Another Excuse For Being Fat December 20, 2006
Posted by Michael in Science.trackback
Maybe you’re not a slob. Maybe you’ve just got the wrong bugs in your gut.
Updated: 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
WASHINGTON – The size of your gut may be partly shaped by which microbes call it home, according to new research linking obesity to types of digestive bacteria.
Both obese mice — and people — had more of one type of bacteria and less of another kind, according to two studies published Thursday in the journal Nature.
A “microbial component” appears to contribute to obesity, said study lead author Jeffrey Gordon, director of Washington University’s Center for Genome Sciences.
I was thinking about porking out on a Wendy’s triple-decker with bacon tonight. So, what kind of bugs do I need?
Obese humans and mice had a lower percentage of a family of bacteria called Bacteroidetes and more of a type of bacteria called Firmicutes, Gordon and his colleagues found.
Gotcha. We need some more research to find out if a diet of Jack Daniels and Marlboro Lights actually promotes the right kind of bugs. Hey, it’s possible. We have to be flexible about obesity, according to LSU Prof Nikhil Dhurandhar.
“We are getting more and more evidence to show that obesity isn’t what we thought it used to be,” Dhurandhar said. “It isn’t just (that) you’re eating too much and you’re lazy.”
He said the field of “infectobesity” looks at obesity with multiple causes, including viruses and microbes. In another decade or so, the different causes of obesity could have different treatments. The current regimen of diet and exercise “is like treating all fevers with one aspirin,” Dhurandhar said.
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I was one sexy mo-faku for a while. I’m still sexy, but I don’t get the full Prince Song title anymore.
the reason I’ve softened up is cuz I’m a lazy, do very little in the physical dimension jerky.
Also, in 6 months, I dumped more than 35 lb’s, and and started to redefine my musculature, while working at a job that wasn’t very physical (in fact it was more than a bit of a cakewalk) but it was enough physical motivation to keep the physical aspect of myself moving.
BTW at 6’1′ to ehhhhhh almost 6’2″ 35lb’s is nearly as much as it sounds like. I had/have the same waistline.
ARGH! mist the point.
The point is, that everyone who is fat, is fat for a reason, and that reason resides with themselves, not with some sort of hidden enviro assassin living in their stomachs, or trans-fats.
…while working at a job that wasn’t very physical…
What being a Dancing Germ is not physical?
I find that Tapeworms will keep off those unwanted extra pounds.
Just sayin’.
Actually my neighbor just informed me that Spudder has worms.
Hope she survives until we get back home.
I crossed back under the 200 mark a week ago. Haven’t been there since my eldest kid was born. When Reagan was President.
It feels good.
Eh…correlation does not imply causation. It could easily be that certain diets cause obesity and promote the different bacterial profile. Or an underlying factor could be partially causing both.
Good point, Darmok.
Dave, I made it south of the 200 goal too. I actually got below 190 a few months ago but I’m back up around 2 Benjamins again.
Feels good.
I’m a person who’s always fought weight problems until recently. It has nothing to do with bacteria. It has everything to do with the ratio of cheeseburgers stuffed into your piehole to how many hours a day on your fat ass.
Now I lift and cycle and at 6’4″ 285# I am ready for Broncos minicamp next June.
Except I’m the same age as the coach.
Ouch! Worms coming out my butt.
Hello!? A little TLC please!
6’4″ and 208#, which I attribite to Michael’s North Beach Diet and Exercise Program™, which will be the subject of a forthcoming book as soon as I can find some
bullshitresearch to support my amazing system.Its no treat for me either, furbag.
6’4″ and 208 is pretty darn good pal. I know you’re north of the big 5-0, so it’s even more impressive. Good for you.
Geez, you strike me as taller than me too (I’m 5’9″) so that’s probably a decent weight for you too. And I’m guessing you’re older than Michael so even better.
I’ve fought this thing most of my adult life – I’m just glad I found something that works. I tried weightlifting. I was very strong, and very fat.
6′4″ and 208 is pretty darn good pal.
Why thank you, but I really owe it all to Michael’s North Beach Diet and Exercise Program™, which I sorta accidentally discovered.
I don’t want to give away too much (because then you won’t buy the book) but you probably already know that the program basically exploits the synergistic health benefits of Jack Daniels and Marlboro Lights. And, please don’t hesitate to buy the book just because it refers to “exercise.” You can do that with one hand. It’ll be a cinch, I promise.
What being a Dancing Germ is not physical?
Unfortuanately, as I SAID! I didn’t take the job, though I wanted it, but it didn’t pay a “living wage” I blame bush.
No, I worked on a line, and I didn’t like the inarticulate method of moving axles while working at an assembly plant, so I (and most of my co-workers) used to pick up newly assmbled axels, and full front end suspensions, to “sequence” the items.
That was the job. I was describing.
6′4″ and 208 is pretty darn good pal.
isn’t just darn good, it’s AWESOME!
I don’t think you are a weak B, and the only way to be “fat” at 6’4″ and 20lb is is to be a non-muscular, incapable of any manual labor B.
