--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > > Back at the beginning of the century when the US went on a "low fat" > craze companies added carbs to things to replace fats. That low fat > cream cheese you have with your bagel has cornstarch to give it body. > Then we have the problem with HFCS which gets broken down too fast and > stored as fat. It also makes people hungrier. It isn't fat that is > making people fat it's the carbs! And it's not that everyone needs to > go on a low carb diet either because some people tolerate carbs better > than others. It's mainly the processed carb$.
People become overweight because intake is more than they burn off in activity. If you eat 2500 worth of calories a day then burn off 2500 worth of calories a day. I know there are different metabolic rates and all of that but essentially you need to expend more than you eat if you are going to shed pounds. > > I mentioned the other day that DST makes people fat. My reason was that > people's eating cycles get messed up due to it. But I also heard a > researcher interviewed who said that the sleep deprivation caused by the > DST changeover can contribute to obesity. God, what delicate creatures we are. Frankly, I don't buy it. I don't eat anywhere near the same time every day nor do I go to bed at exactly the same time. Some days I eat breakfast many days I do not. I never eat at the same time every day and often I don't eat lunch. I'm all over the map so one hour time change doesn't effect me in the way research seems to suggest. I'm also not suggesting that my eating habits can't be improved in terms of regularity or whether I have three squares a day (I virtually never do). I'm also someone who can go a week or I could go 10 hours without eating and it wouldn't bother me. I seem to come from hearty stock somewhere along the line. > > There are lots of reasons for obesity in the US and much of it due > profiteering by big agra. Some people if they try to diet can do their > job right either. Doctors get one quarter or semester of nutrition and > so are lousy at it. > > The popular "tastes" in the US are sweet, salty and unctuous (fat). > Those are grounding. People don't go much for astringent and bitter. > > On 03/12/2013 03:33 PM, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > I am not surprised - I am not a small person, and yet rarely finish my meal > > at a restaurant, due to the amount of food served. My wife has a pretty > > good theory, tying the amount of food served to the corporate profit margin > > needed per restaurant, vs. what makes sense for the body. > > > > Also saw something today about the mislabeling of food, particularly > > seafood, in the US. Stay away from the Calimari appetizer - Some of it is > > actually sliced, and deep fried, pig rectum. I wish I was joking. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > >>> Real unemployment in the US is about 23% if you count those > >>> who have given up looking (must be a helluva underground > >>> economy out there). The Chinese think that all Americans > >>> are fat and if they start to get fat will say something > >>> like "I don't want to be fat like an American!" > >>> (Source: the Chinese documentary "Last Train Home.") > >> The Chinese are correct. America has the highest percentage > >> of obese people of any country in the world. According to a > >> JAMA study and the CDC, 39.5% of Americans are obese. *Not* > >> overweight, obese. > >> > >> An *additional* 33.3% on top of that are overweight. > >> > > > > >
