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On Oct 9, 4:28 pm, Dan L wrote:
Bill who putters wrote:



Seems the obesity issue is being focused on as a sloth issue. I'm
not

so sure.

Consider Taubes good Calories and bad calories book.

Then that Spanish study dealing with DDE and obesity how it
affects

our food.

Then there is the Mayo clinics Thyroid issues

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/thy...odules/DS00491

There are other issues I'd guess. Care to add or detract. How
the

Thyroid helps us handle carbs I'd guess is of great importance.

I will agree with you that obesity is not a sloth issue. It is a
strong
desire to eat! Does hormones have an effect on weight, I would say
yes,
However, the food industry has also made the foods tastier and more
convenient and tastier also tends towards high salt, sweet and high
fat
content.

However, in my case, I do have a thyroid problem. When I was younger,
like twelve years old, my T-Cells were sky high. I had a strong
desire
for salt, I could eat the stuff by the teaspoon and say yum! I was
also
thin then. In my thirties i was running five miles four times a week
and
in great shape. It was a secondary thyroid problem due to
hypo-pituitary
problem. The pituitary controls the thyroid. Medication tends too
keep
things in check. I have been taking hormone medication since the age
of
thirteen. Now in my old age the thyroid has played out and now I take
thyroid medication. Now I am fat, old and decrepit, foods now taste
too
salty, however I still have my hair

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Enjoy Life... Dan L (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

Here is what I can't figure out.......................How is it that
America has the highest rate of obesity and the highest rate of hunger
at the same time?

I won't even go in to my thyroid problems of 25 years

In my opinion...

Corn and wheat are heavily subsidized by the US government. Junk foods
are cheap in the United States which are made mostly from corn and
wheat. The poor in the U.S. can receive food subsidies also. High
Fructose Corn Syrup is a very low cost sweetener, it is in everything
here. If you are poor, the unhealthy junk foods are the foods of choice.
The lowest cost meats are high in fat. Fructose does not cause an
insulin reaction, it does not satisfy that hunger urge, you want to eat
more. Sugar from cane cost more and not found as much in low cost foods,
which does cause an insulin reaction. Fresh fruits and vegetables are
not subsidized and cost a lot more. Junk foods are also not just for the
poor also. Being fat or thin in the U.S. Is not an indicator of being
wealthy. The home is a better indicator of wealth. I would also state
that hunger and poverty do not always go hand in hand here.

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Enjoy Life... Dan L (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)