[quote=CA renter][quote=ocrenter][quote=CA renter]
We’re talking about people who eat fruit, nuts, vegetables, whole-wheat bread (open-faced sandwiches to minimize caloric intake), etc. That’s exactly the point.[/quote]
HOLD ON HERE!
how many obese people out there got to the state of obesity eating only fruit, nuts, vegetables, whole wheat bread???
We have two issues here. How people become obese and what happens after.
People get to the state of obesity by eating more than their metabolism allows. And it is very hard to get to the state of obesity eating the food you just outlined. And the main reason is you do not get into the addiction cycle with the food you listed. The addiction cycle (refined starch and fat are well known to upregulate hormones that stimulate appetite and increase craving) is what lead to the obesity because raw biochemical desire takes on the driver’s seat and you lose control.
Now once someone become obese. Then a whole different process take over. Metabolism slows down even more, insulin (which is a growth hormone) need to increase because of insulin resistance. And most of all, the body has an intrinsic defense AGAINST weight loss. So people will try to lose weight, they lose 5-10 lbs, then the body senses what is going on and activates Operation-Hold-On-To-Fat. So it is quite realistic to see someone eating the food you mentioned but stay obese.[/quote]
You’re assuming that someone “becomes” fat in the first place. There are some people who are born overweight (even when the mothers were not overweight, and did not gain more than the recommended amounts during their pregnancies) — people who were NEVER “normal” weight in their entire lives, even when they were exclusively nursing as babies.[/quote]
CArenter, I also have one of these. One of my kids has been overweight since birth, including the entire time of breastfeeding (exclusively until 7 months old). My other kid is overly skinny. No appreciable differences during pregnancy or since. Definitely makes you realize how much of this is baked in to the genes.
