla if you die while sitting in your shitted up diaper while having some Haitian immigrant wiping the drool from your slack jawed senility

Yes, it's a far better thing to go out in a blaze of 600 lb. glory at 35. You know, like having a kick-ass aneurysm while wiping your ass with a rag on a stick. Awesome!

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at January 04, 2013 03:08 PM (+lsX1)

128 Book:

The Half-Life of Facts, by Samuel Arbesman

Posted by: Hepcat at January 04, 2013 03:08 PM (IPSPJ)

129 I'm  big boned.  And fluffy.

Posted by: Soona at January 04, 2013 03:08 PM (X70gw)

130 Obesity didn't seem to be such a big problem, back when a lot of people were  smoking.  WORKING!

Has there been a 'study' on that?

Posted by: wheatie at January 04, 2013 06:56 PM (dC04t)

Posted by: ConcealedKerry Forgit Mitt at January 04, 2013 03:09 PM (APrEV)

131 AmishDude: "Until it's settled the other way.

We were always at war with Eurasia -- it's science!"

Heh. So true.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 04, 2013 03:10 PM (eHIJJ)

132 "Actually, I'm much more worried about rich men. They're bilking billions from investors and writing arbitrary laws to confiscate wealth."

But only because poor people are voting for them to do it.

Posted by: JohnJ at January 04, 2013 03:11 PM (Tt6ky)

133 Who wants to get old? Do you think they will let you into Valhalla if you die while sitting in your shitted up diaper while having some Haitian immigrant wiping the drool from your slack jawed senility?

What a f'n horrific way to die. Posted by: Invictus

That's the problem, nobody gets out alive.

Posted by: Bruce at January 04, 2013 03:11 PM (hl+bP)

134 No-One is gettin old now so git as fat assed as you can afford, er I mean as fat assed as your welfare checks will allow

Posted by: OButt hole care at January 04, 2013 03:11 PM (APrEV)

135 And much of what we "know" will probably be found to be entirely wrong at some point in the future.

Posted by: DocJ at January 04, 2013 07:08 PM (V20sy)

 

 

----------------------------------------------

 

 

I don't know.  I think that through science and pratical application the fact will remain through the ages that sex feels pretty good.

Posted by: Soona at January 04, 2013 03:11 PM (X70gw)

136 Why do people always assume that fat men and women want to be with each other?

Posted by: Jack Sprat at January 04, 2013 03:12 PM (w3+gB)

137 Eat, drink, be merry. For tomorrow... tell us what happens tomorrow, someone, anyone?

Posted by: soothsayer, king of siam at January 04, 2013 03:12 PM (CXoSL)

138 The really stupid one is the low fat craze that's been with us for decades. People are fatter than ever, and you can hardly find anything that isn't "reduced fat" nowadays. As is eating fat caused people to be fat.

It doesn't.

Your body likes and needs fat. It can deal with fat. The problem is when fat is combined with the carbed-up diet in society now. We would have done a lot better in the 70's making everything low carb rather than low fat. But everyone thinks, "duh, fat must cause fat." Nope.

Posted by: hannitys_hybrid at January 04, 2013 03:12 PM (zpqa2)

139 The Half-Life of Facts, by Samuel Arbesman Posted by: Hepcat at January 04, 2013 07:08 PM (IPSPJ) The Life of Half-Facts, by A. Generic Journalist

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 04, 2013 03:12 PM (bxiXv)

140

Eggs are good  for you.  A couple  of years later, eggs are bad for you.

 

Coffee is bad for you.  A couple of years later, coffee is good for you.

 

Pick any food, rinse, repeat.  This tells me plenty.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 04, 2013 03:13 PM (yiIja)

141

Fat has always been a good fuel for candles. Does eating more fat turn people into candles?

Posted by: dudeinsantacruz at January 04, 2013 03:14 PM (z4+1a)

142 Insty had a link this morning to photos taken at a square dance in OK during the 40s.  Of the dozen or so people shown, precisely none are overweight.  I expect if you looked at a similar demographic group today, most would be.

http://tinyurl.com/b7j2cvy

Posted by: pep at January 04, 2013 03:14 PM (6TB1Z)

143 138 Why do people always assume that fat men and women want to be with each other? Posted by: Jack Sprat at January 04, 2013 07:12 PM (w3+gB) They're trying to keep fat people away from decent, God-fearing skinny people.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 04, 2013 03:14 PM (bxiXv)

144 like having a kick-ass aneurysm while wiping your ass with a rag on a stick. Awesome!

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at January 04, 2013 07:08 PM (+lsX1)

Don't believe I suggested that. Nice strawman though. Youd make a good Dem.

Posted by: Invictus at January 04, 2013 03:14 PM (OQpzc)

145 Ace, do you really think thats okay? Do you had to link the picture? Chris Christie has nothing to do with your post. Nothing whatsoever!

