tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post6197751788328250214..comments2024-03-16T19:27:07.142-04:00Comments on Ol'Buzzard's World View: OBESITYOl'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-4177680054538987582020-01-19T19:00:09.990-05:002020-01-19T19:00:09.990-05:00Nan is right. High Fructose corn sugar is a major ...Nan is right. High Fructose corn sugar is a major contributor to obesity. Red meat and dairy products are not. <br />We could use more exercise for sure. Not sure if it contributes to longevity though. People here tend to match your description of how our ancestors lived and the cemeteries are full of 60 year oldsThe Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-7125346020146646762020-01-16T10:41:45.437-05:002020-01-16T10:41:45.437-05:00Two of our outside guys at work designed and built...Two of our outside guys at work designed and built a simple forklift snow plowing device yesterday. I was impressed. What will they invent next? Fire? Evolution!jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357820440454534635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-6793436369932944922020-01-15T14:37:24.899-05:002020-01-15T14:37:24.899-05:00Whenever I hear the report on obesity in the US I ...Whenever I hear the report on obesity in the US I always think of the movie WALL-E and the fat people sitting doing nothing while machines do everything for them including stuffing their faces for them.Leannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313664441343901006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-83546841748138661142020-01-15T14:29:54.117-05:002020-01-15T14:29:54.117-05:00I too heard that NPR segment with a nutrition scie...I too heard that NPR segment with a nutrition scientist explaning very logically how our livers are affected by sugar (just like alcohol) and store it up as fat. Also how the food manufacturers are adding salt and other additives to everything, even soft drinks, to make us more thirsty. Only RC Cola is salt-free. It will take more than personal willpower to combat the obesity epidemic.Eileen in Fla.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16268128643948167777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-87434084554027843142020-01-15T12:20:48.996-05:002020-01-15T12:20:48.996-05:00Someone explain to me how I've managed to rema...Someone explain to me how I've managed to remain thin (albeit mild belly fat, as over-60s always have SOME degree of it as a rule)<br />...and my diet isn't all that great either.<br /><br />Okay, so my younger brother and sister are heavyweight, but still ....Tal Hartsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077424958233740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-12485594161918533712020-01-15T07:11:01.782-05:002020-01-15T07:11:01.782-05:00High fructose corn syrup. If you look at graphs of...High fructose corn syrup. If you look at graphs of when more people, especially kids, started getting really fat and when high fructose corn syrup started showing up in just about every processed food on the market, there's close to a perfect match. The human body cannot process HFCS the way it does natural sugar. End result? Human blimps. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-75893956017836038642020-01-14T21:09:41.089-05:002020-01-14T21:09:41.089-05:00I agree with the points you make. I think of my un...I agree with the points you make. I think of my uncle, who ate heartily, homemade food - bread, sausage, maple syrup, donuts, roast beef, cheese... but he was a dairy farmer made of muscle and sinew who rarely sat down, got up before the sun, and even though he had tractors and machinery, used his body to do work on a daily basis. We are definitely more sedentary now. -Jenn<br />coffeeontheporchwithmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618627688821849806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-20825206703060620182020-01-14T20:01:10.517-05:002020-01-14T20:01:10.517-05:00I'm reminded of the animated film 'Wall-E&...I'm reminded of the animated film 'Wall-E', I believe it was called, wherein people of the future were overly rotund do-nothings who moved about via hovering device. I thought: We are headed here. <br /><br />Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-12317104209729651222020-01-14T19:31:55.235-05:002020-01-14T19:31:55.235-05:00Correct.Correct.Barney, The Old Fat Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242837062100545160noreply@blogger.com