tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post8960648546986230850..comments2024-03-11T11:38:56.028-07:00Comments on A Fisherman Knits: Big Fat and NotAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-79539835333405315572015-11-11T06:01:30.309-08:002015-11-11T06:01:30.309-08:00http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-conversation-us/...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-conversation-us/fitness-versus-fatness-wh_b_8512240.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-livingAaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-43500018101694087282015-11-09T19:21:09.791-08:002015-11-09T19:21:09.791-08:00Listen the ads for Stanford atrial fibrillation pr...Listen the ads for Stanford atrial fibrillation program on PBS, then read http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/115327/Weight_is_significant_factor_in_the_recurrence_of_atrial_fibrillation_new_research_finds_.html<br /><br />It turns out that weight loss is an important factor in reduced recurrence of<br />atrial fibrillation with all of its complications.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-49528654902686861872015-11-09T16:32:05.745-08:002015-11-09T16:32:05.745-08:00see! http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la...see! http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-pear-vs-apple-trumps-bmi-obesity-20151109-story.htmlAaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-52751407837728197782015-11-09T13:10:08.238-08:002015-11-09T13:10:08.238-08:00Let us just consider spinning. Fat does not help ...Let us just consider spinning. Fat does not help move your arms, but you muscles have to move the fat. Would you sit there and spin wearing heavy wrist weights? No, because the wrist weights would interfere with your spinning. Likewise, the fat in your arm interferes with, or increases the effort lift your arms as you spin. The fat ones just have not thought about it.<br /><br />Who can spin as well or as long, or as fast wearing 5 or 10 pound wrist weights as they can spin without the wrist weights? Try it, then think about how much the fat in your arms weighs and how much easier spinning would be without that extra weight.<br /><br />Who can go into the kitchen to get a cup of tea carrying 60 pounds of fat, as they can without the fat? It does not matter if the fat is inside the skin or in pails, it is still an extra 60 pounds that has to be carried by your muscles, bones, and joints.<br /><br />I think it is easier to go get a cup of tea when I do not have to drag an extra 60 pounds of fat with me. I think it is easier to spin when I do not have to lift all that fat that was in my arms. I think life will be even easier when I have lost some more weight.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-22365045582185356442015-11-09T12:06:55.249-08:002015-11-09T12:06:55.249-08:00Obese people are by definition not fit. E.g., show...Obese people are by definition not fit. E.g., show me an obese person that can pass any fitness test from military induction to public safety workers employment to a certification for work as an airline pilot or railroad engineer or ship's officer. Fat people have more cardiovascular events, and are more likely to require medication to control blood sugar, blood lipids, and blood pressure. These medications have side effects. Fit people are more likely able to perform physically activities for a sustained period of time.<br /><br />Statistics (a large body of medical literature, not me) says that obese people do not live as long as people with normal weight. <br /><br />I am very much aware that various conditions (such as Lyme Disease) can cause obesity. The Vertebrate Model says that in the face of a massive infection, the host's immune system will cause insulin resistance, so the immune system has priority to the glucose/energy. If the infection is sustained for any length of time, then host will likely end up fat (or even obese.)<br /><br />I had the bugs, I got fat, I am now killing the bugs, but I am still fat. I am fitter now, than I was a year ago. Then, I was OBESE! (And I did not know why.) Now, I am merely fat. Being merely fat is better than being OBESE! <br /><br />I like to walk. These days, taking a walk is easier than when I weighed 60 pounds more. Walking over Acalanies Ridge carrying 60 pounds of fat is harder than walking over the ridge without carrying the fat. It it the difference between doing 140 flights of stairs carrying 2 x 5-gallon pails of fat, and doing 140 flights of stairs without the pails of fat.<br /><br />Now, tell me, what physical activity can you do carrying 2 big pails of fat, that you cannot do better without the pails of fat? <br /><br />Having that fat inside your skin puts a strain on your heart. Just pumping the blood through all that fat puts a strain on your heart. It means that the heart must pump harder, and you are more likely to have high blood pressure. And, all that fat in your body means that you are much more likely to have arteriosclerosis which impedes blood flow through the blood vessels and increases the effort required by the heart. However, arteriosclerosis weakens the walls of the blood vessels so the extra effort by the heart is much more likely to rupture the blood vessels. <br /><br />No obese or even just fat people are not as fit or as healthly as leaner people. And, if you delve into the statistices you see that people with BMIs in the range of 18 to 23 tend to live longer. A full set of cites is in Fuhrman. Weil does not offer cites and does not get all the conclusions correct.<br /><br />http://www.rethinkobesity.com/<br /><br />http://ask.healthline.com/health/weight-loss/obesity#Overview1<br /><br />http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/obe/risks<br /><br />http://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/obesity-health-risks<br /><br />http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/effects/<br /><br />http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/obesity/basics/complications/con-20014834 <br /><br />https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-conditions/healthy-living/obesity/bmi-calculator.html<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-40039524654789656982015-11-08T13:42:29.616-08:002015-11-08T13:42:29.616-08:00"And, if you are fat, you will be less fit&q..."And, if you are fat, you will be less fit"<br /><br />Sigh. You do realize this is hogwash? "Obese" people can be perfectly fit and healthy, thin people can be unhealthy, and in a number of obese+unhealthy situations it is a medical condition that causes obesity and not the other way around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com