Posted by: Elize Nayden at January 04, 2013 03:15 PM (rd8Re)

146 Posted by: hannitys_hybrid at January 04, 2013 07:12 PM (zpqa2)

Yep Fat is already Fat, so fat can't cause fat, Sugar and carbs aren't fat yet, so they cause fat!
Eat nothing white, no sugar, no flour, no potatoes and lose and keep off weight.

Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at January 04, 2013 03:15 PM (APrEV)

147 @129 Eewwww! I think what Invictus meant (and which, if so, I heartily endorse, me Hearties) is that if you live your life all timid and worried so frightfully that what you eat may kill you, you (a) won't make it Valhalla, and (b) you'll prolly have that Haitian wiping your ass with a stick. "You can get killed walking your doggy", Al Pacino as Lt. Hanna in "Heat" (1995).

Posted by: Thorvald at January 04, 2013 03:15 PM (1V6Pv)

148 For most of history human beings have lived at the edge of starvation.  Having curves and some padding was a good thing, as it was a sign that you were well fed and likely disease free.

I do think that the end of manual labor or extensive walking for the majority of the population has left us weaker than past generations.  As a result, we look worse off than we are.
 
Work out to build your physical capability and to develop muscle, not to lose fat. 

Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 04, 2013 03:15 PM (Nja5c)

149 Waste not, want not.

Posted by: Jack Sprat at January 04, 2013 03:16 PM (w3+gB)

150 The only people I personally have ever seen seriously sick: cancer, heart attacks, diabetes have been thin. Although, friends of friends that are obese have many of the same issues. I just haven't known them personally. I claim stress on the body. Extremes. The body should be well balanced. And, for food. That's easy. Look to our ancestors. Fresh, homegrown food. Pudding versus Ho-Ho's? Carrots versus Tostito's? Oatmeal versus Count Chocula? Eggs versus Pop Tarts? food versus chemicals and overly processed foodstuffs

Posted by: tgibeachf at January 04, 2013 03:17 PM (LpQbZ)

151 SCIENCE! http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/the-topic-of-cancer/ bout somes it up.

Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at January 04, 2013 03:18 PM (obHYs)

152 Yes, but you know how this FAT business is related to Global Warming?

Fat people like Ice Cream.
Ice Cream Factories use Energy.
Some Energy comes from COAL.

Coal? COAL!! it's evil, and BUSH is responsible!

Posted by: Because F@##K YOU!! at January 04, 2013 03:20 PM (v2yk5)

153

I remember reading about 20 years ago (in Scientific American, iirc) an article that mentioned how a certain amount of fat (not excessive amounts, but more than our "rail thin is hawt!" society encourages) is good for female fertility.

 

Ace's post seems to fit with that.

 

Posted by: junior at January 04, 2013 03:20 PM (UWFpX)

154 The low fat craze reminds me of all the "wars" over the past several decades - war on poverty, war on drugs, war on this, war on that. Well, the "war on fat" using lowfat substitutes worked just as well.

Look around you. All I see are obese people at lunch flocking to their lowfat stuff. It's crazy.

Posted by: hannitys_hybrid at January 04, 2013 03:21 PM (zpqa2)

155 Somehow the provided link lead me to seek out the definitions of munter, trout, and trout molester. Munter is my favorite.

Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at January 04, 2013 03:21 PM (qw+yV)

156 @139 Lk 17,33

Posted by: Thorvald at January 04, 2013 03:21 PM (1V6Pv)

157 ^^ or led

Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at January 04, 2013 03:21 PM (qw+yV)

158 I wash myself with a rag on a stick.

Posted by: Uncle Milty at January 04, 2013 03:21 PM (YsFN3)

159 >>>Ace, do you really think thats okay? Do you had to link the picture? Chris Christie has nothing to do with your post. Nothing whatsoever! Posted by: Elize Nayden

Elize, sweetie.  Step into my kitchen.  Of love.

Posted by: Chris Christie at January 04, 2013 03:21 PM (w3+gB)

160

Look, history loves elites. When food is scarce, being fat is seen as good. When food is plentiful, being skinny is how the elites define "good."

 

Fuck them. Just eat what you like. You live once. Enjoy it.

Posted by: Invictus at January 04, 2013 03:21 PM (OQpzc)

161 Later, all. God bless. :-)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 04, 2013 03:22 PM (mb+Yr)

162 The reason for this finding is that the BMI (or how they determine 'fat' or not) is complete and utter crap. Aside from distance runners, every athlete ever is fat. Per the BMI, at least. The much better measure for healthiness is body fat %. BMI includes all weight vs height, including the healthy stuff like muscles and bones and brains and lungs. High body fat is always going to be linked to problems. The fat doesn't just bulge outwards, it goes inwards and presses up against the lungs and other organs. That's why a fat man just sitting pants and gasps like someone in shape running their second mile.
The BMI was NOT developed by a doctor or team of doctors, it was an economist or statistician in Belgium who wanted a very basic way to measure health for sedentary populations. If you exercise 5 times a week? Not sedentary, BMI isn't for you. He was also very clear that it was never, ever, ever supposed to be used for any individual. Ever. Go to your doctor today, though, and they'll measure you by the BMI.
Belgians are just French people in disguise.

Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at January 04, 2013 03:22 PM (jqHOY)

163 These kinds of studies are the reasons why I get real skeptical any time I hear anyone base any major decision on some study or what some "expert" said.

If I had Facebook, I would already be getting pissed about all the fatties who were about to jump on Facebook and rub this study in the face of anyone who looks good. I can see it already.

"You fitness freaks are so shallow now you're gonna die early. I'll go back to drinking every weekend and eating bullshit all day long YOLO."

Posted by: ElKomandante at January 04, 2013 03:23 PM (yUV0V)

164 >>So we end up stuck with things like "Free Will" (i.e. magic).

Gee, I think Judeo-Christian religions are based on the concept of free will.

Posted by: Y-not at January 04, 2013 03:23 PM (5H6zj)

165 Regarding the Oklahoma pictures.
Until about 40 years ago if you wanted to eat it meant you getting and preparing food. If you wanted a candy bar, the local store had a small selection. Now, places to eat are all over the place. Junk food is available at the hardware store. If you're a just little hungry you can fill up in the car while your driving.
I don't think this was available to those square dancers.


Or...SQUARE DANCING KEEPS WEIGHT OFF.
Send me $19.95 for a square dancing video and dance 10 minutes a day.

Posted by: Bruce at January 04, 2013 03:23 PM (hl+bP)

166 25 I can't believe that people who break a sweat getting up from the kitchen table are healthier. Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 06:40 PM (QupBk) --- No, but I'm sure you'd find that they can lose weight faster so we'll see a dissertation written by a fat munter about how much better adapted fat munters are to weight loss.

Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at January 04, 2013 03:23 PM (qw+yV)

167 >>If it's really a toss up--the fat ones won't fly as high

Thread-winner goes to tasker!

Posted by: Y-not at January 04, 2013 03:23 PM (5H6zj)

168 52 Please don't forget they redefined obesity downwards a while back. They are just finding out that the standards they used to justify that aren't wholly valid. Posted by: Chris Balsz at January 04, 2013 06:47 PM (3GtyG) Yeah, I think this is part of it. Coupled with their insistence on categorizing everyone by this number, which does not take into account your bone structure or body composition. A good example of this skewed crap can be found on my dad's side of the family. All the ladies are very big boned, and I mean in the real way not the Cartman way. They are also all built very wide. And all of them have been told they are obese based on their BMI. Rather than accept that they are just built larger and will never weigh what the BMI charts say they should to be "normal" every single one of them spends a goodly amount of their time trying to lose weight and the result is they all look terrible. Two of my aunts have lost all of their breast fat and are concave in the chest and the face. And none of them have come close to the normal weight the chart says they should be for their height. They're still classified as obese. Which is a crock of crap.

Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 04, 2013 03:25 PM (qFpRI)

169 162 Fuck them. Just eat what you like. You live once. Enjoy it. Posted by: Invictus at January 04, 2013 07:21 PM (OQpzc) --- I eat the fatties.

Posted by: Chris Christie's Cadaverous Cooter at January 04, 2013 03:27 PM (qw+yV)

170 Btw, a lurker de-lurked a couple threads ago and offered a fairly lengthy marriage proposal to you. Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 04, 2013 07:08 PM (IvVLN)


Someone gave the routing number, right?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at January 04, 2013 03:27 PM (Gk3SS)

171 I know that carbs make me fatter. I have been on an Atkins type diet for close to a year and lost plenty. But, I've been a slacker from Thanksgiving to NYD. Put a quarter of what I lost back on. I'm in day 3 of eschewing the carb and I'm losing a pound or two a day. I don't know if it's necessarily the carbs per se, or simply that I love carbs and overindulge in them.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 03:31 PM (QupBk)

172 172 Btw, a lurker de-lurked a couple threads ago and offered a fairly lengthy marriage proposal to you.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 04, 2013 07:08 PM (IvVLN)


Someone gave the routing number, right?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at January 04, 2013 07:27 PM (Gk3SS)


We were going to but he threw a game changer when he mentioned he had a pet tarantula.

Posted by: Tami at January 04, 2013 03:32 PM (X6akg)

173 We all die. Gov should want people to die faster than live to old age to save on medicare/caid, new obycare, social security, pensions, and the like. So what do they care if I smoke, eat my way to oblivion, or skydive?

Posted by: ALL_IS_LOST at January 04, 2013 03:33 PM (T/L2Z)

174 @169 yep. It comes down to energy.

Posted by: Thorvald at January 04, 2013 03:35 PM (1V6Pv)

175 @ 175 Because they are nit picking control freaks who think they are better then everyone else?

Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at January 04, 2013 03:35 PM (obHYs)

176 A lamentable display of feminine ill-health: http://tinyurl.com/a5gxdng
The correct answer is #25 or #28.

Posted by: DAve, whose interest is purely medical at January 04, 2013 03:35 PM (XDC0v)

177 OT   TCM tonight

Creature from the Black Lagoon
Tarantula

You have been warned. 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 04, 2013 03:36 PM (Xb7i3)

178 So what do they care if I smoke, eat my way to oblivion, or skydive?

It's all about power and control.  They want to control every aspect of your life.  In addition for a certain group of people there is a strong desire to make "fatties" the enemy so that it is socially acceptable to attack them, belittle them and humiliate them just so they can work out their own little anger and self loathing issues. 

Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 04, 2013 03:36 PM (Nja5c)

179 What matters to me is whether what you weigh interferes with your quality of life. Can you do the things you want to do? If you can, who cares what your BMI is.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 03:37 PM (QupBk)

180 Tarantula isn't bad. Tastes like crab.

Posted by: Invictus at January 04, 2013 03:37 PM (OQpzc)

181 Eye tie, if you're still around, I must respectfully decline.  While your offer is appealing, I am committed to a life of celibacy utter selfishness.


Also, I must say, you are very very brave indeed to run the risk of just what it is I would do to you when Surprise!Tarantula appeared. 

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at January 04, 2013 03:37 PM (Gk3SS)

182 If you watch old videos from the 70's or earlier, or even as late as the 80's, the people looked really skinny. I just watched one of John Denver yesterday and boy was he stick thin. Clearly something has changed. I think people are too quick to assume, however, that it is only about eating more and getting less physical exercise. I see a lot of people who are physically active and who watch what they eat that still struggle with weight. My theory is that something has changed in our diet and/or environment. It could be the chemicals in our food, such as MSG and its derivatives that are in everything. It could be the type of seeds and strains of grain that we consume, from corn to wheat or others. It could be high fructose corn syrup. It could be the myriad of antibiotics, birth control pills or other prescriptions we are taking now that we didn't used to take as much. It could be in the chicken and beef we consume that are fed from said grains that are altered from what they used to be, giving us eggs, dairy and beef that have less omega 3 fatty acids. I don't know what it is, it could be a complex combination of things. Maybe scientists 100 years from now will figure it out. What I do know is that virtually everything the government recommends is wrong. Eggs, cream, butter and beef are not bad for you. Sugar and its derivatives, along with chemically processed oils, probably are. A healthy diet is one that has as little chemically added to it as possible. That said, when I see how skinny people were in the 70's it looks a little jarring to me, almost too skinny. I like that people nowadays have some meat on them, just too much is not a good thing.

Posted by: stephie at January 04, 2013 03:37 PM (xG0vx)

183 Yeah but how much lead did this guy eat?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 04, 2013 03:38 PM (HDgX3)

184 173 I know that carbs make me fatter. I have been on an Atkins type diet for close to a year and lost plenty. But, I've been a slacker from Thanksgiving to NYD. Put a quarter of what I lost back on. I'm in day 3 of eschewing the carb and I'm losing a pound or two a day. I don't know if it's necessarily the carbs per se, or simply that I love carbs and overindulge in them. Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 07:31 PM (QupBk) I would be inclined to say is the carbs. But I'm on Atkins as well and it's done wonders for me, not just weight loss, either. I have asthma that's allergy induced and since I've been on Atkins my allergies haven't totally cleared up but they have greatly eased to the point where I rarely have to use my inhaler now. I was on it several times a week before.

Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at January 04, 2013 03:39 PM (qFpRI)

185 A lamentable display of feminine ill-health: http://tinyurl.com/a5gxdng
The correct answer is #25 or #28.

Ugh, I hate six pack abs on a girl.  Generally she ends up losing too much of her feminine quality.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 04, 2013 03:39 PM (Nja5c)

186 AlextheChick, wanted to warn you during channel surfing.  So you can avoid TCM.

Define lead?  As in paint chips.  Old gasoline. Or by calibre?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 04, 2013 03:39 PM (Xb7i3)

187

Shit my BMI is 31. I am oficially obese, grade 1 !

 

 

Posted by: The Jackhole at January 04, 2013 03:39 PM (nTgAI)

188 I like that people nowadays have some meat on them, just too much is not a good thing.

As a rule of thumb, it shouldn't hang below the knees.

Posted by: Hillary's Panniculus at January 04, 2013 03:40 PM (QKKT0)

189 I saw a sign on the door of a basement lab at my alma mater that read, "Molecular Anthropology Lab". I wanted to be sure they were all arch an evrythin', so I brought from home the next day a cartoon I'd cut out of the New Yorker that showed the smocked tech with a clipboard and stopwatch all bemused as the rat, with wings and halo, ascended from the maze through the air. I showed it to them and asked, "You've read this study, right?" (Back before the internet, stuff like that was nuggets, dude, or lapidary.)

Posted by: Thorvald at January 04, 2013 03:40 PM (1V6Pv)

190 I'm in day 3 of eschewing the carb and I'm losing a pound or two a day.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 07:31 PM (QupBk)


_______________________


That's just not healthy.


BTW is the 928 a reference to the car?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 04, 2013 03:40 PM (HDgX3)

191 I'd like a side of beef deep-fried in bear fat, please. And a diet Coke.

Posted by: eman at January 04, 2013 03:41 PM (EWsrI)

192 >>> Posted by: ALL_IS_LOST at January 04, 2013 07:33 PM (T/L2Z) I'm 98% certain you're a dunce from Sadly No.

