Re: Taking responsibility for weight

[Guest guest]

> > First, as we have discussed before, if it is a GENE that is

> > responsible for obesity where in hell did these obese people get

this

> > gene from?

> > Sorry. But this looks to me like just another in a long line of

> > excuses used to relieve obese people from taking responsibility for

> > the actions that it is necessary for them to take in order to lose

> > weight.

I recall watching a TV documentary (Nova?) many years ago about

experiments designed to show whether or not some people genetically

inherited a " higher metabolism " than others, so that they would burn

more food and be thinner. The experimenters put people in airtight

chambers and measured how much oxygen they consumed.

The result was that there was no significant difference in metabolism

from one person to another. But it was pointed out that that

differences in appetite did seem to be inherited. Apparently, each

person has about the same food-burning engine but people have inherited

genetically a greater or lesser desire to eat.

For me, this adds to the wisdom of the strategy of putting most of your

concentration on food choice with a secondary emphasis on food amount.

A person who has inherited a large appetite may always have a terrible

struggle with it but at least, once he or she has eliminated the habits

of bad food choices, the struggle with be over how many blueberries or

sweet potatoes to eat rather than Big Macs and french fries.

[Guest guest]

> > First, as we have discussed before, if it is a GENE that is

> > responsible for obesity where in hell did these obese people get

this

> > gene from?

> > Sorry. But this looks to me like just another in a long line of

> > excuses used to relieve obese people from taking responsibility for

> > the actions that it is necessary for them to take in order to lose

> > weight.

I recall watching a TV documentary (Nova?) many years ago about

experiments designed to show whether or not some people genetically

inherited a " higher metabolism " than others, so that they would burn

more food and be thinner. The experimenters put people in airtight

chambers and measured how much oxygen they consumed.

The result was that there was no significant difference in metabolism

from one person to another. But it was pointed out that that

differences in appetite did seem to be inherited. Apparently, each

person has about the same food-burning engine but people have inherited

genetically a greater or lesser desire to eat.

For me, this adds to the wisdom of the strategy of putting most of your

concentration on food choice with a secondary emphasis on food amount.

A person who has inherited a large appetite may always have a terrible

struggle with it but at least, once he or she has eliminated the habits

of bad food choices, the struggle with be over how many blueberries or

sweet potatoes to eat rather than Big Macs and french fries.

[Guest guest]

Hi :

Yes! In addition, some foods have greater 'satiation per hundred

calories' than others. And, fortunately, many of those are among the

foods we all recognize as being among the healthier selections.

Rodney.

--- In , " gdmedia1 " <garybiz2@...>

wrote:

>

>

> > > First, as we have discussed before, if it is a GENE that is

> > > responsible for obesity where in hell did these obese people get

> this

> > > gene from?

>

> > > Sorry. But this looks to me like just another in a long line of

> > > excuses used to relieve obese people from taking responsibility

for

> > > the actions that it is necessary for them to take in order to

lose

> > > weight.

>

> I recall watching a TV documentary (Nova?) many years ago about

> experiments designed to show whether or not some people genetically

> inherited a " higher metabolism " than others, so that they would burn

> more food and be thinner. The experimenters put people in airtight

> chambers and measured how much oxygen they consumed.

>

> The result was that there was no significant difference in

metabolism

> from one person to another. But it was pointed out that that

> differences in appetite did seem to be inherited. Apparently, each

> person has about the same food-burning engine but people have

inherited

> genetically a greater or lesser desire to eat.

>

> For me, this adds to the wisdom of the strategy of putting most of

your

> concentration on food choice with a secondary emphasis on food

amount.

> A person who has inherited a large appetite may always have a

terrible

> struggle with it but at least, once he or she has eliminated the

habits

> of bad food choices, the struggle with be over how many blueberries

or

> sweet potatoes to eat rather than Big Macs and french fries.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi :

Yes! In addition, some foods have greater 'satiation per hundred

calories' than others. And, fortunately, many of those are among the

foods we all recognize as being among the healthier selections.

Rodney.

--- In , " gdmedia1 " <garybiz2@...>

wrote:

>

>

> > > First, as we have discussed before, if it is a GENE that is

> > > responsible for obesity where in hell did these obese people get

> this

> > > gene from?

>

> > > Sorry. But this looks to me like just another in a long line of

> > > excuses used to relieve obese people from taking responsibility

for

> > > the actions that it is necessary for them to take in order to

lose

> > > weight.

>

> I recall watching a TV documentary (Nova?) many years ago about

> experiments designed to show whether or not some people genetically

> inherited a " higher metabolism " than others, so that they would burn

> more food and be thinner. The experimenters put people in airtight

> chambers and measured how much oxygen they consumed.

>

> The result was that there was no significant difference in

metabolism

> from one person to another. But it was pointed out that that

> differences in appetite did seem to be inherited. Apparently, each

> person has about the same food-burning engine but people have

inherited

> genetically a greater or lesser desire to eat.

>

> For me, this adds to the wisdom of the strategy of putting most of

your

> concentration on food choice with a secondary emphasis on food

amount.

> A person who has inherited a large appetite may always have a

terrible

> struggle with it but at least, once he or she has eliminated the

habits

> of bad food choices, the struggle with be over how many blueberries

or

> sweet potatoes to eat rather than Big Macs and french fries.

>

[Guest guest]

Found the website to the NOVA program you mentioned (I'm guessing this

is the correct one) - " Dying to be Thin: >

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/thin/

> > I recall watching a TV documentary (Nova?) many years ago about

> > experiments designed to show whether or not some people genetically

> > inherited a " higher metabolism " than others, so that they would burn

> > more food and be thinner. The experimenters put people in airtight

> > chambers and measured how much oxygen they consumed.

> >

> > The result was that there was no significant difference in

> metabolism

> > from one person to another. But it was pointed out that that

> > differences in appetite did seem to be inherited. Apparently, each

> > person has about the same food-burning engine but people have

> inherited

> > genetically a greater or lesser desire to eat.

> >

> > For me, this adds to the wisdom of the strategy of putting most of

> your

> > concentration on food choice with a secondary emphasis on food

> amount.

> > A person who has inherited a large appetite may always have a

> terrible

> > struggle with it but at least, once he or she has eliminated the

> habits

> > of bad food choices, the struggle with be over how many blueberries

> or

> > sweet potatoes to eat rather than Big Macs and french fries.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Found the website to the NOVA program you mentioned (I'm guessing this

is the correct one) - " Dying to be Thin: >

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/thin/

> > I recall watching a TV documentary (Nova?) many years ago about

> > experiments designed to show whether or not some people genetically

> > inherited a " higher metabolism " than others, so that they would burn

> > more food and be thinner. The experimenters put people in airtight

> > chambers and measured how much oxygen they consumed.

> >

> > The result was that there was no significant difference in

> metabolism

> > from one person to another. But it was pointed out that that

> > differences in appetite did seem to be inherited. Apparently, each

> > person has about the same food-burning engine but people have

> inherited

> > genetically a greater or lesser desire to eat.

> >

> > For me, this adds to the wisdom of the strategy of putting most of

> your

> > concentration on food choice with a secondary emphasis on food

> amount.

> > A person who has inherited a large appetite may always have a

> terrible

> > struggle with it but at least, once he or she has eliminated the

> habits

> > of bad food choices, the struggle with be over how many blueberries

> or

> > sweet potatoes to eat rather than Big Macs and french fries.

> >

>