Animals are fed hormones to fatten them up for market. Those hormones then enter our bodies when we eat their meat and we get fat as well. A government ban on these hormones would probably help the obesity problem greatly.
An alternative to swimming as an excercise for the obese is rebounding. Jumping on a trampoline which is good for the lymphatic system as well as one’s musculature. I once asked a woman with a terrific figure how she got that way. She bounced on a small trampoline while watching the news, she said.
Many writers are hypometabolic, hypothyroid endomorphs. Before nanny government took over and told us we couldn’t have certain substances without a prescription, such writers would take thyroid hormone or amphetamines when they had work to do. Amphetamines by another name are prescribed for ADDers.
Fred Thompson was on a strict diet while campaigning for President, and the consequences: fatigue, lack of stamina, bad mood doomed his candidacy. He grumped that he wasn’t allowed to eat anything he liked (I imagine he’s a steak and chops, baked potato with sour cream guy and the Atkins diet would have suited him just fine.
Models who starve themselves — not the naturally skinny ones — are usually considered really stupid. Can it be that they’re starving their brains of the fatty acids the brain needs?