Posted by: soothsayer, king of siam at January 04, 2013 03:41 PM (jlW3q)

193 I'm in day 3 of eschewing the carb and I'm losing a pound or two a day.




Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 07:31 PM (QupBk)

_______________________
That's just not healthy.
BTW is the 928 a reference to the car?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 04, 2013 07:40 PM (HDgX3

 

No that's his weight

Posted by: The Jackhole at January 04, 2013 03:41 PM (nTgAI)

194 187 I dunno the feminine quality I'm most attentive to is usually located about 6 inches lower

Posted by: DAve, whose interest is purely medical at January 04, 2013 03:41 PM (XDC0v)

195 i keed I keed

Posted by: The Jackhole at January 04, 2013 03:41 PM (nTgAI)

196 Invictus re: tarantula.  If you say so.  Don't think I want to cook one over an open fire.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 04, 2013 03:41 PM (Xb7i3)

197 I would do to you when Surprise!Tarantula appeared.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at January 04, 2013 07:37 PM (Gk3SS)

 

Sure, you say that now, but I predict the Tarantula will be a fave in the AlexSutra.

Posted by: Invictus at January 04, 2013 03:42 PM (OQpzc)

198 Eman is trying the Fred Flintstone diet?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 04, 2013 03:42 PM (Xb7i3)

199 "Man does not live by bread alone, but by every Word which issueth from the mouth of God."

Posted by: Thorvald at January 04, 2013 03:43 PM (1V6Pv)

200 AlextheChick, wanted to warn you during channel surfing. So you can avoid TCM.


Thanks!  

So I was out for dinner with the 'rents tonight because we have dinner every Friday night and my father and I nearly got into a slap fight over who would pay.   I won!  As it should be.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at January 04, 2013 03:43 PM (Gk3SS)

201 Where is my dick?

Posted by: Fat Fuck at January 04, 2013 03:43 PM (ZOf1l)

202 Spike TV is showing Raiders of the Lost Ark followed by the Short Round movie.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 04, 2013 03:43 PM (Xb7i3)

203 Alexthechick, the Horde just perked up imagining you and your father in a tussel.  They will demand pictures now....  

Silly Horde, Polly is the keeper of the video cam.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 04, 2013 03:45 PM (Xb7i3)

204 Invictus re: tarantula. If you say so. Don't think I want to cook one over an open fire.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 04, 2013 07:41 PM (Xb7i3)

 

Anna, that is the only way to cook tarantula. An open flame burns away all the hairs. BBQ tarantula is pretty darn good. Ask any bushman.

Posted by: Invictus at January 04, 2013 03:45 PM (OQpzc)

205 Yo Momma so fat jokes are still not good for you. Mostly.

Posted by: eman at January 04, 2013 03:45 PM (EWsrI)

206 Yet the government also says that 27%'of children are in the 95th.percentile for weight....

Posted by: Lauren at January 04, 2013 03:46 PM (wsGWu)

207 toby928© for TB at January 04, 2013 07:31 PM (QupBk)
Once you get to desired weight you can eat some carbs, I crave potatoe chips, but be warned a taste of the forbidden fruit sets up the craving for more. Just don't do more, just a treat once a week, for me on weekends, weekdays is for eating right and walking 4 miles per day. Endless energy and no colds on this regimen.

Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at January 04, 2013 03:47 PM (APrEV)

208

Point of order morans.  Did anyone read today's Powerline article on Senator Cruz?  In the article they hinted at a potential powerful combination for 2016.  That's right bitches:

 

MARCO RUBIO-TOM COTTON 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

And you morans can say you heard the groundswell here first, because I am going to do everything in my power to make it fucking happen.  In the meantime, I need to figure out how to change the Illinois constitution so that these Chicago dem bastards can't take away our Bill of Rights with a fucking majority vote.  And I think I've figured out the way!!!!  Watch that rock their world for 2014, they won't even know it's coming until the petition is filed 6 months before the general election.  Suck it commies!!

Posted by: Prescient11 at January 04, 2013 03:47 PM (en30F)

209 The real problem is people think they need to eat three large meals every single day. And sit around on their ass in front of a computer all day at work and all night at home.

Posted by: Eaton Cox at January 04, 2013 03:48 PM (q177U)

210

My wife's doc told her to do the Paleo Diet. That lasted about a week.

 

Women love bread. I think she'd gut me if I tried to cut off her bread supply.

