Study suggests the downside to downsizing your pants size
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from:msnbc.comWeight loss may send pollutants into bloodstream
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Tell your kids at a young age that it is important to eat right and exercise. They most likely won't suffer these dreaded diseases that come with obesity or have to lose weight.
This is mostly true, but do not be forceful to the point of where kids will rebel. As a child I refused to eat specific foods that now I have come to love, that are healthy. I wish my parents would have given me an opportunity to pick out which 'healthy', good for you vegetables I wanted to eat instead of forcing the most rank and disgusting stuff down my throat.
I do not wish obesity on anyone, and hope that more families will try to be healthier because when I go to the store and see all the big sizes are gone, and only size 0-8 remain, that speaks volumes.
or tell your kids to do EXACTLY what your parents did as all this BS that keeps hitting the news has not killed us or effected us in any way.
Violent cartoons did not make us criminals.
Happy Meals did not make us Obese.
If it natural it is good for you 99.99 percent of the time . everything coooked up in a lab and mixed is generally bad
What a joke. Even if it's so that would only be a fraction of toxins compared to the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breath. Now that's poison.
In the UK & probably the EU American meat, beef in particular, is banned from import. Reason; excessive quantities of growth hormones fed to the animals to increase their weight just before slaughter.
Growth hormones are fed to all US livestock.
Almost all of us in the USA eat meat, and/or meat byproducts, could it be that these growth hormones are entering humans via the food chain and that this may be a reason for the nations "obesity problem" not eating to much but eating tainted meat.
Phil - Baloney! My in-laws raise cattle (sold for meat) and not a one of theirs has received a drop of growth hormone that wasn't generated by the animal itself.
MsW: Just stating the facts Ma'am. I used to be English & could never get the beef I wanted over there, the reason was as stated.
Lots of countries ban things that they don't want or understand, that doesn't mean there is any real health concern to them? Look at the countries who ordered all their pigs to be slaughtered when the 'swine' flu broke out in humans. Pigs had NOTHING to do with it, but thats what those countries believed.
People eat too much period. For the average American who goes to a white collar job and doesn't actually exercise regularly, your body only needs about 10 calories per pound per day. This means if you are 150 pounds, you should only be eating 1500 calories per day. Count up your calories one day and see just how much you are actually eating. You would be surprised.
Funny this is a recent study... wasnt this the plot of a House M.D. episode a few seasons back concerning someone who lost a lot of body weight and poisioned themselves?
I have heard of LSD being stored in fat cells.
One can only hope.
MsWheezer, I was going to comment on the same thing. LSD, among other drugs, and be stored in fat, which is why some people have random "flashbacks", probably when the fat cells which stored the LSD are tapped.
I was just speaking to my girlfriend about this, because she is thinking of going on a vegan diet for a few weeks to see if it will help her health problems (fibromialgia, neck and back issues, sleep problems, urinary problems, etc.). I stated that if she went organic and vegan, and lost weight on top of it, she might feel worse for a while if toxins, hormones and chemicals are stored in her fat cells are are released during this "cleanse".
We hope not, and hope this will work.
Same argument that promised us LSD flashbacks.... and what a disappointment THAT tuned out to be.
Geez!! Damned if you do, and damned if you don't. Damn!!! lol
And no matter what you do...it's bad for the environment.
damned only if u are palin stupid enough to believe it to be true.
FYI drive with windows down instead of AC u will save .001cents a mile. It adds up man.
bspurloc,
Actually driving with the windows down increases the friction and drag on the car. You're better off driving with the windows up and the a/c on.
Actually, you're both right. It all depends on how fast you are going and how aerodynamic your vehicle is. Like nearly everything in life, the answer is 'it depends.'
Dew - I think bspurlock MIGHT have been using a little sarcasm, ya think?
yeah, people need a reason to stay fat... pick your poison... these poisons or heart disease, diabetes etc....
Yea, great. Just what we need, one more reason for fat, lazy slobs to not exercise and lose weight.
