Weight of Evidence: It's Still Unhealthy to be Fat

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Weight of Evidence: It's Still Unhealthy to be Fat

"It undoubtedly sounded like good news to many Americans: "Some Extra Heft May Be Helpful," blared a New York Times headline two weeks ago, reporting on a study from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report claimed that the current measurement for "overweight" is actually the healthiest level, while the "healthy weight" category is relatively unhealthy. Moreover the NCHS estimated that annual U.S. deaths from being overweight or obese are much lower than previously thought – 25,814 per year, as opposed to the CDC estimate of 365,000 deaths per year from "poor diet and physical inactivity," most of which are related to weight.

Smug commentators went wild: The "fatophobes," wrote John Tierney in a triumphant New York Times column, "are fighting on, disputing the new study and arguing that it still shows the fatal dangers of being seriously obese. But they have lost the scientific high ground." Meanwhile the nation's preeminent calorie pusher – the Center for Consumer Freedom, a front group for the food and beverage industry – practically gloated itself to death with an obese $600,000 newspaper advertising blitz.

But is it true that "Americans have been force-fed a steady diet of obesity myths" by the CDC and others, as the Center for Consumer Freedom claimed in its full-page ads? And will that spare tire around your waist actually help you get more mileage out of life? There's good reason to believe that the answer to both questions is no.

To determine fatness, the CDC uses a measure called Body Mass Index (BMI), a comparison of weight to height. According to the CDC, a BMI of 25 to 30 is "overweight" and unhealthy while a BMI above 30 is "obese" and extremely unhealthy. The new study, published by Katherine Flegal and colleagues in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), found that the 25-to-30 category was the healthiest, and that it isn't until the 35-plus BMI category that a serious risk of premature death kicks in. CDC Director Julie Gerberding has said that her agency will not adjust its own numbers to reflect the new findings, and it's easy to see why. The new study contradicts a slew of previous epidemiological studies, including the six different studies the CDC used to arrive at its estimates.

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Alas, this story is a perfect example of the piss-poor health coverage offered by the MSM. One study does not allow for the dismissal of all the evidence that came before it, yet one would think that everything we thought we knew had changed based on the coverage this story received.

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1. They just like to throw guilt and confusion, just to keep us dizzy...

Everybody look into coconut oil, and learn how it heals the thyroid.

Then see what the MSM/government has been telling us since WWII about fats--it's 180 degrees WRONG!! Corn, soy and veg oils make us fat and sluggish and depressed, like the fat little piggies we eat for bacon.

And vegetarians who cannot seem to lose weight: look into the dangers of soy, how it does slow the thyroid. I am exhibit A.

Exercise and healthy eating are both great, IF you can feel good, and figure out what "healthy" means. Check out westonaprice.com, especially the page on fats. Price was a dentist who traveled the world in the mid-1900's looking for the diet that produced the healthiest teeth. He found out a whole lot.

Have lost 40 pounds effortlessly in the last 6 months. After eating veg and exercising for 20 years, I ballooned up close to 200. Now, even without exercise, the weight is peeling off. We eat healthy proteins, org fruits and vegetables cooked in coconut oil or coconut milk.

Whatever they say about BMI, body temperature and blood pressure are far more significant numbers.

God bless you all.

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4. I'll check out coconut oil

I'm veg as well, but I always wondered about the effects of the cooking oils I use on my health.

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