Posted by: Invictus at January 04, 2013 03:49 PM (OQpzc)

211 He who touches the Tarantula shall have all his shots and thy waiver disavowing legal action signed. The Book of Steve: Verse 21B

Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at January 04, 2013 03:51 PM (obHYs)

212 New threads are up!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 04, 2013 03:51 PM (Xb7i3)

213 Yo momma so fat when she bites people she gives them diabetes. Tip ya waitresses.

Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at January 04, 2013 03:53 PM (obHYs)

214 On the scale of humanity, living past 30 is considered extremely healthy livin. I'm going nowhere with that comment.

Posted by: Whatev at January 04, 2013 03:54 PM (lreFA)

215 Mommas so fat the shadow of her ass weighs fitty pounds.

Posted by: Whatev at January 04, 2013 03:55 PM (lreFA)

216 I won life's lottery in the genes department, but the guy who changed the way I eat wasn't even related to me. My flock of sheep was still small, so I'd never sheared any sheep before. I had them on a remote hillside, and wanted to shear them there for economy. I asked around, and a couple people said, "You want L_____ C_______." I got his number and called. His wife said, "He's at his camp, but he'll call you back this week." Long story short (this was in the 1980s), this 75 year old Army Ranger WW II veteran was ripped at 75. He ate mostly his own lamb and beef, plus wild berries, and his wife's garden veg. His "camp" was where he lived, in a tent with his horse and dog, by the river, cooking over an open fire. Yeah, he had firearms. Ripped at 75. Still shearing sheep by hand on a hillside in the hot sun. Sleeping on a cot in a tent all summer.

Posted by: Thorvald at January 04, 2013 03:55 PM (1V6Pv)

217 @ 216 That's true and I think the way people want to use their time is their buisness (which I think most people here agree for the most part). And there is always Toledo.

Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at January 04, 2013 03:57 PM (obHYs)

218 business. Spell check is useful I should use it more often.

Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at January 04, 2013 03:58 PM (obHYs)

219 Momma so fat I threw a paper airplane and it got caught in her orbit.

Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at January 04, 2013 03:58 PM (obHYs)

220 Hat Trick! Ok I'm done, sorry.

Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at January 04, 2013 03:59 PM (obHYs)

221 Steak with baked potato and butter is good for you, especially if you cook the steak. 5 pounds of steak in one sitting, plus baked potato with 50% butter by weight, not as good for you, but still good.

Posted by: Whatev at January 04, 2013 04:01 PM (lreFA)

222 @30 They may live longer, but morbidly obese people have trouble wiping their ass. And stuff. Know what I mean.

Somehow this reminded me of a David Lee Roth video where he was wearing a fat suit.  A hispanic-looking guy comes up to him and asks "Excuse me meester Big.  But aren't there some places you can't reach with a washcloth?"

Posted by: RightWingProf at January 04, 2013 04:09 PM (E/o+q)

223 It really depends on what you eat.  I've always been a generally healthy eater -- that is, I would eat lots of veggies, chicken, fish, but I'd also have pizza, fries, etc.  In May of 2000, at 5'8 and 32 years of age, I weighed close to 160.  Mostly toned, but there was a bit of a gut.  Then I got discharged from the reserves (honorably) and rediscovered THC.  You know what a few bowls of Frosted Flakes will do to you?  Make you really happy.  Then I started trending towards 170 and the muscle-fat ratio was leaning towards fat.  Then I started cutting out refined carbs, esp. added sugar.  Oh, believe me, after a ginger square and an hour or two playing music in my studio (keyboards these days; working on a project), I'm devouring bags of frozen, no-sugar-added fruit, carrots & hummus, and the leftover chicken boti cubes.  I'm still 5'8, although I'm not 33, but I'm down to 150.  Beyond that, my systemic numbers (all those things they lab test for when you get a physical) are pretty much right in the middle except for a few things like my cholesterol, which is super good (102 low; 90 high), and bp, which was 102/70 or so (which is normal for me).

Eat right, exercise, cut down on the stress, and masturbate regularly.  You'll be healthy.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 04, 2013 04:13 PM (dZ756)

224 I wonder, though.  A lot of people waste away as death approaches.  Do they really control for this, or just claim to?

Posted by: Yancey Ward at January 04, 2013 04:20 PM (RGR0F)

225 74 >>>Does anyone remember those weight loss candies called "Ayds"? They went away sometime in the early 80s. They were first called "AIDS," I'm pretty sure. They changed it to AYDS when AIDS came out, but then AIDS really came out, and the single-letter swap didn't help. I think they changed the name from an acronym to full words. YES- My mother used to use those! They came in choc and caramel!!! I always wondered about those! How quickly they were pulled! Talk about a bad seller once the disease hit! (we lived in SF too)

Posted by: poljunkie at January 04, 2013 04:26 PM (XuiJf)

226 Bertie: What do you think, Jeeves?  Any chance of some cove heaving a cobra tarantula into bed with young Harold alexthechick?

Jeeves: I think not, sir, but should that eventuality occur, my sympathies would lie entirely with the snake.

Posted by: Enby at January 04, 2013 04:36 PM (ptlfZ)

227 Well, so much for strike-through.

Posted by: Enby at January 04, 2013 04:37 PM (ptlfZ)

228 Sources tell Fox that Obama will nominate Hagel for Defense despite uniform across the board opposition. http://is.gd/AqHExP Posted by: Vic at January 04, 2013 06:47 PM (53z96) Bargaining chip. He tried bipartisanship, but those evil white Republicans just won't go along. And then when he nominates his left-wing radical Supreme court pick ....