Sounds like a lose lose situation.
lmao agree Yearning
Sadly I lost 50 lbs to avoid diabetes etc and now pollutants I was told were SAFE by our truthful government are going to kill me.
I should've learned from Reefer Madness!
I've been telling friends/family for years how harmful substances are stored in our body's fat cells. They just either laugh or look at me like I'm crazy. Acetomenaphen (sp?) in Tylenol, Advil, etc. are difficult to metabolize and are stored in fat cells as well. The only over the counter pain killer I use is Bayer Aspirin.
My doctor has treated me for 20 years with homeopathic remedies to get pesticides, pre-emergents (weed killers), and other harmful chemicals out of my body. I don't metabolize them normally and get violently ill when exposed to them. Homeopathy is the only thing that works for me. I've noticed I've been getting less ill than I used to and can prevent reactions if I take drops everyday to lessen the bad effects of exposure.
Even though he has 3 medical degrees, Blue Cross/Blue Shield won't cover a penny of my medical care because it doesn't cover "alternative" forms of medicine. Nevermind that homeopathy is one of the oldest and most effective medical systems in human history! God forbid my health insurance should cover something that actually cures my problem without any harmful side effects...
Thank God For That!!.....sounds like this "Dr" is taking you for a ride. It sounds like your problem is in your mind.....not your fat cells.
3 Medical Degrees? You can get an M.D. or a DO...what's the third, assuming he got both of those? Which would not be reasonable, by the way.
Intelligent & Independent
in your own mind!
I'm an old guy and I've seen this same old mess before. First eggs are good for you, then they're bad for you and now that's changed back again to being good for you. And then there was the good old Hamburger scare, causes cancer, and the list goes on. I've seen people run everyday and die when they're only forty years old of a heart attack and seen some people smoke well into their eightys and die of something non-related to cancer. When your time is up, it's up, so try and enjoy this life with the things you want to to and stop living in fear of the few pleasures we all enjoy.
Love it Bob...and very very true!!!!!
Eggs are good and bad for you. If you think a couple of paragraphs or a 30 second sound byte can explain a paper that is doubtlessly hundreds or thousands of pages long, written by multiple PhDs then you're a fool... old guy or not.
and if you honestly think that your lifespan is a matter of a predetermined amount of time I'd like for you to man up and put that kind of foolishness to the test and see how wrong you are.
Thank you old guy. Your wise words of wisdom shall giude us all through these confusing and conflicting messages. Now shut the hell up and get back in your room.
so much for a keyboard warrior........
Guess I'll go play in traffic. If my time's up, I'll get squashed; if not, I'll live.
I think Davey should go play in traffic
You mind telling me which street? My lemon's due for a test drive.
Hey, are you a girl? I like girls more than I like old guys. I'll play in the traffic, if you play with me.
It is now being reported in several major news sources....that the act of being born triggers a phenomenon called, the aging process...that, if left untreated, will inevitably lead to grey hair (or no hair), aches, pains, wrinkles and then death. Eying big dollars, several pharmaceutical firms have developed a variety of drugs to treat the symptoms.
Adding further to this. They now have invented several methods to prevent the process of being born from happening. Some methods are proactive and seek to vaccinate a women from passing this insidious disease on. They even have an emergency method that terminates the disease before it can move beyond its initial stages.
It all boils down to hype used to sell people products. 95% of you will live about as long as your grandparents and parents did. All of these other 'health' suggestions won't make you live dramatically longer than your genes will let you.
Living an extra two or three years when I am old and achy is hardly much of a payoff for spending 70-80 years eating nothing but kelp and tasteless food substitutes.
I new someone in school that weighed 550 lbs. 550 lbs !! That guy probably has enough toxins in him, if unleashed would have a greater environmental impact than the Bp oil spill. He's a mobile superfund site.
He's mobile?
