It didn't make me laugh, but "it makes me laugh" (if you know what I mean) when the various health industries and government tried to justify "overweight or obese persons WITHOUT the Metabolic Syndrome or IR [insulin resistance] ) as being "healthy" compared to those WITH MetS.
Finally some researchers are stepping out of their safe zone and saying (rightly) that:
"[B]ased on our observational data, overweight or obese persons without the MetS or IR [insulin resistance] should be considered to have a substantially higher risk for diabetes compared to normal weight persons without the MetS," the study authors conclude. "The influence of weight loss on risk in such individuals needs to be determined in interventions studies with pre-defined MetS/IR-subgroups and hard endpoints. Until such studies are available, our data opposes the concept that overweight/obese without the MetS should be withheld weight loss interventions."
The abstract is here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20852030?dopt=Abstract
The entire article can be found here (free subscription required):
Thanks to the DRUG INDUSTRY we now have a new term: "metabolic syndrome". Big Pharma is responsible for making obesity an illness (syndrome), and treatable by drugs for profit. It doesn't work
You don't need drugs to treat your excess weight, or obesity. It is not an illness. It is the result of not understanding how the body utilizes the different kinds of foods it receives. How we eat is based mostly upon our upbringing and social surroundings. It is a cultural thing.
In Canada, people can't "give up their bread and potatoes". In Italy they say the same thing about their pasta. In Denmark it's the little boiled potatoes they can't ever do without. In Japan, it's rice, the "staple that kept the country alive after the war". In Mexico they can't do without corn and beans. And on, and on it goes.
This is social and cultural training from the early stages of life. We eat what our parents feed us. If they feed us many "good" carbohydrates (as they were taught to do), then we grow up thinking we NEED these carbs for health. It IS possible to re-train ourselves.
Here are seven steps I recommend:
1. Understanding what the body does with the food is the first step.
2. The next step is to understand which foods are carbohydrates, and which are not.
3. The third step is to override your trained desire for those carbohydrates for a little while until your body gets accustomed to it.
4. The fourth step is to find the proper balance of parent omega 3 and omega 6 essential fatty acids (not DHA and EPA - your body makes those from the parent 3s and 6s as required so you don't need to add them) and start to fill your cells up with healthy essential fatty acids that are required by most of the cells in your body, but can only be acquired through intake. You can get these online at www.yes-supplements.com (where I order mine) or ask some of the people connected to Brian Peskin on Facebook where they get theirs.
5. The fifth step is to watch yourself get back on the road to radiant health as your waistline returns to its normal, healthy size, your energy levels soar, and your entire being radiates excellent health.
6. The sixth step is to read all about the science and learn even more so that when people ask you how you did it so effortlessly, you can start to enjoy struggling getting through to the masses who will never believe you! And you can learn all about this by reading all of the science or picking up Brian Peskin's books "The 24-Hour Diet" and "The Hidden Story of Cancer" from his website www.brianpeskin.com.
7. The seventh step is to share the knowledge. As Stephen Covey says, "The best way to learn, is to teach" (paraphrased). If you tell three people what you learn, it becomes yours. You will never forget it.
I've been saying the same thing for over 10 years now, but it is worth repeating because at some point, if even one person "wakes up", it is worth the effort. And over these 10 years more than one person has awoken. They are well on their way to living a very healthy life.
I love you!
Cam
Here's to a healthier life! *pops 4 efas and chuggs a glass of water*
ReplyDeleteThank you so so so much for helping me change my life, Wouk...
It's been... four years?.. yeah... four and a half... I wouldn't go back!
I love you, Sweetheart! *pop pop pop pop*
ReplyDeleteThank YOU for helping me change MY life!