Posted by: Chicagorefugee at January 04, 2013 04:53 PM (MbXOQ)

229 In other news, Obama diverted close to half a billion dollars (581 million, I believe) from the National Research Institute to "diversity" aka his racial cronies. Way to go, 52%!

Posted by: Chicagorefugee at January 04, 2013 05:05 PM (MbXOQ)

230 Im watching gold rush.. (love that show) but of course.. moonbats are pissed off about it. ‏@GigglesMcGill #GoldRush Rules, stickin it right in Mother Natures #hineyhole for a few ounces of gold! #rapeunspoilednatureporn and ‏@arsenaux007 .@Discovery do the people of #GoldRush replant the trees they dig up? If not they are destroying this environment with their machines.

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at January 04, 2013 05:15 PM (DGIjM)

231 186 I would be inclined to say is the carbs. But I'm on Atkins as well and it's done wonders for me, not just weight loss, either. I have asthma that's allergy induced and since I've been on Atkins my allergies haven't totally cleared up but they have greatly eased to the point where I rarely have to use my inhaler now. I was on it several times a week before.

I had a similar experience with changing my diet. Prior to cutting carbs, especially wheat, I had to keep the airfilter in my bedroom running all night, or I'd wake up all congested. Now that's not an issue and I kissed my frequent heartburn goodbye as well.

I didn't expect to stick to my low carb diet as well as I have been, but it's amazing how easy it is to stick with it when you don't just loose weight but also experience a general health improvement.

Posted by: Thulsa Doom at January 04, 2013 05:31 PM (yEPg5)

232 In 20 years, on the AP American test will there be a question "Who cried more John Boehner or Barack Obama and why? Explain in a concise essay of no more than ten thousand words and write said ten thousand words in a half hour.

Posted by: Caustic at January 04, 2013 05:34 PM (/b8+5)

233 Posted by: Chicagorefugee at January 04, 2013 08:53 PM (MbXOQ) He won't appoint anyone until the Senators and Congress folks go on their vacay.

Posted by: Caustic at January 04, 2013 05:36 PM (/b8+5)

234 Are u suggesting that BMI is not an absolute indicator of overall health? Shocking!

Posted by: Steve walsh at January 04, 2013 05:56 PM (tsJkx)

235

And one level of people defined as "obese" -- lower end of the scale -- have no worse mortality than the normal-weight.

 

It's almost like the scale of obesity is off.

 

Nah, that's crazy talk.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 04, 2013 06:01 PM (4u2LN)

236 Btw, I''ve done low carb - more Mediterranean than Atkins - for 10 years and have maintained a steady weight, feel great, and all my vitals are very good. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Steve walsh at January 04, 2013 06:01 PM (tsJkx)

237

I see a lot of people who are physically active and who watch what they eat that still struggle with weight.

 

Bullshit. They're not that active, or they eat too much. It's that simple.



My theory is that something has changed in our diet and/or environment. It could be the chemicals in our food, such as MSG and its derivatives that are in everything.

 

My theory is that a lot of fat dumb asses who don't shit about chemistry and/or physiology are looking for excuses for being fat dumb asses.

 

Look, it's simple thermodynamics. If you're overweight, you're taking on more calories than you expend.

 

It's that simple. It's not "hormones," it's not what you eat, it's not anything else. Face it. Reality's a bitch, but reality bats last.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 04, 2013 06:07 PM (4u2LN)

238 Empirical tests have shown that the things that make a skinny person burn 100 calories only burn 80 for fatties. This is true even if the fatty gets skinny later. There is something at work aside from just moving around.

Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at January 04, 2013 07:07 PM (jqHOY)

239

Carbs do cause fat - they're the least nutritious of the 3 categories.

Fat, on the other hand, in and of itself is good for you.

Pay no attention to the USDA behind the curtain - they are directly responsible for the current obesity epidemic, and the coming diabetes epidemic.  And you want to be healthy, because you don't want to be seeking medical treatment through Obamacare in the future. 

This is why I'm giving up carbs.  I've lost 20 pounds in 7 weeks, with another 20 to go.  3 cups of salad and 1 1/2 cups of low carb, high-fiber veggies.  Max 20 grams of carb per day, and I'm never hungry.  Never.  Eating carbs makes you crave more.  If you give up grains and sugar, you'll feel - and look - fabulous.

Posted by: disa at January 04, 2013 07:42 PM (R+h7Q)

240 The reason the "normal BMI" death rate is higher than Grade I obesity is that included in the normal BMI group are a lot of people who have lost a lot a weight dying of cancer. (throw in skinny joggers and bikers hit by cars and wala!, you have a statistically significant separation from pudgy people.)  Still, I feel a lot better at 6'1" 187 now and at age 22 then I ever did at 227 for the 18 years in between..

