Post by vegasjames on Mar 15, 2018 22:59:33 GMT -5
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For instance weight gain is not simply due to diet. Some medications such as the steroid Prednisone or hormones like Premarin (PREgnant MARe's urINe), and progesterone that is extremely popular right now put weight on. Especially Premarin, which is 3,000 times stronger than human estrogen. Estrogens increase fat cell enlargement and suppress the thyroid. And look at how many xenoestrogens we are exposed to such as DDT, dioxin, PCBs, BPA, phthalates, etc. These man-made estrogens can be 15,000 to 100,000 times stronger than human estrogen and they are abundant in our environment these days. Even ones no longer used like DDT, which takes 100 years to break down in the soil. So we are still being exposed despite it no longer being used.
Then there is hypothyroidism, which is frequently missed by lab tests and has numerous causes including exposure to chlorine in tap water and pools, bromine in spas and some other sources, chronic stress that blocks T4 to T3 conversion and increases rT3, low iodine intake, etc.
And genetic disposition. People are born with a ratio of white adipose (fat) to brown adipose. Brown adipose "burns" white adipose, which is why people with a high brown to white adipose ratio have a hard time putting on weight and people with a high white to brown adipose have a hard time losing weight. This is also the basis for the old thermogenic weight loss formulas. These dangerous formulas often contained synthetic pharmaceutical ephedrine HCl, which stimulates receptors on the cells to increase cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) that causes brown adipose to "burn" white adipose. The cAMP is rapidly broken down though by an enzyme called cyclic adenosine monophosphate phosphodiesterase (cAMPPDE). To counter this problem they also added caffeine, which is a cAMPPDE inhibitor and thus prolongs the fat burning effect of the cAMP. Of course this also had some pretty nasty side effects on the body.
Exercise also plays a role as exercise burns calories and the more muscle mass a person puts on the more calories get burnt and muscle burns calories even in a resting state.
And there are still other factors such as age, which alters hormones, chromium and magnesium levels that help regulate blood sugar levels, etc. Point is that weight is not all about diet.
Diseases also have so many factors including stress, heredity, pathogen exposure, etc, etc, etc.
You have to admit if a Dr says oh just eat a plant based diet and exercise this will resolve, people would sue....easier to take a pill or have surgery.
They are even advertising weight loss surgery will cure hyperyension....well so will diet and exercise.
I'm not in the best of shape nor do I eat right all the time, but I know when I don't I feel like crap and gain weight like crazy
So back to high plant base, no sugar and no carbs I go
This brings me back to the original point. Since there is more to it diet and exercise will not always work. Take for instance if the person is on hormones such as Premarin. Neither diet or exercise will do much because this estrogen will build up and saturate in the fat tissues leading to fat cell enlargement and hypothyroidism. And hypothyroidism can lead to more body fat and fat cells produce estrogen as well leading to further fat cell enlargement and hypothyroidism.
I am not against a good diet or exercise. I just want people to understand this these are not "magic pills" either.
Our society has become so ingrained in to thinking that if someone is overweight that they are lazy and/or simply eat like crap. That is why I brought up the other reasons. Weight gain is not always the person's fault. There are many reasons for weight gain.
As another example what if the person has Prader-Willi syndrome, which is hereditary. Do you think diet and exercise is really going to help much? And what a shame this would be if someone like this was fat shamed when their being overweight is really for the most part out of their control. I don't believe in fat shaming for any reason personally because again I know there are so many factors and we do not know the history of that person or the medications they are taking. Being overweight is not always a choice.
As for the weight loss surgery reducing blood pressure this is partially true. Again there are many reasons for high blood pressure so no single cure all. In the case of obesity the high blood pressure can result from insulin resistance or early onset type 2 diabetes, which leads to abnormally high insulin levels. In high levels insulin no longer dilates blood vessels but rather constricts blood vessels leading to the hypertension. Weight loss can lead to decreased insulin resistance and can even correct some cases of type 2 diabetes thus lowering blood pressure in these cases.
Finally plants also contain sugars including carbs. It would be virtually impossible to have a diet free of sugars and carbs since these are even found in meat.