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Author, Humorist, wildlyfluctuating.blogspot.com
Gretchen Becker studied biology for 8 years at Radcliffe/Harvard,...
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
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Fat is bad, right? I'm not talking about the fats we eat
here. I mean the fat on your body. The less fat, the healthier you are.
Everyone knows that.
But maybe everyone is wrong.
New research in the laboratory of C. Ronald Kahn at the Joslin Diabetes
Center suggests that some fat...
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Thanks!
Nicky
Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 03:40 AM
How interesting! Why does this remind me about the total cholesterol / HDL evolution of viewpoints?!
My experience with dieting is that I can lose fat from everywhere except my stomach; my sister's the same. Our genetic heritage is Northern european. I wonder if there's something about that last layer of visceral fat (assuming that's what it is) that the body actually needs, and so defends?
Thanks for alerting me to the research. Looks very worth watching!
Nicky.
re: Thanks!
Gretchen Becker
Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 08:45 PM
There's so much we don't know about this, alas!
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Jamie
Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Since I started taking Actos for my type II I have lost little weight, but have shifted my bodyfat from my belly to my hips and thighs instead. My blood sugar is within normal ranges now and I feel great.
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Belly fat to hip & Thighs fat.
Jamie
Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Since I started taking Actos for my type II I have lost little weight, but have shifted my bodyfat from my belly to my hips and thighs instead. My blood sugar is within normal ranges now and I feel great.
How interesting! Why does this remind me about the total cholesterol / HDL evolution of viewpoints?!
My experience with dieting is that I can lose fat from everywhere except my stomach; my sister's the same. Our genetic heritage is Northern european. I wonder if there's something about that last layer of visceral fat (assuming that's what it is) that the body actually needs, and so defends?
Thanks for alerting me to the research. Looks very worth watching!
Nicky.