Posted by: Mac Gootbone at January 05, 2013 05:43 AM (XCSw/)

241 Jay Guevara I used to believe that too (it is simple math after all right) and I don't doubt that most fat people who try and blame environmental factors would probably be just as fat if they lived on the moon.  HOWEVER--it turns out that it is NOT actually just "simple math."   Consider--you probably poop almost every day--maybe three times a day for all I know.   So does everyone you or I know.   What does that tell you?   Quite a bit of what we put in our mouths (indeed most) is NOT turned into fat and stored by our bodies---if that weren't the case we all would have weighed 1,000 pounds by the time were were one year old.    Do you think that your highly complex chemical-factory body treats every meal the same, in terms of how much of a given amount of intake it decides to grab onto and store as fat and how much is just on a day trip through your body?   It does not.   How much of that mass you intake each meal gets turned into fat is determined not by exercise (which can only help to reduce fat after it has already been grabbed on to and accumulated by your body), but primarily by a single hormone---INSULIN.   If your INSULIN levels are elevated right before or during (by) a meal, your body will store some of that meal that it otherwise would have shit right out of you.    What causes insulin levels to soar?   SUGAR AND REFINED CARBS--i.e., stuff we never ate through our million-year evolution.   This is why the Atkins and "caveman diet" approachs tend to work.   Now of COURSE all else being equal, a lazy bum who avoids sugar and refined carbs will not be as slim as a exerciseaholic who avoids sugar and refined carbs.  However, EITHER ONE OF THEM WOULD LOSE WEIGHT with no change in their physical activity level whatsoever, if they eliminated the ubiquitous fructose and highly refined carbs from their diet.   Capice? 

Posted by: Buck Bradley at January 05, 2013 07:50 AM (PDRXW)

242 Jay Guevara further to my last post:

http://www.nahanniriverherbs.com/94,158


Posted by: Buck Bradley at January 05, 2013 07:57 AM (PDRXW)

243 Disa I have heard many people make similar statements--it must be great to lose significant weight almost "automatically."   Your post makes it sound like you are going veggie---you can add about as much steak to your menu as you want without reducing the effectiveness of your approach though (red meat does not cause insulin to spike and is very nutrient rich).   Who ever would have thought that something we actually EVOLVED TO EAT turns out to be good for us?

Posted by: Buck Bradley at January 05, 2013 08:00 AM (PDRXW)

244 Please.  This study uses BMI which is a bullshit measurement in and of itself.  It will count lots of people with low body fat but lots of muscle mass as overweight.

Posted by: doug at January 05, 2013 08:00 AM (LaO8i)

245 I hate being so late to the party, but my own two cents: I would warrant the biggest cause of obesity in our society is the lack of physical activity. This doesn't just mean exercise; we simply spend a lot of time sitting for long periods of time, something the body wasn't truly built to handle. I read the results of a study from the Mayo Clinic where they measured people's activity (via special underwear, if you can believe it) along with their metabolism. If you would sit still for more than an hour, your resting metabolism would drop precipitously. The results demonstrated that for someone who sits for 8 hours a day (such as having a desk job), you lose so many burnt calories from inaction that you can't even make up the difference by exercising later. I really think these sorts of studies point to the true source of obesity in western cultures. We've moved to information-based economies, so many people end up with jobs where they're either sitting all day. We drive to our jobs (and most everywhere), our entertainment is largely passive, or at least stationary. Now, I called this the primary source of obesity; it's probably more correct to think of it as a one-two punch along side plentiful food. Still, we spend a lot of time and energy, both personal, societal, and political, dealing with the food and consumption aspect. We don't give much thought to the structural and cultural conditions that make us sedentary people now. We encourage exercise, but as the Mayo study demonstrated, an hour of exercise won't save you from 8 hours of desk work.

Posted by: Hal at January 05, 2013 08:10 AM (2wZs/)

246 The study included people sick with cancer, dying, and on their way to death. People who naturally become thin because they're wasting and not eating. Surprising that the sick and dying have higher mortality!

Posted by: D Stewart at January 05, 2013 08:18 AM (fIkHQ)

247 http://idealfitnessofct.com/idealfitnessofct.com/Insulin_%26_Weight_Gain.html


 Sorry to spam the thread guys, but this quite short fairly "scientific" article spells it out rather nicely.   Short version: (1) what portion of every meal we ingest is turned into fat vs. pooped out is regulated by insulin; (2) insulin levels spike immediately upon eating refined carbs and sugar; (3) fat is fine UNLESS you eat highly refined carbs/sugar (as most americans do most of the time) in the same meal--in which case you will be sending an amber alert to your body:  "HERE IT COMES HERE IT COMES DON'T BE LATE IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG COLD WINTER!"

Posted by: Buck Bradley at January 05, 2013 08:41 AM (PDRXW)

248 As the head of SOSA, I want to say that this study is bunk. That's right, I'm the head, the leader, the, the big cheese. The Kaiser, if you will. Kaiser SOSA, that's me.

Posted by: Society of Spheroidal Americans (SOSA) at January 04, 2013 06:40 PM (6TB1Z)

 

Myself, I like Mark Levin's organization:  Fatties United or FU!

Posted by: RushBabe at January 05, 2013 11:50 AM (tQHzJ)

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