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'Beer Belly' Enzyme Discovered In Time For Xmas
dbolger writes: "azcentral.com has this article about how scientists in Boston have found the enzyme that causes fat cells to cluster around the stomach. The hope is that this discovery will eventually lead to a "cure" for the male beer belly. Good news for those "activity challenged" geeks among us, especially at this time of year :)"
In the USA this enzyme occurs naturally in the water suppy.
Okay, so abdominal fat is worse than other sorts; but inhibiting this enzyme still means the fat is going to end up somewhere else.
The real cure for beer-bellies is proper diet and exercise.
Drugs like the one proposed just encourage laziness, but laziness is the primary problem.
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ok, so lets suppose they can stop fat from going to people's guts. imagine one person you know who has a huge beer belly. now imagine putting all that fat somewhere else. where would you put it? on his butt? in his chest? on his legs?
all that fat is there because more calories were eaten than were burned in the daily activities.
i think that the only people who might want to take advantage of this would be transvestites. block the fat from accumulating on your gut and add estrogen to your diet. voila! a woman's chest on a man!
isn't technology wonderful?
and, of course...
I can't wait!
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Excercise?
Excercise doesn't do jack. Period.
Just do the math, one hour in gym increases your daily energy consumption in _low single digit_ percentage.
I repeat: One hour of _heavy labour_ has *minimal* effect on your daily energy use.
Ok, got that?
So what you're left with is choking the energy and especially fat input.. When you have *that* under control, it's beneficial to excercise some, which forces your body to speed up metabolism to cope with periodical energy-drain sessions. That could mean taking bicycle to work.. Combine that with your starvin' marvin' diet and you *can actually lose weight*!!
Excercise? Oh please. Unless your work is manual labor and you actually exercise 8 hours, five days a week, excercise *still is not going to do jack*.
I've seen several people comment about the relocation of the fat to another part of the body. IANAB (I am not a biologist) but my understanding is that if the enzyme does not process the fat it will move through your system and come out as waste. The fat will not go anywhere but the toilet.
Since you are not taking in any more fat, the fat you have will be burned off during the normal course of the day and you will lose weight.
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Couldn't you just not eat like a pig? or perhaps learn to use a treadmill to do the same thing?
I think we're getting a tad too reliant on pills to solve all of our problems. There's a pill for high cholesterol, a pill to make you feel happy, a pill to keep you off other pills... When will it stop?
Stop saying all people with weight problems are like that because they eat like pigs.
I would hope that in the 21st century some of the information about biology and metabolism might have leaked into your tiny minds.
Here's the short version:
People are different, some are tall some are short, some have big feet and some don't. Some have body odor and some have halitosis. Some like the same sex and some don't.
And some *gasp* metabolize food at a different rate, pace, level or in a non standard way! Just as a diabetic about metabolism and body chemistry.
So please learn a little something before you blame them for their wieght problems, many do everything they can to change they way they look, but it requires they change the way they metabolize food and store fat.
Its like blaming bald people for not growing hair, geeze, just grow some f***ing hair you lazy sloths.
Wax on, wax off baby!
Men WILL be helped by a drug that gets rid of their wives' Chocolate Ass.
The percentage of weight problems, especially in this country (USA) that are the result of metabolic disorders is very small. Few fat people ery few thin people are thin solely because of higher metabolism. The number one determinant of obesity is activity. The number two determinant is dietary habits.
Also, these things are controlable. The bald man cannot exactly change his hair loss, but the overweight can make dietary and lifestyle changes to control their problem. And it is a problem. There are serious health effects of obesity.
And this is not just a thin man railing against fatties. I am badly out of shape, and its not because I'm cursed with bad genes, its because I sit behind a desk for 8-10 hours a day, eat out 2-3 times per day, and sit in front of the television or my computer with a coke or a beer every night after I get home. If I'm going to complain about how I look, I have to accept the fact that I have no excuse. I am the way I am because I haven't gotten up and gone out and ridden my bike or run around the block on any regular basis for over two years.
By the way, body odor and halitosis are largely manageable health problems too. 90% of severe halitosis problems can be controlled with more frequent brushing. Sure, it sucks to have a slower metabolism or stinkier mouth than other folks. And anyone who judges you based solely on the basis of that sort of thing is a dickweed. But if you have a manageable health problem, and you don't take the required steps to manage it, you are to blame, not your genes.
Your statement about diabetics is particularly off the mark. My grandfather had diabetes. His was caused by chronic obesity when he was younger (from about age 25 to 50). However, despite the serious metabolic and chemical problems caused by diabetes, he decided that he had to kick that if he was going to live, and so he carefully controlled his diet, began excersizing regularly, and lost the weight. It was only through his controling his disease that he avoided the circulatory problems, blindness, and other disastrous health problems caused by diabetes.
Truly some small portion of the current explosion of obesity in America is the result of serious metabolic disorders, but most is the result of lifestyle choices, and the sooner we recognize that, the sooner we can start making the changes necessary to solve the problem. Most of us need to understand that WE are in control of our problems, not our blood chemistry. We can solve this, and if we don't, we have no one to blame but ourselves.
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I agree that people may have genetic factors that lead towards obesity. However, I think that a LOT can be done simply with exercise and proper diet.
There are too many people that
a) eat too many calories in a single day
b) don't eat often enough.. try eating 5-8 times a day.. 3 is the absolute min
c) don't eat a proper balance of carbs/protein/fat.. you should have protein at every meal and nearly all your cabs should be complex carbohydrates..
c) don't lift weights.. more muscle burns more calories
d) don't do aerobics..
If you do all of these things AND still don't lose weight, I would take over the counter metabolism enhancers, such as cafeine, and see your physician.