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Is obesity a disease?...
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Fat Chance
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Inches on waist...% risk of bowel cancer increases....after 3 inchs all kinds of cancer risks rise.
FantasyIreland
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https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...UPzMBE6EVufghpjFc7LN7rs9TkXy6xLBI92gcq1DfovRc
I suspect there will be a good few in this thread that will be all over the above.
I suspect there will be a good few in this thread that will be all over the above.
Banned Tosspot
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Cliff Richards Eats one meal a day.If they're only eating once a day, their body will try to store fat to tide it over until the next meal.
BlueMoonRisin’
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Congratulations, and celebrations.Cliff Richards Eats one meal a day.
Two Gun Bob
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So what has everyone eaten today .. Truthfully ?
I got up at 10 o'clock and had a bowl of Ready Breck porridge. I tend to make it proper thick so you can stand your spoon up and then run a smithering of milk around the edges...No sugar added and semi skimmed milk.
Dinner was an omelette 3 eggs with a wafer thin slice of honey roast added and seasoned with pepper.
Mid afternoon snack of a tub of Brooklands rice pudding.
Tea was pie and chips with a half portion of chippy chips and a slice of brown bread with seeds.
Just had a bag of Aldi crisps now and two Double G and T with low calorie tonic..
A really good effort in my humble opinion and not all that bad dietary wise..Apart from the crisps which are only multibag 25 gram sized.
I got up at 10 o'clock and had a bowl of Ready Breck porridge. I tend to make it proper thick so you can stand your spoon up and then run a smithering of milk around the edges...No sugar added and semi skimmed milk.
Dinner was an omelette 3 eggs with a wafer thin slice of honey roast added and seasoned with pepper.
Mid afternoon snack of a tub of Brooklands rice pudding.
Tea was pie and chips with a half portion of chippy chips and a slice of brown bread with seeds.
Just had a bag of Aldi crisps now and two Double G and T with low calorie tonic..
A really good effort in my humble opinion and not all that bad dietary wise..Apart from the crisps which are only multibag 25 gram sized.
inchy14
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@Two Gun Bob
Today I can’t class as a good day as I’ve had Burger and Chips for tea as I just fancied that for a change, did an 8 mile run later though.
Normal day consists of
Porridge or weetabix
Apple & Banana
Yogurt
Tin of mackerel or portion of Chicken/ tin of soup. Maybe some boiled eggs a couple of times a week.
Shepherds pie or bolognaise or chicken dinner
Snacks of nuts or peanut butter on toast.
I’ve also only had 2 days of drinking this year which has definitely helped.
I have noticed I’m eating a bit more chocolate and biscuits than usual but this year I’ve already covered 175 miles in 23 runs so I feel I can pretty much eat what I want.
It’s a balance, more exercise the more I can eat I guess.
Today I can’t class as a good day as I’ve had Burger and Chips for tea as I just fancied that for a change, did an 8 mile run later though.
Normal day consists of
Porridge or weetabix
Apple & Banana
Yogurt
Tin of mackerel or portion of Chicken/ tin of soup. Maybe some boiled eggs a couple of times a week.
Shepherds pie or bolognaise or chicken dinner
Snacks of nuts or peanut butter on toast.
I’ve also only had 2 days of drinking this year which has definitely helped.
I have noticed I’m eating a bit more chocolate and biscuits than usual but this year I’ve already covered 175 miles in 23 runs so I feel I can pretty much eat what I want.
It’s a balance, more exercise the more I can eat I guess.
FantasyIreland
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Pie and chips with bread? A really good effort?So what has everyone eaten today .. Truthfully ?
I got up at 10 o'clock and had a bowl of Ready Breck porridge. I tend to make it proper thick so you can stand your spoon up and then run a smithering of milk around the edges...No sugar added and semi skimmed milk.
Dinner was an omelette 3 eggs with a wafer thin slice of honey roast added and seasoned with pepper.
Mid afternoon snack of a tub of Brooklands rice pudding.
Tea was pie and chips with a half portion of chippy chips and a slice of brown bread with seeds.
Just had a bag of Aldi crisps now and two Double G and T with low calorie tonic..
A really good effort in my humble opinion and not all that bad dietary wise..Apart from the crisps which are only multibag 25 gram sized.
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ChicagoBlue
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Maybe. You don’t have enough information to know....but why bother.Lol no
ChicagoBlue
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Simple calorie reduction leads to the body turning on its starvation mode and resetting it set point at a lower calorie level. However, fasting and feeding to quality satiation creates a completely different dynamic. This is why people who diet (calorie restrict) for a brief period quickly put the weight back on.
Fasting is not only good for weight loss and control, but has many other beneficial effects, as discussed in this study:
New discoveries into the effects of fasting on metabolism and aging
January 31st, 2019
Fasting diets may be incredibly popular at the moment but it is only in the last few years that scientists have begun to understand what happens to the human body when it is wholly deprived of food. A compelling new study by a team of Japanese researchers has offered an incredibly thorough examination into the metabolic alterations that occur in human blood during fasting, revealing a fascinating array of changes that could point to a variety of health benefits.
"Recent aging studies have shown that caloric restriction and fasting have a prolonging effect on lifespan in model animals ... but the detailed mechanism has remained a mystery," explains Takayuki Teruya, first author on the new study.
