I think you should actually read "Why We Get Fat". What you are
asserting is largely refuted in the book.
On 8/12/2011 11:00 AM, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
One huge difference between our mid-20th-century-on and the lives of
even relatively recent forbears is simply the absence of physical
activity. I remember, as a boy in the late '50s and early '60s how
road crews would use picks, shovels and hand-controlled jackhammers,
while road crews today for the most part seem to have a big, yellow
machine to do it all. And with the move to suburbia, people don't even
have to walk to the bus stop or train station any more. You read of
pre-industrial or early industrial workers who spent hours every day,
six days a week, throughout their working lives, digging, plowing,
sawing, nailing, axing, fishing, bricklaying, etc. Even my mother's
family, who were well-to-do provincial squirearchy in southern Luzon,
never owned a car until the Yanks gave my by-then-provincial governor
grandfather a military surplus jeep after WWII: they walked
everywhere. And kids were outside playing who are now very conspicuous
by their outdoor absence in modern neighborhoods. Even my relatively
active way of life, with 3K miles/year on a bike, is positively
sedentary compared to the lives of even non-laboring classes back
before the auto, the suburbs and 24/7 couch entertainment -- Samuel
Pepys did far more walking than I ever do.
Frankly, I expect that almost complete lack of activity is in good
part to blame for so much obesity; it's hard to see how many obese
people could even function if they regularly had simply to walk
further than from couch to garage, or if they had to climb a couple
flights of stairs.
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Tim McNamara<tim...@bitstream.net> wrote:
On Aug 12, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Zack wrote:
I am happy to let the scientists battle this one out! I will say that I have
lost 20 pounds now in about 8 weeks, and my wife has lost about 10. I had way
more to lose before starting a diet that is higher in fat, filled with
vegetables, and some fruits than she did. It is working for me.
I have also increased the amount of greens in my diet significantly - I now
have them at all three meals. And I am drinking a significant amount of water
(and managing potassium and sodium levels appropriately).
I haven't read anything by Taube so I can't comment on the scientific basis for
his work, except to say that the science of human nutrition is far from exact.
And because we are omnivores, widely varying diets can keep us alive and
relatively healthy. What surely seems to be bad for us is a diet high in
processed foods, hydrogenated fats, salt, etc., and low in fiber,
phytonutrients, vitamins, micronutrients, minerals, etc.
Americans (and maybe people in other places too) probably eat a fraction of the
vegetables they should. If you've added a lot of vegetable to your diet, this
is almost certainly going to be a boost for your health and will make it easier
to lose weight. Many vegetables are best eaten raw. Wash them thoroughly in
water, though, because pesticide residues are bad for us and in many cases are
bioaccumulative (stored in our tissues). If farmers follow the pesticide
guidelines carefully, pesticide residues are very low but I know (from farmers)
that this is often not the case.
http://nutrition.about.com/od/ahealthykitchen/a/washveggies.htm
There may be a link between pesticide exposure and the risk of Parkinson's
disease:
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2011/niehs-11.htm
Generally the risk seems to be observed in people with a lot of exposure- crop
sprayers, for example- and I don't know of any specific research linking the
levels one might be exposed to in food with increased risk of Parkinson's.
However, washing fruits and vegetables is really easy to do, takes just a
minute, and why take potential unnecessary risks that are so easily avoided?
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