I looked my best at my 6’1 ehhhhhhhh almost 6’2″ 210lb’s. Right now I’m prolly, something like 230lb, but I still only got a 33″ waiste. (I have rather broad shoulders, for my narrow frame)
My brother is 6′ Flat, and has weighted as much as 260lb’s, and well, yeah, he’s a round guy, but his waiste dropped to 35″ from a near 42″ and his CHEST IS 52″ ACTUAL!!
My big bro is a big flogging guy (oddly enough he takes after my moms side of the family. I take after pops) but he isn’t FAT.
There is a HUGE difference, and only guys who are fit get the difference, or guys who are in an environment of fittness, understand that “big” is not “unfit” or “fat”
It’s a complex equation, I guess.
Remarkably, I’ve managed to maintain a 48 inch chest.
Got a triangle going here.
I’m a 46″ natural chest.
at least nowadays.
let’s arm wrestle WP
Used to have a six-pack, now I’ve got the keg. Sigh.
OTH, it ain’t the years, it’s the mileage. I have no idea what I’m talking about.
Never had arms dave, all my muscle was in my shoulders.
I have a 46″ natural chest, but my coat size was 52″, cuz of my shoulders.
You’ll beat me in arm wrestling, but on the ground? I’ll have you screaming any one of my chosen nicknames (also I was state wrestler in freestyle 3 years in a row, and I lost to the same guy.)
Dave has guns…
it ain’t going to the ground.
eff you wp, I competed in the 189 class in 78. I’d get you in the Moscow leg lock dude.
Oh and I have 18 1/2″ neck.
Suckas.
17.
Used to be 20.
I ain’t depressed at all about it.
Half chicken wing, have crossarm was almsot always enough for me, I could lay so much weight over your bean that it was all scrambling.
And my legs are HUGE! for my build.
Also, I used to let myself get caught into a crossarm/crossface, and then I would lock the dominant arm into an offset hammerlock, just long enough to force a break.
One of the things I ALWAYS said about my form of fitness. I’m not strong, I’m not tough (though I can take a punch, I have a big brother 6 years older than me) but I am flexible. NEVER, will I surrender my flexibility. I have stretch marks on the inside of my thighs, nowhere else, and I was NEVER Fat, the reason I have those stretch marks, is because I had large thighs, and because I used to, though not anymore, be able to do a flat DROP split.
Bring it dave.
Not really, I’m tired, if we every actually bring this to fruition do I get cigarette breaks?
My neck used to be only 15 1/2″
But I’m tall, and my cock is HUGE!
and I was 135lb, throughout my wrestling career.
I have a blue vein in my forehead that comes when I’m angry!
eff you wp, I competed in the 189 class in 78
In that case, I would just walk around you, until you have an athsmatic reacition, or a heart attack, OLD TIMER!!!!!
BRING IT.
(MRS.GEEZER? Help?)
You can’t get outta the Moscow headlock unless you bite my testicles. And in that position, you better check and make sure they’re yours before you bite.
Mine
And people wonder why we don’t get any links.
cause we’re boring?
Wow. I didn’t realize how tall some of you mofos are.
This is as bad as people blaming ‘fat genes’ for their porkiness. There are really no excuses for being fat. Sure, some people are more prone to gaining weight, it’s heriditary, yes, I believe that, but what actually makes them gain too much weight is from stuffing their faces full of junk. I dont give a damn what kind of ‘fat genes’ run in your family, if you eat healthy and move once in awhile, you wont get fat. It’s that simple. “boohoo my mom was fat *stuffs a box of oreos in their face for comfort* boohoo my dad was fat *eats a box of twinkies* boohoo now I’m fat *eats a large pizza with everything* but it’s because of the ‘fat genes’ boohoo.” Right.
I’m 5’5″ and I weigh 190 pounds. I’m FAT. Everyone in my family is fat, but that’s not why I’m fat. I work in an office and sit on my arse all day, but that’s not why I’m fat either. I’m also bordeline diabetic, but that’s still not why I’m fat. I’m fat because I love to eat, I eat a lot, and everything I love to eat is bad for me. I don’t move alot, I’m lazy as shiite, too much fun stuff to do sitting down. Just wanted to make sure everyone knew this is NOT some skinny person making fun of fat people. I also want to make sure everyone knows I’m proof that all the exuses fat people give for being fat are just that …excuses. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I hear an entire Entenmans Coffee Cake calling to me from my kitchen.
Hi Susanmj,
Thanks for dropping in and thanks for the honest post.
We’re all about the angst here at IB. I find it relatively easy to lose 15 pounds when the mood strikes me but like you said, I like to eat fattening stuff.
Some of you guys are really clueless. Not all excessively overweight people are fat because they stuff themselves with junk. That is pure baloney. I myself am 70 pounds over weight and have been a strict diet for one year. I have taken up katate and exercize everyday like crazy. No matter how little I eat it matters not. I have lost a total of 5 pounds the past year. No results. nothing. Most of you could lose 5 pounds in a week.
There is nothing more I can do to lose weight. I have done it all and I am getting nowhere. Shame on some of you people who dont get that. There are medical reasons why some poeple are obese and cannot lose weight. You think because you are thin and eat right, that those are how the bodies of all humans work. I hate to break it to you but thats not reality people. I used to be able to lose weight years ago. Not anymore. Something has been wrong with me for a long time now and I cannot fit it no matter what.