we as a country are severely overweight

[Oceania]

lol Pickle!

[norral]

as a diabetic i measure my blood sugar. one thing i can say as a fact, if i eat a bagel which doesnt happen very often it will make my blood sugar jump vs eating say a slice of whole wheat bread. so the simple carbs make the blood sugar jump which is one reason imo that many diabetics have a problem with weight

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[Oceania]

people don't know how to eat.

[norral]

i was listening to gary null tonight on wbai.org and he had a doctor on who

wrote a book called super immunity dr joel fuhrman.. he was saying that for

breast and prostate cancer that the medical mushrooms are very helpful,

maitake, reishi and shitake. i take maitake myself it lower blood sugar and

blood pressure. he also was saying the cruciferous veggies will strengthen

our immune systems. i also like barley grass and wheat grass i take the

pines brand tablets of those

[yossarian]

Well, I see many more normal weight kids than I see overweight kids. I see kids in athletics, kids at parks.

Isn't that a tautology?

Your definition of normal will adjust to fit what is normal.

So called normal westerners actually have very large fat deposits compared to normal, healthy non westerners.

[3DMonkey]

We have buildings, large buildings, where westerners pay big bucks to be members, all for glorifying the superficial body. Yes, people pay $200 a month to pedal a stationary bike.

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We have the "Barbie syndromes", bulimia, anorexia, all at the same time we have "we're too fat".

We are consistently "too something"

[Oceania]

whiny.

[Meerie]

I had to laugh when I read that the country is overweight.
Indeed, 4500 kms from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast - a lot broader than for example Germany

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3D, as you know, balance lies in the middle. Maybe all the anorexic Barbies desperately try to make up for the obese Americans?

[Oceania]

lol Meerie the stand up

[Meerie]

We have buildings, large buildings, where westerners pay big bucks to be members, all for glorifying the superficial body. Yes, people pay $200 a month to pedal a stationary bike.

Lol... people drive the car to the gym, then work out, then drive the car back whereever it is they are going.
Does anyone walk in the USA?
If people were walking or cycling doing their errands, going to work etc. many of them would not need a work out at all.
Is it true that in many of the big American cities you don't even have sidewalks for pedestrians?
just the streets for the cars?

[3DMonkey]

I certainly haven't been to most cities, but I've never seen one without sidewalks.

[Oceania]

at least in the burbs. i knew someone who said her area didn't have sidewalks. and she had to drive places.

[3DMonkey]

I know a guy who loves to eat but also is mean to overweight people. He considers it okay to eat 2 pounds of spaghetti because he will run it off. Talk about self inflicted torture. On both counts.

[Oceania]

sounds like an eating disorder.

[3DMonkey]

I guess. With some OCD.

[Oceania]

EDs are related to OCD

[3DMonkey]

Yeah. Or it could just be failed logic on his part. To me, that's just a double whammy to his body complex. To him, it's logical.

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He also says he loves that feeling of doing aerobic exercise to the point of almost vomiting. I can't relate.