Apparently the obesity epidemic has a hell of lot to do with *fructose additives* which have been put into many, many commodified foods since their invention in Japan about 25 years ago. These additives block normal, internal body signals which tell us that we're full, we don't need anymore food. This is what I learned from listening to the "Health Report" on ABC. Norman Swan was interviewing a doctor out of UC San Francisco who had just published his study. The transcript of this ABC program won't be available until next Monday; but you can hear the broadcast I heard this morning by going here:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/2007/1969924.htm
Mike B)
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On 7/6/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> For what it's worth, Liza heard an editor of a major women's mag say
> at a conference that they know very well that the only way to lose
> weight is to eat less and exercise more, but their readers don't want
> to hear that. The readers want "new" diets all the time, which
> presumably would substitute for eating less and exercising more.
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> Doug
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According to Gina Kolata's latest book -- Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss--and the Myths and Realities of Dieting -- Not even exercise and reduced calories will help in the long run. The body will force you to readjust to the new weight by slowing down your metabolism until you gain back the weight. Essentially her argument is that practically _all_ scientific studies show that people have a rate range of about 20 pounds and that range cannot be changed by dieting and exercise. She is not saying that this range is genetic -- though that is part of it --- but apparently factors like if your mother smoked while she was pregnant and whether your mother was restricted in her calorie intake while you were pregnant are huge factors in obesity.
Let me repeat, her claim is that practically all of the scientific evidence shows that there is nothing, absolutely nothing, you can do by diet and exercise to effect your weight-range in the long run. But that exercise makes everyone healthy. But if you want to be at the lower end of your weight range, a lot of exercise and a change in the kinds of foods you eat will help.
Jerry
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