I have no doubt that all the crap that's stored in fat tissue is released when a person metabolizes that fat. But I'm thinking that the exponential increases in conditions like hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease that we've seen in this country over the past couple of decades are probably NOT due to couch-potato junk food junkies going out for a run around the block to lose the hundreds of extra pounds they're dragging around every day. (Yes, there are some folks who are slim and in good physical shape and still end up with these horrible diseases...but look around. These are mostly diseases of the overweight and obese.) Sorry to sound cruel, but I have no sympathy for those people who CHOOSE (yes, it is oftentimes a choice) to become chronically ill.
Got ciguatera poisoning once, really bad. You get it from seafood. It's odorless, tasteless. Look it up on Wikipedia. Doctor told me it stays in the body probably in body fat. You don't want that stuff. Thought I had a stroke, and so did they until all my tests came back negative. So now I'm very reluctant to lose weight.
Think about the stoke you will get if you don't lose weight. You should go through a gradual weight loss program with a doctor and learn to eat healthy. You should be aware of what fishes have the potential to carry ciguatera. It all comes down to educating yourself.
But my friend you have a blessing when you learn to take care of yourself and eat right. You'll end up healthier than many who do not need to lose weight, but do not pay attention to the cholesterol.
My brother-in-law must a EPA Superfund site then!
I know people like that, their so big they even leak methane.
Methane!!! Hahahahahahohohahahahah...whoooooohahahooo.....leak methane...oh, man...woowoowoohoohehe.......!
I don't get it?
If you are on a diet to reduce your body weight and get rid of the extra fat, less pollutants contained in the food will be intaken. In this way, less fat will be needed to contain the pollutants in your body. So there will be no problem. Is my understanding right?
But I definitely agree that to avoid overweight in the first place is the best resolution.
96% percent of people will die in their life time. :)
The other 4% will wish they had.
While doing a news story about the fish toxin ciguatera, the scientist mentioned that if a heavy person ingested the toxin and recovered, the accumulated toxin is often re-released into the bloodstream when that person loses weight. The person then exhibits the symptoms of ciguatera poisoning again.
It's exactly as described in today's MSNBC story.
There is nothing scientific about this study: "Because the sstudy was based on self-reported informatikon about change in weight, people who inaccuratelyu recalled their change in weight may have distorted findings." Why is this even news?
Years ago I went to a health seminar at a convent. One of the things we learned is that fat harbors all sorts of nasties. Reduction of body fat is still the way to go.
This can be done safely if one follows Richard Simmons' advice : love yourself, eat less, and shake that bootie. That is, no crash diets, no weird food plans, no expectation of instant fat reduction.
I would add that cleansing should always accompany fat reduction: Drink plenty of purified water and organic apple juice. An excellent tonic is the juice of half an organic lemon, 1 T apple cider vinegar, 1/2 t. cayenne, and 1/2 T grade B maple syrup. Be certain to eat a diet high in vegetable fiber esp. beans. The fiber pulls the nasties out of the body and they are eliminated in feces.
If you reduce body fat thru sensible diet and exercise I don't think the levels should be enough to harm you (normally). Doing a starvation diet where you're losing body fat at a high rate without a rise in metabolism can have bad effects, the least of which is bad breath due to ketosis (energy deficiency).
Eat less, work more, and drink plenty of water. The end.
Thank God For That!!.....sounds like this "Dr" is taking you for a ride. It sounds like your problem is in your mind.....not your fat cells.
Oh boy another opportunity for people to chime in with fat people hatred. It must be hard having to live in an imperfect world.
So few people succeed at losing weight it should be very suspect the self report aspect.
The headline should be that getting fat causes the body to store pollutants.
The author of this story has it the wrong way around.
east coast
If you trust all doctors and their reports, you're a fool! Doctors want nothing more than to give you drugs and get kick backs from the drug companies. Drinking five cups of green tea everyday will reduce your blood pressure and is loaded with anti-oxidants just to name one. So the next time you think you have something to add, aquire some knowledge or either rent out that space in your head.
I'm guessing you have plenty of space for rent!
Wasn't Dr Duk-Hee Lee an advisor to Dr Won-Phat Boy?