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McMaster researchers may have found a way to restore metabolism to youth levels

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Re: McMaster researchers may have found a way to restore metabolism to youth levels

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Post by com2kid »

zackmorris wrote: post #70
tempestn wrote: post #37

I don't really understand the comments here, and especially on the article itself, deriding this research because "people should just get off their butts and exercise" or similar. I'm sure the researchers wouldn't dispute the benefits of exercise. But if there really is a safe, effective way to improve the metabolism and make it easier to keep off fat, why exactly is that a bad thing? (Naturally the research is far t…

I was watching "Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Marketing & the Creation of a Health Crisis" on LinkTV last night and they talked about how obesity is rising in 3-6 year olds. The point being that children in that age group are no less active today than in the past, so something else is causing obesity, type II diabetes and other problems. The most likely culprit is processed food, where nutrients are not used in…

> TL;DR: They found medical evidence that the western diet disrupts metabolism via pathways other than caloric intake. Now let’s do something about it.

Some of this is cross generational. Children born to obese parents have a much higher likelihood of lifetime obesity. Wikipedia lone has a lot of good info on this.

Re: McMaster researchers may have found a way to restore metabolism to youth levels

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Post by peteretep »

onewaystreet wrote: post #76
zackmorris wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was watching "Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Marketing & the Creation of a Health Crisis" on LinkTV last night and they talked about how obesity is rising in 3-6 year olds. The point being that children in that age group are no less active today than in the past, so something else is causing obesity, type II diabetes and other problems. The most likely culprit is processed food, where nutrients are not used in…

> The most likely culprit is processed food Food doesn't jump into kids' mouths and eat itself. If there's a problem with what kids are eating then it's their parents who are to blame.

http://crappypictures.com/grocery-stores-before-after-kidsil...

Re: McMaster researchers may have found a way to restore metabolism to youth levels

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Post by srtjstjsj »

shard wrote: post #65

So refined carbs are bad due to high glycemic index, too much fat is bad due to seratonin release, is a generally optimal diet then just lean meat and vegetables? We are running out of things to eat...

lean meat and vegetables (and nuts and fruits) have been the foundation of the human diet for thousands of years.

Re: McMaster researchers may have found a way to restore metabolism to youth levels

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Post by BasLeijdekkers »

shard wrote: post #65

So refined carbs are bad due to high glycemic index, too much fat is bad due to seratonin release, is a generally optimal diet then just lean meat and vegetables? We are running out of things to eat...

It seems it is the carbohydrates that cause the seratonin release[1], not the fat.

[1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8697046

Re: McMaster researchers may have found a way to restore metabolism to youth levels

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Post by sorbits »

zackmorris wrote: post #70
tempestn wrote: post #37

I don't really understand the comments here, and especially on the article itself, deriding this research because "people should just get off their butts and exercise" or similar. I'm sure the researchers wouldn't dispute the benefits of exercise. But if there really is a safe, effective way to improve the metabolism and make it easier to keep off fat, why exactly is that a bad thing? (Naturally the research is far t…

I was watching "Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Marketing & the Creation of a Health Crisis" on LinkTV last night and they talked about how obesity is rising in 3-6 year olds. The point being that children in that age group are no less active today than in the past, so something else is causing obesity, type II diabetes and other problems. The most likely culprit is processed food, where nutrients are not used in…

> The most likely culprit is processed food […]

Processed food alone does not seem to explain all data (though you do mention “plastics contain hormone-like chemicals”):

- Mammals that live near or with humans, from lab rats to pet pooches, have gotten fatter over recent decades.

- Fatter lab animals are the hardest to explain, since their diet is tightly controlled and well documented.

Source: http://news.discovery.com/animals/fat-pets-obesity-weight.ht...

Re: McMaster researchers may have found a way to restore metabolism to youth levels

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Post by eli_gottlieb »

tempestn wrote: post #37

I don't really understand the comments here, and especially on the article itself, deriding this research because "people should just get off their butts and exercise" or similar. I'm sure the researchers wouldn't dispute the benefits of exercise. But if there really is a safe, effective way to improve the metabolism and make it easier to keep off fat, why exactly is that a bad thing? (Naturally the research is far t…

Well I was going to deride the article because they're bragging about a medical finding that still only works in mice models. These often don't carry over into human beings.

But other than that, always nice to see progress made against wasting diseases and aging.

Re: McMaster researchers may have found a way to restore metabolism to youth levels

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Post by Evgeny »

tempestn wrote: post #37

I don't really understand the comments here, and especially on the article itself, deriding this research because "people should just get off their butts and exercise" or similar. I'm sure the researchers wouldn't dispute the benefits of exercise. But if there really is a safe, effective way to improve the metabolism and make it easier to keep off fat, why exactly is that a bad thing? (Naturally the research is far t…

There were at least some studies that linked faster metabolism to shorter lifespans.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3100751/

Higher Energy Expenditure in Humans Predicts Natural Mortality

I personally am trying to somewhat keep my metabolism slower by eating less often, and less in general, plus intermittent fasting. But of course everything is still open for debate.

Re: McMaster researchers may have found a way to restore metabolism to youth levels

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Post by jamesrcole »

tempestn wrote: post #37

I don't really understand the comments here, and especially on the article itself, deriding this research because "people should just get off their butts and exercise" or similar. I'm sure the researchers wouldn't dispute the benefits of exercise. But if there really is a safe, effective way to improve the metabolism and make it easier to keep off fat, why exactly is that a bad thing? (Naturally the research is far t…

I think it's because people like to moralise.
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