The research set out to exhaustively analyze the metabolic profile of blood samples as subjects underwent an extensive stretch of fasting. Four healthy participants were recruited and subjected to a long fast, with blood samples taken at three points in the process: 10, 34 and 58 hours after commencing fasting. Unlike prior research, which often focused on specific metabolic biomarkers, this study was non-targeted with a goal of uncovering previously unidentified metabolic effects from fasting.
"Contrary to the original expectation," says Teruya, "it turned out that fasting induced metabolic activation rather actively."
The researchers identified 44 different blood-based metabolites significantly increasing in abundance after 58 hours of fasting, including 30 that have never before been connected to the practice. Alongside known markers signaling the body is moving to utilizing alternative energy stores, such as butyrates and branched-chain amino acids, an interesting increase in anti-oxidant metabolites was found. It is suggested this could be an evolutionary defense against the oxidative stress put on the body during fasting.
Other previously unidentified metabolites revealed in the study signaled enhanced mitochondrial activity. This discovery adds weight to a compelling Harvard study from last year that suggested fasting can increase longevity and promote healthy aging by kickstarting youthful plasticity in mitochondrial networks.
Interestingly, three specific metabolites known to be associated with aging and longevity – leucine, isoleucine, and ophthalmic acid – all increased in levels after fasting. Prior study by the same research team revealed these specific metabolites decrease with age and are found in notably low levels in the elderly.
"These are very important metabolites for maintenance of muscle and antioxidant activity, respectively," adds Teruya. "This result suggests the possibility of a rejuvenating effect by fasting, which was not known until now."
One of the biggest limitations in this particular study was the small sample size. Although the ultimate increases in metabolites were consistent across all four subjects, how quickly those metabolites peaked did vary from person to person. The researchers note that further work in more subjects will hopefully resolve any questions over individual metabolic respond patterns.
As well as helping understand exactly what occurs in a human body when it is subjected to fasting, the researchers are keen to explore how to trigger certain metabolic changes without forcing a person to fast. A better understanding of the mechanisms underpinning the anti-aging qualities of fasting, for example, could hopefully lead to a variety of different life extension treatments.
"It might be possible to verify the anti-aging effect from various viewpoints by developing exercise programs or drugs capable of causing the metabolic reaction similar to fasting," says Teruya.
The new study was published in the journal Scientific Reports.
Source: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
Fasting is not only good for weight loss and control, but has many other beneficial effects, as discussed in this study:
New discoveries into the effects of fasting on metabolism and aging
January 31st, 2019
Fasting diets may be incredibly popular at the moment but it is only in the last few years that scientists have begun to understand what happens to the human body when it is wholly deprived of food. A compelling new study by a team of Japanese researchers has offered an incredibly thorough examination into the metabolic alterations that occur in human blood during fasting, revealing a fascinating array of changes that could point to a variety of health benefits.
"Recent aging studies have shown that caloric restriction and fasting have a prolonging effect on lifespan in model animals ... but the detailed mechanism has remained a mystery," explains Takayuki Teruya, first author on the new study.
The research set out to exhaustively analyze the metabolic profile of blood samples as subjects underwent an extensive stretch of fasting. Four healthy participants were recruited and subjected to a long fast, with blood samples taken at three points in the process: 10, 34 and 58 hours after commencing fasting. Unlike prior research, which often focused on specific metabolic biomarkers, this study was non-targeted with a goal of uncovering previously unidentified metabolic effects from fasting.
"Contrary to the original expectation," says Teruya, "it turned out that fasting induced metabolic activation rather actively."
The researchers identified 44 different blood-based metabolites significantly increasing in abundance after 58 hours of fasting, including 30 that have never before been connected to the practice. Alongside known markers signaling the body is moving to utilizing alternative energy stores, such as butyrates and branched-chain amino acids, an interesting increase in anti-oxidant metabolites was found. It is suggested this could be an evolutionary defense against the oxidative stress put on the body during fasting.
Other previously unidentified metabolites revealed in the study signaled enhanced mitochondrial activity. This discovery adds weight to a compelling Harvard study from last year that suggested fasting can increase longevity and promote healthy aging by kickstarting youthful plasticity in mitochondrial networks.
Interestingly, three specific metabolites known to be associated with aging and longevity – leucine, isoleucine, and ophthalmic acid – all increased in levels after fasting. Prior study by the same research team revealed these specific metabolites decrease with age and are found in notably low levels in the elderly.
"These are very important metabolites for maintenance of muscle and antioxidant activity, respectively," adds Teruya. "This result suggests the possibility of a rejuvenating effect by fasting, which was not known until now."
One of the biggest limitations in this particular study was the small sample size. Although the ultimate increases in metabolites were consistent across all four subjects, how quickly those metabolites peaked did vary from person to person. The researchers note that further work in more subjects will hopefully resolve any questions over individual metabolic respond patterns.
As well as helping understand exactly what occurs in a human body when it is subjected to fasting, the researchers are keen to explore how to trigger certain metabolic changes without forcing a person to fast. A better understanding of the mechanisms underpinning the anti-aging qualities of fasting, for example, could hopefully lead to a variety of different life extension treatments.
"It might be possible to verify the anti-aging effect from various viewpoints by developing exercise programs or drugs capable of causing the metabolic reaction similar to fasting," says Teruya.
The new study was published in the journal Scientific Reports.
Source: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University