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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2011 - 6:23AM
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Last year, it was in the news that small brain size was associated with obesity. We also had a brief discussion about this over here (CLICK). Now, such an association has at least two potential causal interpretations: small brains may cause obesity, or obesity may cause small brains. It appears that both may be the case, as new research - now published in Brain Research - shows: obesity seems to impact the reward system according to which the brain regulates food intake, which amounts to a vicious circle of self-enhancing obesity. Read the study at this link: www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=Articl...
A fat tummy shrinks your brain
Large waistline linked to brain shrinkage--study
Obesity can shrink your brain...but so can too much exercise
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Stardove
on Jan 19, 2011 - 11:27AM
“The problem with quotes on the Internet is
that it is hard to verify their authenticity”
- Abraham Lincoln.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2011 - 8:24AM
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I would read more about it -- but I can't remember where I put my Cheetos.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2011 - 8:57AM
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I'm right with you there, myt. I think they are over here with my Ding Dongs, but I can't be sure. Let's have some Cool Ranch Doritos and think about it.
Democrats think the glass is half full.
Republicans think the glass is theirs.
Libertarians want to break the glass, because they think a conspiracy created it.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2011 - 12:08PM
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If junk food shrinks the brain, then it should be heavily taxed. Processed food should also be taxed. There should be a special tax on all such foods.
There are three sides to every story: your side, my side, and the truth.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2011 - 12:18PM
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LOL, where is my big mac!! Hey those kids featured on the first link are not obese, they are cute-chubby. Maybe, I have known a few obese individuals that are brilliant, very smart. They were sort of shameless epicurians. I think i would hesitate to tout this. I think what we are talking about here is obsessive eating and anyone can be obsessive, you don't need a special defective brain to do that. I just hesitate telling people "oh you are fat because you have a bad brain" Implying they can't control themselves. Which most likely they probably can control themselves, they are not incapable of making a change. I just hate to tell people that they are helpless to make changes because they are defective.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2011 - 12:29PM
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Uh....the study was about obesity, not junk food. It contained only 63 test subjects. That's hardly enough to come to a conclusion that would work for an entire species of almost 7 billion individuals.
Dave - Just a Man in the Mountains.
I am a Humanist. I believe in a rational philosophy of life, informed by science, inspired by art, and motivated by a desire to do good for its own sake and not by an expectation of a reward or fear of punishment in an afterlife.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2011 - 12:50PM
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It's not the size of the brain, it's how you use it.....
I'm not too good at giving morals, and I don't fear the consequence. If life makes you scared and bitter, at least, it's not for very long.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2011 - 1:03PM
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If junk food shrinks the brain, then it should be heavily taxed. Processed food should also be taxed. There should be a special tax on all such foods.
As long as there is no tax on posting bullsh*t, we are fine, I guess :-)
“The problem with quotes on the Internet is
that it is hard to verify their authenticity”
- Abraham Lincoln.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2011 - 1:05PM
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Uh....the study was about obesity, not junk food.
Uh, that's right. I notice now that I forgot to post this crucial source:
www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=Articl...
“The problem with quotes on the Internet is
that it is hard to verify their authenticity”
- Abraham Lincoln.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 18, 2011 - 1:12PM
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Uh....the study was about obesity, not junk food.
Uh, that's right. I notice now that I forgot to post this crucial source:
www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=Articl...
I have also seen an article out that says it does not matter the red meat it matters what you eat it with. Sort of speaking to that high fat, simple carb which would be a hamburger. Fatty meat, white bread bun.
Interesting. I have also been reading lately where sugar is damaging to skin and to brain cells. I am in trouble! I think the argument is for reducing processed foods.
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